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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.

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.

Why Financial Advisors Struggle to Embrace Bitcoin’s Rise

Bitcoin challenges financial orthodoxy, valuation models, and regulation, forcing professionals to rethink what money and value really mean.

Top 10 Blogs from Q3: Private Market Reckoning, Fed Pivots, the Case for Low-Vol

Top 10 blogs from Q3 reveal what investors read most: a private market reckoning, Fed pivots, and the resilience of low-volatility strategies.

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.

Tokenized Money Market Funds Emerge, Piloted by Industry Big Whigs

Tokenized money market funds promise faster settlement and flexibility but face hurdles in scale, regulation, interoperability, and true market adoption.

Book Review: Digital Assets: Pricing, Allocation and Regulation

Digital assets are reshaping portfolios, challenging valuation models, and pressuring regulators—from cryptocurrencies to stablecoins.

From Inefficiency to Alpha: Europe’s Lower Mid-Market Opportunity 

Private credit funds with ties to local European markets can look to underserved lower mid-market enterprises to generate alpha.

Private Capital and Systemic Risk

Private equity’s leverage, opacity, and continuation vehicles raise systemic risks that may erode returns and complicate portfolio management.

Investment Philosophy Statement: A Way out of the Underperformance Cycle?

Nonprofit portfolios underperform. A clear investment philosophy may be the key to breaking the cycle.