TSAM London 2026 — What We Discovered

TSAM London brought together industry leaders and practitioners from the EMEA asset management community to share insights into current operational challenges and explore what trends are shaping the future of investment management.

TSAM London brought together industry leaders and practitioners from the EMEA asset management community to share insights into current operational challenges and explore what trends are shaping the future of investment management.

Public and private markets management, alongside AI and data strategy focused the conferences’ conversations. Sessions focused on shifting operating models, the growing complexity of managing illiquid assets alongside traditional portfolios, and the practical infrastructure demands of cross-asset management. Key insights included the accelerating convergence of public and private market operations, the regulatory pressure of AIFMD2 and private markets disclosure, and the industry’s push for unified data and controls frameworks that work across the full portfolio.

“Public and private markets management, alongside AI and data strategy focused the conferences’ conversations.”

The challenge now is infrastructure: as private allocations grow, fragmented asset-class-specific systems are no longer sustainable. There is a clear appetite across the industry for operating models that can handle credit, secondaries, and NAV-based alongside public markets — without sacrificing governance, data quality, or client transparency. AI featured prominently throughout, but the message from practitioners was consistent: the industry has heard the narrative and is ready for concrete case studies on what has actually shipped, and which metrics moved as a result.

“There is a clear appetite across the industry for operating models that can handle credit, secondaries, and NAV-based alongside public markets.”

Key Takeaways

• Public and private markets convergence is the defining operational challenge; cross-asset infrastructure, unified data, and consistent controls are no longer optional.
• AI remains a headline theme, but the industry is ready to move beyond the vision and focus on production-ready implementations with measurable outcomes.
• Regulatory pressure – AIFMD2, T+1, private markets disclosure is compressing timelines and raising the bar for reporting controls & operational resilience.

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