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The Augmented LP: 6 Ways AI Can Enhance the Allocator’s Workflow

AI can help LPs structure data, enhance due diligence, and improve oversight, while keeping human judgment central.

The Factor Mirage: How Quant Models Go Wrong

Why factor investing often fails in practice — and how causal reasoning helps quant models perform in the real world.

Private Equity’s New Exit Playbook

The rise of continuation funds reflects private equity's longer hold periods for assets amid higher rates and narrowing exit strategies.

AI Can Pass the CFA® Exam, But It Cannot Replace Analysts

AI’s CFA exam success underscores finance’s next frontier: mastering technology while keeping human judgment at the core.

From AI FOMO to Fee Fatigue: Investor Sentiment 2025

Five forces shaping investor sentiment in 2025: AI hype, rising fees, market timing, behavioral traps, and renewed focus on discipline.

Hong Kong’s IPO Boom: Gateway or Risk Trap for Investors?

Hong Kong's IPO market reasserts its role as the gateway for Mainland China listings, offering investors new access but persistent concentration risk.

Financial Selection and Investor Herding: Lessons from Evolutionary Biology

Markets can mimic peacock mating as flashy signals seduce capital while real economic fitness risks are ignored until reality bites.

AI in Investment Management: 5 Lessons from the Risk Frontier

As AI transforms investment management with powerful tools for decision making, it still exposes markets to cognitive, regulatory, and systemic risks.

Quarterly Earnings: Signal vs. Noise, Cost vs. Benefit

As policymakers weigh semiannual earnings, data suggest quarterly reports still give investors vital insight.

When the Fed Cuts: Lessons from Past Cycles for Investors

History of Fed easing cycles shows how cuts, hikes, and yield curves shape markets and style factors, offering late-cycle lessons for investors.