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: 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
IPE 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
IPE 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.
What’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.
IPE Expectations Indicator
IPE Expectations indicator - July 2026: Hormuz in bonds, but not in equity
Peace in Iran is at last focussing on the Strait of Hormuz. Iran seems to have dropped its demands for tolls, but continues to insist on its sovereignty over the waterway. The US has realised EU countries and the UK will not support it in its demands.
IPE Expectations Indicator – June 2026: Politics are trumping growth prospects
The US war in Iran is suffering from unexpected consequences. Oil companies look like short-term winners, long term losers and they are vulnerable to windfall profit taxes. US enterprises, not subject to pressure to limit CO2 are more vulnerable, but internationals around the globe profit from being better prepared.
IPE Expectations Indicator – May 2026: Equity favoured over bonds in all regions except the UK
Net equity sentiment bond expectations are up in all areas and analysts see growth prospects in all regions
IPE Quest Expectations Indicator – April 2026: repercussions of war in Iran
Managers expect continued pressure on equity markets, as the wider effects of the Iran war are felt both in terms of sentiment and actual growth
IPE Quest Expectations Indicator - March 2026
Net equity sentiment statistics have been up generally for several months in succession. The scores are again closely bunched together. There is clear optimism in the figures, which have yet to reflect the impact from the hostilities in the Middle East, such as the threat of spiralling inflation.
IPE Magazine July/August 2026
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IPE institutional market survey: Managers of Irish institutional assets 2026
The headline figure in this year’s IPE survey of asset managers of Irish institutional assets is up by about 0.4% compared with last year’s growth of 21% – but AUM is still higher than the 2022 peak.
IPE institutional market survey: Managers of UK institutional assets 2026
In this year’s survey of UK institutional and pension fund assets, managers reported a headline figure of €4.03trn, 3% higher than last year, while the figure for UK pension fund assets fell by about 1.7% to €2.24trn.
IPE institutional market survey: Small and mid cap equities managers 2026
The assets invested by global manaers in small and mid-cap equities continue to grow, confirming the positive trends of the past few years.
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.
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