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June 24, 2024

Chart of the Month: June 2024

Silicon Safari: Examining the Trajectory of Sub-Saharan Investment Trends In May, the US hosted Kenya President William Ruto as part…

June 24, 2024

How Five Points Capital Assesses the Exposure and Returns of a Complex Portfolio with Cobalt Portfolio Monitoring

CLIENT CASE STUDY   How Five Points Capital Gained Efficiency and Accuracy with Cobalt In this case study, Patrick O’Rourke,…

May 20, 2024

Chart of the Month: May 2024

Derivative Charts: Plotting the Growth of the Alternatives Market Following up on last month’s chart and the exploration of our off-platform data…

April 19, 2024

Chart of the Month: April 2024

Surge Pricing: Examining the Ability to Adjust North America Infrastructure Investing on a Short Timeline The state of Infrastructure investing…

March 18, 2024

Chart of the Month: March 2024

Law of Averages: Comparing 3 Decades of Commitments Among Buyout, Venture Capital, and Credit Funds In private markets, we regularly…

March 8, 2024

Cobalt Expands Data Regions: A Step Forward in Addressing Data Residency Concerns while Ensuring Security, Privacy, and Control

Cobalt Expands Data Regions: A Step Forward in Addressing Data Residency Concerns while Ensuring Security, Privacy, and Control At Cobalt,…

February 20, 2024

Chart of the Month: February 2024

Buy the Rumor, Buy the News: Evaluating the Unshakable Interest in Real Estate While investing in sanguine times has been…

January 26, 2024

Chart of the Month: January 2024

Perfectly Hedged? Questioning the Tether Between Private Credit and the Federal Funds Rate  Akin to Steve Eisman’s critique of how…

December 12, 2023

Chart of the Month: December 2023

The (Bar)Bell Curve: Looking at the Dispersion of PME Alpha by Private Market Funds In past charts, we’ve discussed our…

November 14, 2023

Chart of the Month: November 2023

Playing the Long Game: Comparing VC & Buyouts Across Different Time Horizons Within private markets, there’s often a focus on…

October 12, 2023

Chart of the Month: October 2023

More BRICS in the Wall: Analyzing the Effect of Currency Choice on Fund Performance In light of the recent BRICS…

September 14, 2023

Chart of the Month: September 2023

Down and to the Right: Assessing Western Europe Alternatives by Investment Style After a recent portfolio monitoring client win in…