Global Research Project | 2025 Edition
Be Part of Groundbreaking Research
Monaco, June 30, 2025.
Our industry still lacks a clear understanding of the quality of investment decisions.
They remain prone to bias and noise – often unmeasured, rarely improved.
A renowned group of partners has launched a global initiative to change that: by systematically measuring the quality of investment decisions across the investment industry. We invite you to contribute by completing the short survey linked below.
It takes just 10 minutes of your time. Your responses will remain anonymous and strictly confidential, used solely for research purposes.
Be Part and Benefit
You are a professional market participant? From portfolio managers, analysts, traders, wealth managers, IFAs, private bankers and more, from junior to senior, for any asset class or investment strategy, from anywhere in the world?
We need your contribution.
We invite you to be part of this unique research initiative.
Benefit from it in several ways.
Your contribution > please complete the survey (10 minutes)
Your responses will remain anonymous and confidential, only being used for research purposes.
Your benefits
- The research report will be released during Q3-2025.
- You will receive the report 2 weeks earlier than the public and media partners
- You will receive an exclusive invite to discuss the report and its implications with the authors directly
We thank you in advance for your important contribution to further improving the decision quality in professional investment management.
With kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Stuart Mackintosh
Prof. Dr. Hans Mühlbacher
adj. Prof. Dr. Demir Bektic
adj. Prof. Dr. Markus Schuller
Research Project Background
You may already be familiar with our inaugural 2024 publication, Measuring Decision Quality in Global Investment Management 2024 (download here).
We have now kicked off the 2025 edition.
Our pioneering study design is led by a distinguished steering committee comprising Prof. Dr. Stuart Mackintosh (General Secretary, G30), Prof. Dr. Hans Mühlbacher (renowned authority in Innovation Management), Prof. Dr. Demir Bektic (Commerzbank AM executive) and Prof. Dr. Markus Schuller (Managing Partner, Panthera Solutions). The research is being conducted in collaboration with key industry stakeholders, including Euronext Academy, BME, CFA Spain Society, BBVA, Zagreb Stock Exchange, and the CFA UK Society.
This research report represents a first-of-its-kind initiative, marking the inception of an annual industry benchmark. It addresses the critical gap in the existing investment management literature, where the predominant focus remains on stock and flow data metrics, while the underlying decision-making process of investment professionals – how they translate data, information, and knowledge into evidence-based investment decisions – remain largely unexplored. We aim to bridge this gap by developing a secure, anonymized database over the coming years, establishing a global reference point for investment practitioners and a robust dataset for academic research.
