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IBOR Replacement for Hedge Funds: What’s Changed, What to Evaluate, and When to Move
Can the U.S. economy skirt recession again?
Key insights from the “What Does a Strong Data & AI Strategy Look Like for Hedge Funds and Asset Managers in 2026?” breakfast briefing panel discussion
InvestOps attendees described a set of problems that will sound familiar to anyone running investment operations today. Validating data across systems that should agree but don’t. Accessing historical records back to inception for transparency requests and audits. Spending hours on manual cleanup before any downstream work can begin.
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.
After divesting from the US this spring, non-US insurers have re-embraced American assets as market sentiment has improved.
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.
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…
Tariff turmoil, widening deficits, and market volatility have put US assets under meaningful scrutiny in 2025. A decline in the dollar, coupled with rising long-term Treasury yields, have many analysts pointing to international divestment from US assets. But have foreign investors really soured on US markets?
Energy and commodity traders may be risking more than they realize. Our research reveals that portfolio risk visibility is suffering from inflexible models and systems that struggle to adapt to changing market conditions. We commissioned a research study of energy…
Stable value isn’t one-size-fits-all. Discover 3 reasons why it demands a purpose-built solution for accurate accounting, reporting, and oversight.
Despite elevated market volatility and softening macroeconomic data, corporate investment performance has been robust for several years, with a typical gain of 7% (cumulative) since December 2023. For firms who saw no gains as recently as four to five years…
Clearwater’s 2025 Insurance Investment Outsourcing Report (IIOR), developed in partnership with DCS Financial, reveals a clear trend: while public fixed income remains the foundation of insurer portfolios, allocations to private equity and other alternatives are accelerating. As insurers seek greater…
Peek behind the code at CWAN Engineering. Discover how our team tackles challenges like AI orchestration, auto‑scaling, and zero‑trust.