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From Hedge to Test Case: Gold’s Volatility and the Limits of Safety

Gold’s 2025 rally has turned volatile. Its sharp pullback tests whether gold’s role as a safe-haven and portfolio cornerstone can endure under market stress.

LDI in Frontier Markets: Building Resilience, the Nigeria Case Study

Nigeria’s experience with LDI offers lessons for building financial resilience and managing long-term investment risks in frontier markets.

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 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.

Stablecoins and Treasuries: A Fragile Funding Link Investors Can’t Ignore

Stablecoins now hold hundreds of billions of dollars of US Treasuries, linking crypto sentiment to safe-haven bonds and adding a new layer of risk for investors.

Rights Without Power: Why the Put Bond Failed

Why did puttable bonds vanish? This piece explores the gap between rights and power, and why markets rejected a contract without control.

No Asset Is Safe—But Some Lose Less

No asset is truly safe. But diversifying into steady, low-volatility stocks can help investors lose less—and stay invested for the long run.

Volatility Signals: Do Equities Forecast Bonds?

Surprise, surprise. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the bond market may be taking its risk cues from equities. At least, that appears to be the case when fluctuations in the two major volatility indices are compared.

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Rethinking Research: Private GPTs for Investment Analysis

This chatbot-style tool allows investment analysts to query complex research materials in plain language without ever exposing sensitive data.

Buyers Beware: 7 Red Flags That Signal a Private Market Reckoning

Explore red flags in private markets as speculative excess, retail marketing, and valuation risks mount. Lessons from financial history.