Insights

Few corners of the alternative investment world illustrate today’s capital pressures as clearly as the surge in hedge fund secondaries (trading of LP fund interests) and GP-stakes transactions (selling ownership stakes in fund management ...

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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Limits of Traditional Diversification For decades, investment portfolios have leaned heavily on the 60/40 equity-bond model, grounded in the assumption that these asset classes offset each other. That model came under serious strain in ...

Commodities are making a comeback. After a decade of being overlooked, shifting macroeconomic forces are bringing this asset class back into focus. Recent structural inflation, supply chain realignments, and energy transition policies have ...

Institutional investors, pension funds, and endowments are constantly seeking ways to enhance returns while managing risk in an increasingly complex market environment. Traditional asset allocation models often struggle to keep up with ...