Top 500 Asset Managers 2026: European investors favour active; ESG staff numbers decline

By Carlo Svaluto MoreoloTop 500 Asset Managers 2026

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

 

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