Fund industry fragmentation ramps up risk and cost: Bravura
Bravura has published new research highlighting that fragmentation in the funds industry is ramping up risk and cost for firms.
Bravura has published new research highlighting that fragmentation in the funds industry is ramping up risk and cost for firms.
PwC’s 2025 Global Asset & Wealth Management Report finds that private markets are set to eclipse active markets and account for more than half of the global asset management industry’s revenues by 2030.
Clearwater Analytics has released industry research revealing that alternative investments have fundamentally transformed from a fringe strategy to a portfolio cornerstone, now comprising nearly one-third of the US insurance industry’s assets – representing approximately USD2.7 trillion – as insurers abandon traditional portfolio strategies.

Escalating inflation has returned as the top concern for the world’s insurers, outstripping geopolitical and regulatory risks, according to research from BlackRock.
The United Kingdom is now the 10th most financially inclusive market out of 42 analysed globally, according to the 2025 Global Financial Inclusion Index (the Index) from Principal Financial Group and the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr).
Substantive Research, the research and market data discovery and pricing analytics provider, has published its latest market data pricing study, using the recently expanded universe of market data vendors, which Substantive Research now benchmarks.
New research from Carne Group (Carne) has revealed strong optimism in the infrastructure sector, driven by macro tailwinds and fundraising momentum.

The US is seeing a mass exodus of global investment as asset owners fear the impact of the current administration’s trade policies.

A new report from FX and cash management solutions provider MillTech, has revealed that amid rising dollar volatility, the vast majority (85 per cent) of North American fund managers now hedge their forecastable currency risk, up from 79 per cent last year and 72 per cent in 2023.

US trade policy and geopolitical tensions will hamper growth in the investment management industry, but assets are still expected to hit USD132 trillion by 2027.