Unpalatably high fund management fees which are often cited as a barrier to private market investing are starting to fall but research reveals complex charging structures and poor transparency may prevent investors from capitalising on compression.
MSCI Inc has unveiled its inaugural State of Private Markets 2026 report, described as a comprehensive analysis of the current investment landscape and the structural shifts reshaping private markets as the asset class expands across institutional and wealth portfolios.
Substantive Research has announced the launch of its new data-driven analyst rankings, designed to address the evolving needs of asset managers and brokers in an AI-enabled investment research landscape.
Ever since MiFID II outlawed bundling research costs with other brokerage services in 2018, asset managers across the European Union and UK have seen research budgets slide, but a new report shows they are now lagging their US counterparts by as much as 500 per cent.
Wealth management firms lack the requisite tools to cater to the next generation of high-net-worth investors (HNWI) set to inherit USD83.5 trillion dollars by 2048, a report by the Capgemini Research Institute finds.
Stellar performance used to be more than enough to guarantee a place in an institutional investor’s portfolio, but today’s asset managers need more than big numbers to stand out from the crowd.
New researchby re:sustain highlights the magnitude of the problem faced by European real estate institutional investors due to assets with poor energy efficiency.
The latest edition of Broadridge’s Fund Brand 50 (FB50), an annual research study by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc, has been published, highlighting the world’s best-performing third-party asset management brands.
CFA Institute has published its response to the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Review into the long-term impact of artificial intelligence on retail financial services (the “Mills Review”).
Cross-border registrations of investment funds reached a record 143,617 in 2025, marking continued long-term expansion at a 10-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.7 per cent. The number of cross-border funds increased to 14,769, indicating a stabilisation following the previous year’s decline.
