Fireside Chat: Does Size Matter?
Feb 5, 2026 — 02:00 pm - 2:30 PMPlenary Room

Balancing scale with returns
How important is fund size for distributors? With many managers crossing the €1 billion AUM threshold, other differentiators are emerging - such as strength of returns and manager scale. How do selectors evaluate these criteria in an asset class with limited standardised performance data? What scale metrics matter—AUM, team size, deal flow? Where does scale become a liability rather than an asset?