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    The New Liquidity Mandate in Private Markets

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    The New Liquidity Mandate in Private Markets

    Evergreen and semi-liquid structures have unlocked trillions in wealth capital. But they’ve also created an operational problem most firms are…

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    Aaron Whitworth
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    How We Built a Better Real Estate Modeling Stack

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    How We Built a Better Real Estate Modeling Stack

    For anyone who has worked in real estate asset management, the workflow is painfully familiar: you run your property cashflows…

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    Douglas Eaton

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    Your competitors should not be your biggest source of inspiration

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    Your competitors should not be your biggest source of inspiration

    Something strange happens when it comes to design in asset management; we spend ages talking about independent thinking, challenging consensus…

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    Jake Cameron-Alderman
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    Scattered by Design: Why Alternative Asset Managers Need a Single Source of Truth

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    Scattered by Design: Why Alternative Asset Managers Need a Single Source of Truth

    Open the average deal team’s laptop and you’ll usually find the same picture: a master pipeline spreadsheet, a separate tracker…

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    Hala Joudeh
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    A Treasury Operating Model for the Scaling GP

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    A Treasury Operating Model for the Scaling GP

    The most common pattern we see in treasury reviews: managers with £15bn+ in AUM running the payment controls they had…

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    Amrit Morokar
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    Bridging the Gap Between AI Investment and Claims Performance

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    Bridging the Gap Between AI Investment and Claims Performance

    Claims AI investment keeps climbing. Claims performance doesn’t move with it. 80% of claims leakage comes down to four decisions:…

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    Huw Barker +2 Others
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    Operational Resilience: UK Investment Platforms State of the Nation 2026

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    Operational Resilience: UK Investment Platforms State of the Nation 2026

    A report produced collaboratively with and for the members of The Platforms Association Operational resilience across the UK investment platform…

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    Ben Shenkin +3 Others
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    Modular, not monologue: rethinking your fund pitch deck

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    Modular, not monologue: rethinking your fund pitch deck

    Most fund pitch decks have around 40 slides. Most adviser meetings last 25 minutes. Do the math and you’ll see…

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    Nick Pilkington

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    APAC AI Benchmarking Survey 2026

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    APAC AI Benchmarking Survey 2026

    AI ambition across APAC asset and wealth management is high, but the foundations needed to turn that ambition into lasting…

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    Angelo Calleja +1 Others