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
IPE institutional market survey: Managers of private credit 2026
PE’s annual private credit managers survey, covering 50 of the largest players in the sector, lists AUM, fund raising, capital structure, market/strategies/situations and more.
IPE institutional market survey: Emerging and frontier market equities managers 2026
The assets invested in emerging market equities by global asset managers on behalf of clients increased by 16%, or over €150bn, since last year’s IPE survey. Strong appetite by global investors saw the overall figure top €1trn for the first time since 2022.
IPE institutional market survey: Managers of German institutional assets 2026
This year’s IPE survey of asset managers of German institutional assets recorded growth of 4% to €2.26trn, while the assets managed on behalf of German pension fund clients rose by just over 16% to €509bn.
IPE institutional market survey: Investment grade credit managers 2026
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.
IPE Quest Expectations Indicator
IPE Quest Expectations Indicator - February 2026: confidence inspires risk-on behaviour
With inflation seemingly under control, and the threat of trade war retrenching, the prospects for equities are positive across the board
IPE Quest Expectations Indicator – January 2026: Equities win managers’ vote
The pessimism around equities prevailing last summer has evaporated
IPE Quest Expectations Indicator – December 2025: Uncertainty receding
With Trump losing support domestically, the economy is expected to growh
IPE Quest Expectations Indicator – November 2025: Exuberance re-visited
Global equity optimism rises despite political turmoil and supply-chain risks
IPE Quest Expectations Indicator – October 2025: Views converge amid uncertainty
Though very few analysts expect equities and bonds to fall across the board, with the exception of Japan, the ‘neutral’ vote is very high
IPE Magazine January/February 2026
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IPE institutional market survey: Managers of Swiss institutional assets 2026
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 institutional market survey: Fiduciary, OCIO & outsourcing 2026
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.
IPE institutional market survey: European equities managers 2026
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.
IPE institutional market survey: Private equity managers 2025
IPE’s annual survey of private equity firms, highlighting their assets under management, fund raising, and the areas in which they invest
IPE institutional market survey: Global equities managers 2025
European institutional investors hold just shy of €2trn in global equities, up from €1trn in 2022. The assets held in global equities by European institutions have nearly doubled, no doubt thanks to the meteoric rise of equity valuations in the post-COVID years.
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