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Balancing Act Monthly Insights: Global Multi-Asset (May 2026)
  • 10 hours ago

We upgraded both our growth and defensive scores, moving the former to an overweight and bringing the latter to neutral.

Hedge Fund Quarterly Review - April 2026
  • 10 hours ago

UBP Alternative Investment Solutions

How to Recognize Alpha Potential in Active Equity Portfolios
  • 21 May 2026

Big benchmark bets can backfire. Lower-risk strategies may better showcase real stock-picking skill. Chasing performance by deviating from a benchmark has long been the hallmark of active managers....

Asset Allocation update - Q2 2026
  • 21 May 2026

2026 has thus far seen geopolitical events, from Venezuela and Iran to Greenland, attracting attention. Headlines about tariffs and questions over the independence of the US Federal Reserve have co...

How does our trade finance process work?
  • 21 May 2026

Credit quality, structuring and diversification can support resilient, risk-adjusted returns.

EconIndicators, March 2026The Callan EconIndicators provides a measure of economic and capital markets performance.
  • 21 May 2026

The Callan EconIndicators provides a measure of economic and capital markets performance.

PART 1: WHAT BARBARIANS LIKE TO TAKE PRIVATE
  • 21 May 2026

Research shows that private equity portfolios skew toward smaller, lower-quality companies, increasing downside risk. Ben Inker and John Pease explain how to hedge the resulting bias more effectively.

Charting a course for short-duration bonds through the Hormuz inflation shock
  • 21 May 2026

Bond investors need a framework to determine how to best position duration within a global portfolio during a period of conflict-driven inflation.

How higher-frequency data brings greater timeliness to private markets benchmarks
  • 20 May 2026

FTSE StepStone Global Private Market Indices deliver higher-frequency, daily insights to improve private market benchmarking and portfolio visibility.