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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator - July 2025
US President Donald Trump remains the main source of global political risk. In recent weeks, he has ramped up pressure on Russia over the ongoing war in Ukraine while the success of his interventions in Israel’s dual conflicts with Hamas and Iran is uncertain.
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ResearchIPE institutional market survey: Managers of Italian institutional assets 2025
Domestic players continue to dominate Italy’s insurance-heavy €787bn institutional asset management market, with Generali Asset Management, Intesa Sanpaolo’s Eurizon and Banco BPM’s Anima taking the top slots.
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ResearchIPE institutional market survey: Managers of France institutional assets 2025
This year’s substantial increase in French pension assets (+18%) reflects the broad shift from insurance-based savings under the Solvency II regime to IORPs.
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ResearchIPE institutional market survey: High yield bonds and loans managers 2025
IPE’s 2025 institutional high yield market survey charts an 8.5% drop in high yield managed assets within the European institutional client segment.
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: Questions over US economic policy dominate global concerns
As ever, the US dominates the global economic landscape. While there is still considerable uncertainty around possible tariffs emanating from the US – despite deals struck by the UK, China and Vietnam – the levels are still expected to be markedly lower than those trumpeted on 2 April.
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Opinion PiecesEurope must forge its own trade relations policy with China – without relying on the US
Iran has recently been in the headlines, but while its relations with the US have ramifications across the Middle East, the more profound longer-term issue may be America’s relationship with China, as Washington beats the drum of a new cold war with Beijing.
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Opinion PiecesShould UK pension funds re-embrace home investment bias?
UK pension funds could be part of a broader, coordinated investment drive to fuel the growth of the country’s internationally unloved small and mid-cap companies
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FeaturesHigh-yield bonds still attractive despite market volatility
High-yield bonds have proven their resiliency in the current market volatility. Spreads are at the tight end, but yields are also higher than they have been, offsetting these concerns.
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Opinion PiecesGermany’s pension buyout market evolves
The pension buyout market in Germany is gradually evolving. Transactions to transfer companies’ liabilities to pension corporations (Rentnergesellschaften), the vehicle used for buyout deals, have occurred regularly in the first half of this year.
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Special ReportIPE Top 500 Asset Managers 2025: Record growth in a winners-take-all asset management market
The world’s asset managers have enjoyed three straight years of robust growth, but a transformative trend is gaining momentum – AUM growth is increasingly concentrated at the top.
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Special ReportEuropean essentials 2025
Essential European highlights from IPE’s 2025 asset management guide at a glance
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Special ReportIPE Top 500 Asset Managers rankings 2025
Asset managers in our listing are ranked by global assets under management and by the country of the main headquarters. Assets managed by these groups total Total AUM: €129trn (2024: €111trn)
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Special ReportTop European Institutional Managers rankings 2025
Total non-group assets managed for all types of European institutional clients – pension funds, insurance companies, corporates, charities and foundations – for the leading managers in this business segment. Total assets are €11.5trn (2024: €10.9trn)
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Special ReportPanel: How can asset managers stay relevant and stand out from the crowd?
Leading asset management consultants on an industry where differentiation of products and services among providers is limited
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Special ReportPanel: How can asset managers successfully build private markets franchises?
Five top asset management consultants talk to IPE about the next big opportunity for their clients
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Special ReportPanel: How should asset managers invest in technology to drive growth?
A panel of asset management consultants on how tech can build long-lasting client relationships, and drive growth in revenues and profits
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Special ReportPanel: Should sustainability still be a part of asset managers’ investment decisions?
We ask key asset management consultants if asset managers should still be investing for a better planet and how to do it.
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Special ReportThe three biggest challenges for asset managers over the next five years
Views from the top: Industry leaders share their insight as part of our Top 500 Asset Managers Report
