Latest Special Reports
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Generation of change: asset managers grapple with AI on both sides of the P&L
Data highlights from IPE Top 500 Asset Managers 2024: Global asset management AUM: €111.4trn ($120trn) | Year-on-year increase of 8.6% on the 2023 total of €102.6trn | Global institutional assets: €36trn (2023: €35.1trn) | European institutional assets €11.9trn (2023: €11.5trn)
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European essentials 2024
Essential European highlights from IPE’s 2024 asset management guide at a glance
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IPE Top 500 Asset Managers 2024 rankings
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 €111.4trn (2023: €102.6trn)
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Top 120 European Institutional Managers 2024 rankings
Total non-group assets managed for all types of European institutional clients – pension funds, insurance companies, corporates, charities and foundations – for the leading 120 managers in this business segment. Total assets are €11.9trn (2023: €11.5trn)
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IPE’s asset management strategy panel - Strategic priorities
What will asset management companies’ strategic priorities be over the next three to five years?
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IPE’s asset management strategy panel - AI integration
How can asset management companies successfully integrate AI?
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IPE’s asset management strategy panel - Sustainability
How will sustainability drive investment and operational decisions over the next three to five years?
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Europe’s pension policy roundtable: Challenges for the next Commission
The experts weigh in on the future of the European Union’s pensions policy
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Roundtable: Eversheds Sutherland - Eric Bergamin and Francois Barker
Many pension rules have their origins in European legislation. The European Commission wants every EU citizen to be able to build up an adequate pension to avoid a poverty trap among the elderly, and also wants solid consumer protection.
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Roundtable: CBBA-Europe - Francesco Briganti
It is acknowledged that the IORP II directive is currently under revision, and it is likely that additional requirements will be introduced in new legislation. The European Commission should not introduce additional requirements regarding solvency, governance, information, or reporting because IORPs already work well.
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Roundtable: Bruegel - Rebecca Christie
Everyone in Europe should have access to a decent pension product that takes advantage of a large, deep and well-functioning capital market. At the moment, this is made more difficult because of a lack of accessible and truly pan-European products and standards.
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Roundtable: Avida International - Dorothee Franzen
Since the 2012 European Commission white paper on pensions, ensuring both the adequacy of pension systems and their financial sustainability over the long term have been the key and mutually intertwined goals of the EU’s pension policy. These principles are no less relevant now.
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Roundtable: Sigedis - Steven Janssen
I see two things. One, Europe has every interest in showing and proving that it does what it does in the interest of European citizens, not just in the interest of some industry.
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Roundtable: Christian Lemaire
Since its creation, the EU has enjoyed greater longevity. However, in the last two decades, it has faced lower birth rates – translating into an increasing ratio of pensioners to working-age population.
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Roundtable: Cardano Insights - Stefan Lundbergh
Europe is facing a demographic glacier requiring firm policy measures today to address future challenges. The longer we procrastinate, the more painful it will become. It is a policy dilemma with challenges that are not that different from addressing climate change.
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Roundtable: AEIP - Simone Miotto
Taking into consideration that pension design is a national competence, and therefore a responsibility of the member states, the European Commission must retain high-level social policies in its next term and continue to engage with stakeholders.
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Roundtable: PensionsEurope & IAPF - Jerry Moriarty
To strengthen European pensions, the European Commission must prioritise increasing pension coverage, closing existing gaps and ensuring favourable outcomes through funded pensions.
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Roundtable: BVI - Thomas Richter
It is good to see the topics of the Capital Markets Union and improvements in old-age provision gaining momentum at the European level. The next European Commission should focus on reforming the PEPP.