How LPs Use AI: What Works—and What Doesn’t
The technology is useful in operational tasks, but allocators are hard-pressed to find artificial intelligence tools useful for precision tasks, according to the Emerging Allocators Association.
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Asset Manager Insurance AUM Rises to $5.5T
With assets under management growing by $1 trillion in 2025, the market for external managers of insurance assets became less concentrated over the last decade.
Asset Owners Embrace Private Markets, Seek Better Data Quality
A survey from Northern Trust’s asset servicing group polled institutional investors on an array of complex investment and operational decisions.
Manager Selection Seen Driving Return Dispersion
Endowments and foundations with similar asset allocations are experiencing a divergence in returns, according to OCIO Analytics.
Insurers Plan to Increase Alts Allocations
Carriers have an optimistic outlook but are also signaling caution by reducing risk, according to Conning.
Latin America Reforms, Potential Fed Moves Bode Well for Insurers
A report from T. Rowe Price suggested that the political climate in the U.S. and Latin America, as well as Fed expectations, provide insurers with income opportunities.
OCIO to See $1.3T in Inflows by 2029
Growth in defined contribution channels is expected to lead outsourcing assets to $5.6 trillion by the end of the decade, according to Cerulli.
Approximately 88% of Asset Allocators Plan to Increase Investments in AI, Data Centers
Limited partners are doubling down on digital infrastructure, according to a survey from Dynamo.
Tariffs Fuel Inflation Fears Among Insurance Companies
Insurance firms see inflation as the biggest threat to their investment strategy over the next year, per a BlackRock report.
LPs Remain Under-Allocated to Private Markets, Leaving Many Reviewing Manager Relationships
Institutional investors seek to do more with fewer general partners, according to a survey released this week by Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
Netherlands, Iceland, Denmark Named World’s Best Pension Systems
The A-grade countries’ retirement schemes deliver good benefits, are sustainable and have high levels of integrity, according to Mercer.
Family Offices Pivot Toward Wealth Preservation Amid Global Instability
A KPMG/Agreus survey found that family offices are focusing on shielding assets from market volatility by moving away from cash.
Market Commentary, Thought Leadership Influence Manager Selection
Institutional investors value managers’ investment content, which overwhelmingly informs investment decisions, CoreData Research finds.
Review Finds Impact Investing, Fossil Fuel Divestment Do Not Harm Returns
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund beat its primary benchmark while growing climate focus and ESG integration, consultant TIIP found.
SWFs Lag in Using AI for Compliance, per IFSWF Survey
Only 15% of sovereign wealth funds use artificial intelligence in their compliance operations, according to a report from the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds.