IPE’s Institutional Market Surveys

Our regular asset class and country surveys provide a detailed overview of developments in each market, including asset class growth, client breakdown and asset managers’ market share. Data is collected from leading global managers and include our European institutional league table, with aggregated mandate by asset managers from European pension funds and insurance companies.

The team complements each survey with In-depth commentary and visual content.

In this section, users will find up-to-date summaries of our latest asset class and country surveys, which provide the headline data and highlights. Subscribers will find the full datasets, including detailed strategy level data and information.

Latest IPE surveys

Investment grade credit managers 2026

IPE institutional market survey: Investment grade credit managers 2026

January/February 2026 (Magazine)

European institutions have been stockpiling investment grade credit, according to this year’s survey of assets held in IG credit strategies. The headline figure for the European institutional segment shows a 27% increase from last year’s survey to €1.63trn. 

Managers of Swiss institutional assets 2026

IPE institutional market survey: Managers of Swiss institutional assets 2026

January/February 2026 (Magazine)

Domestic managers top our ranking, in terms of AUM, of the leading managers of Swiss institutional assets. However, UBS Asset Management is the undisputed leader, following the acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS, and the onboarding of Credit Suisse’s institutional clients.

IPE SURVEY FIDUCIARY, OCIO & OUTSOURCING

IPE institutional market survey: Fiduciary, OCIO & outsourcing 2026

January/February 2026 (Magazine)

IPE’s annual fiduciary management, OCIO and outsourcing survey covers packaged advice and implementation services provided by investment management or consultancy firms to institutional investors.  

European equities managers 2026

IPE institutional market survey: European equities managers 2026

January/February 2026 (Magazine)

Our analysis shows a structural decline in the European institutional market share in the European equities asset class in the last eight years, despite a brief post-COVID rebound in appetite.

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IPE Magazine January/February 2026

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