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Performance Measurement & Evaluation


Beyond Bank Runs: How Bank Liquidity Risks Shape Financial Stability

For financial analysts, understanding bank liquidity risks is essential not just for assessing individual banks but also for evaluating broader market conditions.

Did Real Assets Provide an Inflation Hedge When Investors Needed it Most?

Real assets' first test in modern times started in 2021. Did they perform as hoped?

Beyond the Hype: Do Hedge Funds Deliver Value?

Skill and alpha are scarce and difficult to obtain in the hedge fund market.

Navigating Net-Zero Investing Benchmarks, Incentives, and Time Horizons

Net-zero investing will continue growing as emissions-reduction plans and programs take hold, climate change solution opportunities increase, and the industry develops better tools and skills to measure and manage climate change risk.

Climbing the Ladder in Finance: The PIE Framework for Investment Professionals

Promotions require more than just hard work and results. By mastering the PIE framework, you’ll position yourself for long-term career success.

A Reality Check on Private Markets: Part III

Is IRR misleading investors? Discover the flaws in traditional performance measures and how solutions like NAV-to-NAV IRR can offer a clearer view of private market returns.

From Equities to Real Assets: Key Trends Shaping Multi-Asset Investment

Multi-asset managers need a reliable, data-driven foundation for constructing portfolios that are not only diversified but also aligned with global economic trends.

A Reality Check on Private Markets: Part II

How does the internal rate of return (IRR) work and why do investors need to be careful not to view the metric as an equivalent measure to a rate of return on investments?

The Tyranny of IRR: A Reality Check on Private Market Returns

What makes most investors believe that private capital funds are such clear outperformers? The use of since-inception internal rate of return (IRR) as the industry’s preferred performance metric and the media’s coverage of the sector are to blame.