The Rise of PIK: A Double-Edged Sword for Private Credit

In recent years, a significant shift in the private credit landscape has emerged with the increasing use of Payment-in-Kind (PIK) financing. PIK, which allows borrowers to defer interest payments and instead add them to the loan principal, ...
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A Volatile Summer

An unexpectedly weak July U.S. jobs report exacerbated a multi-day global risk-asset sell off with broader impact than the SVB collapse which didn’t significantly impact the S&P 500. Heightened U.S. recession fear was particularly ...
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Understanding Hedge Fund Quantitative Metrics: A Handy Cheatsheet For Investors

Hedge funds provide distinct return opportunities that differ from traditional investments in stocks and bonds. Due to their low correlation with other asset classes and the use of hedging strategies, hedge funds are designed to deliver ...
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What Strategy Best Fits Your Investment Goals?

Investing for institutional investors and high net worth individuals extends beyond wealth accumulation to strategic asset management. The scale and complexity of institutional financial obligations and objectives warrant the inclusion of ...
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Ten Hedge Fund Investment Terms You Need To Know

A hedge fund is an investment vehicle designed to generate consistent returns with low correlation to broad based indices. For those new to this world, it's beneficial to learn the industry terminology. Hedge Fund Terminology Every ...
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India's Economic Ascendance

India's emergence as a player of key global economic importance is a result of strategic policy shifts, demographic dividends, and an intrinsic resilience that has weathered both internal challenges and global economic shocks. As the ...
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The Human Factor: Behavioral Science Insights

Investing is a complex open ended system and deeply influenced by human behavior. In a closed end system, such as a car engine, a specific input of fuel delivers a consistent mileage output. This is not the case with open ended systems ...
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Credit Risk Transfer (CRT) Transactions: The Opportunity Behind Safer Banking

In the ever-evolving landscape of global finance, banks and financial institutions continually seek innovative strategies to manage and mitigate risks associated with lending and investing. One such innovative approach that has garnered ...
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Benefits, Pitfalls, And Mitigation Tools When Applying Machine Learning To Trading Strategies

Applying Machine Learning (ML) to finance brings numerous benefits, leveraging data-driven insights to enhance decision-making processes across various aspects of the financial industry. Benefits of Machine Learning Application Enhanced ...
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Arbitrage and Hedge Funds

Arbitrage is a fundamental concept in financial markets, representing the simultaneous purchase and sale of an asset or financial instrument to profit from pricing inefficiencies. This concept is particularly significant in the world of ...
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