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    Two in Twenty with Liontrust’s Simon Hildrey

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    Two in Twenty with Liontrust’s Simon Hildrey

    Simon Hildrey, Chief Marketing Officer at Liontrust, shares his unconventional career journey from a military think tank to journalism to…

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    Alpha FMC
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    Alpha’s Kim Schawbel (Senior Manager, Asset & Wealth Management) recently attended Public Funds Summit East

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    Alpha’s Kim Schawbel (Senior Manager, Asset & Wealth Management) recently attended Public Funds Summit East

    I was pleased to participate as a panelist at this month’s Public Funds Summit East conference in Newport, RI, joining…

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    Kim Schawbel
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    Procurement at Asset Owners

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    Procurement at Asset Owners

    Procurement at asset owners has long meant negotiating good deals on technology, data, and outsourced services. That work still maters,…

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    Chad Jennings +1 Others
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    The Alts aiOS: Bringing the Work of Private Markets Into One Place 

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    The Alts aiOS: Bringing the Work of Private Markets Into One Place 

    AI will change how Private Markets investment managers work more than any system they have bought in twenty years. The…

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    Miguel Castaneda

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    Seven Steps to AI-Ready Data in Investment Management

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    Seven Steps to AI-Ready Data in Investment Management

    The investment management industry is quickly adopting artificial intelligence, from large language models that summarize earnings calls to AI agents…

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    Jason Inzer +1 Others
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    Beyond the Filing: Solving the Reporting Burden Hidden in Your Property Portfolio 

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    Beyond the Filing: Solving the Reporting Burden Hidden in Your Property Portfolio 

    On-Demand Webinar  Most REITs have modernized their annual reports, SEC filings, and earnings releases. But what about the hundreds of…

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    Dan Bassett +2 Others
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    Rethinking the Strategic Value of Investment Operations

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    Rethinking the Strategic Value of Investment Operations

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    Michael Thomson +2 Others
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    Design is risk management

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    Design is risk management

    No CFO worth their salt would overlook an effective tool that could improve their firm’s financial position. Yet when the…

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    Frank Gitro
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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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