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Mobilising capital for a sustainable future

The Thinking Ahead Institute is a global not-for-profit group whose members comprise asset owners, asset managers and other groups motivated to influence the investment industry for the good of savers worldwide.

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Global Pension Assets Study – 2024

The Global Pension Assets Study estimates global pension fund assets across 22 major pension markets (the P22). These geographies now stand at US$55.7 trillion in pension assets and account for 69% of the GDP of these economies. The study, conducted by WTW and the Thinking Ahead Institute since the 1990s, includes an analysis of the seven largest markets which comprise 91% of total pension assets.

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2024 Events

In 2024, we are providing a new and improved outlook with our rebranded annual events. You can find our 2024 events page below with a short description of their purpose and what you might gain from attending.

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Benchmark report on EDI

The Investment Association (IA) and the Thinking Ahead Institute, published an industry-wide data report on equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) data in the UK investment management industry. The EDI Data Survey report represents the most comprehensive dataset on EDI in our industry, in the UK to date. It provides an overview of diversity data collection, including a demographic snapshot of the industry’s workforce.

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