About the survey
The survey was conducted in January and February, 2016, and garnered responses from 200 institutional investment professionals from around the world. Twenty-one percent of respondents were CIOs, with a further 21.5% heads of investment or equivalent; 7.5 % were deputy or assistant CIOs; 20% were senior vice presidents, vice presidents or directors; and 30% were heads of various investment groups. Respondents represented a range of types of firms, including foundations, endowment funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds and public, private and professional association pension funds. By assets under management, 17% of respondents came from firms with $1bn-4.9bn; 17% from firms with $5bn-9.9bn; 33% from firms with $10bn-24.9bn; 25.5% from firms with $25bn-74.9bn; and 7.5% from firms with $75bn or more. Forty-five percent of respondents were from the Americas; 35% from EMEA; and 20% from APAC. To qualify for the survey, respondents had to be somewhat, very or extremely familiar with factor-based investing.
