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Vibe Check: Software Engineering with AI

Software engineering is changing fast in the age of AI, and the way we design, build, and ship software is evolving with it. This multi-part series dives into practical techniques for using AI to boost productivity, keep code quality high, and help your teams move faster—without losing control of your architecture or standards.

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For today’s insurers, ‘alternatives’ are hardly a fringe strategy

The chart-busting growth of alternative assets over the past decade has prompted many asset managers to increase their allocations to a wide range of private credit, equity, real estate, and hedge fund strategies. Multiple surveys and reports, including our recent Rise of Alternatives analysis, have commented on this phenomenon. But few (if any) have had access to CWAN’s database of nearly 400 insurers representing $4.4 trillion in combined AUM (as of August 2025).

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Nov 17 2025

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Vibe Check: Software Engineering with AI

Software engineering is changing fast in the age of AI, and the way we design, build, and ship software is evolving with it. This multi-part series dives into practical techniques for using AI to boost productivity, keep code quality high, and help your teams move faster—without losing control of your architecture or standards.

11 min read
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For today’s insurers, ‘alternatives’ are hardly a fringe strategy

The chart-busting growth of alternative assets over the past decade has prompted many asset managers to increase their allocations to a wide range of private credit, equity, real estate, and hedge fund strategies. Multiple surveys and reports, including our recent Rise of Alternatives analysis, have commented on this phenomenon. But few (if any) have had access to CWAN’s database of nearly 400 insurers representing $4.4 trillion in combined AUM (as of August 2025).

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Nov 17 2025
Get ahead, stay ahead: how AI bridges ops and markets

Investment operations have long been burdened by inefficiencies—teams tied up in manual reconciliations, tight monthly close deadlines, and stitching reports across systems. At the pace of today’s financial markets, these challenges aren’t just inconvenient—they’re costly in time and error risk. And markets aren’t slowing down.

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Nov 17 2025
Dynamism is the path to better performance

Our midyear macro update for corporates is based on a comprehensive review of the recent history of corporate investment performance, using Clearwater’s proprietary data.

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Duration bets have paid off, but cash hasn’t lost all its luster (yet)

As we learned in an earlier blog about passing peak cash, leading corporate investment managers moved quickly as rates rose, shifting portfolio allocations from cash to corporate bonds. This multiyear pivot coincided with a change in duration strategy that is…

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Peek behind the code at CWAN Engineering. Discover how our team tackles challenges like AI orchestration, auto‑scaling, and zero‑trust.