Asset Managers
In-depth reporting on asset managers for our pension fund and asset management readers from IPE’s award-winning journalists
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NewsDWS to manage share of Frankfurter Leben alternatives after Athora Germany takeover
Following the takeover DWS will manage a share of alternatives amounting to 20-25% of total the €17bn assets under management
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NewsAsset owner-manager link a ‘critical choke point’ for climate action – LSE
CA100+ shows scale alone cannot drive corporate decarbonisation when asset-owner mandates still prioritise short-term returns, new LSE research concludes
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NewsDutch pension fund Mediahuis NL sticks with active management despite rising cost
“We are convinced it yields better long-term returns,” Mhpf said
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AnalysisAsset owner August insights: collaboration and equity risk
Read what’s topped the agenda of the European pension fund community over the past month, from regulation, private market deals, headline hires and asset allocation.
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NewsBlackRock expands institutional offering with PCG Impact partnership
Growing pension fund demand is driving a new institutional impact investing collaboration with PCG Impact, says BlackRock
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NewsPGIM expands direct lending platform with Deerpath buyout
Deal brings Deerpath fully into PGIM, expanding direct lending capabilities across lower, middle and large-cap markets
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InterviewsM&G Investments' Joseph Pinto pinpoints partnerships and the insurance win-win
M&G Investments CEO Joseph Pinto tells Liam Kennedy how he is pivoting third-party business towards greater engagement with leading institutions and higher-margin products following a succession of senior leadership changes
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NewsMetzler targets Germany’s emerging pension buyout market
Germany’s emerging pension buyout market is attracting new entrants with competing approaches to de-risking liabilities
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ResearchWhat’s driving the UK’s £3.4trn institutional market? IPE’s exclusive market insight report
BlackRock has retained its position as the largest manager of UK institutional assets for the second consecutive year, as consolidation, pension risk transfer activity and the rise of private markets continue to redraw the boundaries of the UK pensions industry, according to IPE’s exclusive annual survey.
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NewsCalPERS on board investor consortium buying Russell Investments
California pension fund says shared vision between Russell and the investor consortium ‘creates compelling opportunity’
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Opinion PiecesThe clock is ticking for MiFID II reversal
This is a make-or-break point for the return to CSA-funded research budgets, and the potential benefits this could bring, says Mike Carrodus, CEO of Substantive Research
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ResearchIPE institutional market survey: Managers of Italian institutional assets 2026
Managers of Italian institutional assets have seen their AUM fluctuate over the past five years, most likely due to the large share of fixed-income assets, and to a lesser extent equities, held by domestic insurance companies.
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ResearchIPE institutional market survey: Managers of French institutional assets 2026
Assets managed on behalf of French institutional investors reached €2.3trn at the end of 2025, just shy of 1% higher than the previous year. Growth last year was flat and has been trending down since 2023. With over €818bn of assets, Amundi is the leading manager of French institutional assets in terms of AUM
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ResearchIPE institutional market survey: High yield bonds and loans managers 2026
Global assets held in high yield bond and loan strategies are down about 2.7% since last year, according to IPE’s survey of 42 global managers, while managers of high yield and loan strategies saw their European institutional AUM increase by 4% during 2025
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NewsNZAOA launches AI tool to benchmark asset manager climate stewardship
The new framework, which will be published in full later this year, finds that no asset manager currently meets the highest climate stewardship standard
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NewsAsset managers urged to rethink business models as structural shifts reshape markets
Research by Thinking Ahead Institute and CAIA Association finds many asset managers recognise structural shifts but lack integrated responses to them
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Special ReportIPE Top 500 Asset Managers 2026: the ultimate guide to the global asset management industry
The IPE Top 500 Asset Managers provides unparalleled insights on the global asset management industry, built upon a rigorous data collection exercise spanning across more than 600 asset management firms, combined with a detailed analysis of the trends shaping the present and future of the industry
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Special ReportTop 500 Asset Managers 2026: Global AUM growth decelerates
The world’s top asset managers have enjoyed another year of growth in assets under management, but the rate of growth in global assets slowed down last year, according to IPE’s Top 500 Asset Managers 2026
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Special ReportTop 500 Asset Managers 2026: European institutional assets outpace global AUM growth
The IPE Top 500 Asset Managers provides unparalleled insights on the global asset management industry, built upon a rigorous data collection exercise spanning across more than 600 asset management firms, combined with a detailed analysis of the trends shaping the present and future of the industry
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Special ReportTop 500 Asset Managers 2026: European investors favour active; ESG staff numbers decline
Global managers collectively reported an increase in passively-managed assets. In line with the trend of the past decade, passively-managed assets rose form 32% in 2024 to 35% at the end of last year. Actively-managed assets, as reported by managers in IPE’s dataset, have fallen almost uninterruptedly from a peak of 83% in 2018
