The phrase "increase assets" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to strategies or actions that are taken to gain or acquire more assets. For example, "The company implemented several measures to increase assets and expand their portfolio."
Growth in clients' portfolios helped increase assets under custody to $6.7 trillion.
In recent years, the firms have been valued based on their ability to increase assets under management.
Brevan Howard is one of Europe's largest hedge fund groups and has been steadily adding new funds over the past two years in an effort to increase assets and diversify its revenue streams.
The acquisition is the latest attempt by Man to increase assets in its fund of funds business, which have dwindled as many investors have pulled their money from Man in recent months.
Along with rising markets, that helped BlackRock increase assets under management by 7 percent from the period a year earlier and by 4 percent from the fourth quarter of 2102.
Mr. Lee says the service has attracted 25,000 customers in the first three months of operation, helping the bank to increase assets under management by 260 million Singapore dollars.
It would increase asset prices and increased wealth would lead to higher consumption.
Two purposes of quantitative easing (QE) that few seem to understand are to weaken the currency and increase asset prices.
QE works through central-bank asset purchases that boost money supply; push investors to reallocate portfolios to riskier assets; increase asset prices and reduce bond yields.
Family businesses generally seek to increase asset values, or wealth, he said, while keeping profits as low as possible to keep taxes down.
His comments follow the new Tokyo government asking the Bank of Japan to increase asset purchases to help drag the country out of recession.
