The Shadow Banker's Secrets

The Endowment Committee Paradox: Why Smart People Make Bad Investment Decisions

Ever wondered why rooms full of brilliant minds—top investment professionals and executives—often lead to mediocre investment outcomes for endowments…

Sep 17 • 

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August 2024

What You Need to Know Before the Smartest Money’s 9 Steps of Investing Will Work for You

Last Friday we walked through The Smartest Money’s 9 Steps of Investing—how to identify great investments and assemble them into the best possible…

Aug 9, 2024 • 

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How the 4th Strategy in Our Countdown Was Unfazed by Yesterday’s Sell-Off

An Algorithmically-Traded Foreign Exchange Market Strategy Utilizing Contracts for Difference

Aug 6, 2024 • 

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July 2024

Countdown of the Best Accessible Investment Performance in the World: #5

An Algorithmically-Traded Noise-Reduction Equities Strategy

Jul 31, 2024 • 

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The Smartest Money's 9 Steps of Investing

We’ve been conducting a countdown of the seven best investment strategies in the world that are currently accessible by institutional and high-net-worth…

Jul 22, 2024 • 

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Countdown of the Best Accessible Investment Performance in the World: #6

Strategy #6: An Algorithmically-Traded Long-Short Equities Strategy

Jul 18, 2024 • 

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Countdown of the Best Accessible Investment Performance in the World: #7

A Diversified Liquid Currency and Global Equities Multi-Strategy

Jul 15, 2024 • 

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Behind the Scenes of a Quant-Driven Family Office

Test Drive Our Algorithmic Portfolio Construction Tool

Jul 3, 2024 • 

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June 2024

June 2024 Brief: Initiatives & Opportunities for You

Although we’ve been fairly quiet, we have accomplished quite a lot over the past several months… Here’s how we’ve continued to provide you the…

Jun 18, 2024 • 

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January 2024

Is Your Investment Strategy Competitive?

We Have a Limited Time to Identify, Vet, and Allocate to Experienced Asset Managers with the Ability to Generate Highly Competitive Risk-Adjusted…

Jan 25, 2024 • 

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Would You Like Us to Send You the Quality Investments We Can’t Make?

Our role as a capital provider has created a tremendous pipeline of investments across all asset classes (from direct real estate and private equity to…

Jan 15, 2024 • 

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December 2023

If Your Investment Strategy Is Good Enough, We’re Deploying Capital [First-Mover Advantage]

We Have a Limited Time Window to Identify, Vet, and Allocate to Experienced Asset Managers with the Ability to Generate Highly Competitive Risk-Adjusted…

Dec 19, 2023 • 

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