TAKING THE REINS

Additional results from the survey

General profile of the participants

Beyond the qualitative assessment of the relationship between asset managers and institutional investors, further analysis of the survey can be found on the following pages. • General profile of the participants (by type and size); • Asset allocation of institutional investors; • Use of different investment vehicles; • Use of external asset managers.

Our sample includes the responses of European institutional investors, mainly pension funds (52%of participants), insurance companies (34%) and other institutions accounting for over €4.5tr in assets. The geographical spread of participants has ensured a strong representation of European nations to allow for fair analysis of the institutional market as a whole as illustrated in figure 2. Institutional investors with assets of more than €5bn (41% of our sample) were classified as large, those with less than €5bn as small (59% of our sample).

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Breakdown of participants by type

Breakdown of participants by size

Small (AuM< €5bn) 59%

Others 14%

Pension Funds 52%

Large (AuM> €5bn) 41%

Insurance Companies 34%

Source: PwC-CACEIS survey 2012

Source: PwC-CACEIS survey 2012

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