Overall usage of consultants for traditional advice and manager selection services declined again in 2016 as smaller funds continue to outsource.

Overall expected hiring increased again with almost a third of Canadian institutional investors expecting to hire in 2017 driven primarily by new mandates rather than replacement searches.

Managers are starting to utilize next generation segmentation approaches which move beyond demographic characteristics, focusing instead on client needs and behaviors.

Allocations to alternatives and real assets will continue to rise over the next 3 years at the expense of Canadian equities, with large plans leading the charge.

2016 will go down as the Year of the Unexpected, as Brexit, Trump and the Chicago Cubs upended “likely outcomes.”

For the second year, an unusually large amount of corporate banking business and relationships is up for grabs.

Although the flow of European fixed-income market share to U.S. competitors slowed considerably last year, the market’s post-crisis evolution is far from complete.

Pay levels in the asset management industry are on the decline in 2016—marking the second consecutive year of reduced compensation for professionals at traditional asset management firms and the third for hedge funds.

Compensation Report of U.S. treasury professionals with salary, bonus and other compensation data.

A partial retreat in Asia by several global fixed-income dealers does not reflect any diminished growth opportunities—rather the results of hard decisions banks have been forced...