Research

Thinking Ahead Institute surveys

This page provides an index of all Thinking Ahead Institute surveys published in 2018. Surveys released before 2018 can be found on the Willis Towers Watson website.

Year	Survey	Press Release
2020	AO100 GPAS P&I / TAI 300 P&I / TAI 500	Very large asset owners can change the world Global pension assets on the up Global top 20 pension fund assets rebound strongly Concentration continues among the top 20 managers
2019	AO 100 P&I / TAI 500 P&I / TAI 300 GPAS	Largest asset owners are critical to aiding society’s biggest issues ESG bucks the trend of declining growth among world’s largest asset managers Top 20 pension funds’ AUM declines for first time in seven years Global DC pension assets exceed DB assets for the first time
2018	GPAS P&I / TAI 300 P&I / TAI 500 AO 100	Global pension assets reach record level in 2017 Asset owners must reconsider business models to be successful in the future Assets of world’s largest fund managers jump by over 15% to nearly US$94 trillion Thinking Ahead Institute reveals the “most influential capital on the planet”