The Great Alpha Migration: How Passive Investing Redrew the Map

Once upon a time, alpha was everywhere It appeared in small caps, unloved cyclicals, illiquid bonds, or mispriced convertibles. A sharp analyst and a contrarian view could go a long way. Active managers charged premium fees for uncovering ...
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From T+2 to T-Instant: Why Leading Alternatives Managers Are Putting Their Fund Units On-Chain

Institutional assets are going on-chain at scale. In 2025, the total value of real-world assets (RWAs) recorded on public blockchains is nearing the $20 billion mark. BlackRock’s Ethereum-native tokenized money market fund (ticker: BUIDL) ...
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The 60/40 Illusion: Rethinking Portfolio Resilience in a Changed World

Few portfolios have defined institutional investing as deeply as the classic 60/40 mix—60% equities, 40% bonds. For decades, it delivered on its promise: solid long-term returns, diversification, and simplicity. It became the go-to ...
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NAV Lending: Liquidity Tool or Leverage Trap in Private Markets?

In a recent episode of our Private Credit Perspectives podcast mini-series, we explored an increasingly relevant—and often misunderstood—corner of the market, namely Net Asset Value (NAV) lending/financing: NAV Financing: Unlocking Value ...
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Monthly QIS Review - April 2025

Executive Summary In April 2025, QIS delivered a modest +0.4 % aggregate gain on average, yet dispersion surged: the spread between the best and worst composite exceeded 13 percentage points, the widest in two years. Equity factor models ...
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Style Premia: Are They Still Relevant?

In the 2018-2020 period, value stocks lagged, momentum cracked, and several high-profile style-premia funds bled assets. Yet two decades of live evidence show that some of the best-known premia like the momentum, carry, low-risk and ...
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Resonanz Capital Launches First UCITS Liquid Alternatives Fund with Open-Architecture QIS and Multi-Strategy Design

Resonanz Capital today announced the launch of the Resonanz Jazz Multi-Strategy Fund (“Jazz”), an innovative UCITS-compliant Liquid Alternatives solution that blends quantitative investment strategies (QIS) with the expertise of leading ...
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Value of Adding Liquid Alternatives to a Traditional Portfolio of Stocks and Bonds – the Case of Trend-Followers

In the past decade, traditional long-only portfolios — typically composed of equities and government bonds — have provided reliable diversification benefits due to the generally negative correlation between stocks and bonds. However, since ...
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How Hedge Funds Are Really Using Generative AI — And Why It Matters for Manager Selection

The hype around generative AI (GenAI) in financial services is loud—but for hedge fund allocators and due diligence professionals, the signal is what matters. But for these professionals, it’s critical to understand not just whether a ...
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The Systematic Credit Gap: Why This Frontier Remains Underexplored

Systematic investing has profoundly reshaped equity and futures markets. From high-frequency trading to long-horizon factor investing, quant models have established themselves as foundational. Yet in corporate credit – a multi-trillion ...
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