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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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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
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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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Auto-scaling batch processes on EC2 via queue depth

In the corporate world, efficiency is key. This blog post delves into the specifics of how we developed an efficient, auto-scaling approach to our batch processes. We explore queue-based scaling, complications that can arise during implementation, and provide practical examples…

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How insurers can succeed with alternative products

We recently held a webinar with Barings on Maximizing the Yield Potential: Insurers & the Future of Portfolio Finance. This started me thinking about a trend I’ve been seeing for the last couple of years

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Navigating the future of investments: The Clearwater advantage

In today’s fast-paced investment landscape, change is constant, and the rise of alternative investments is reshaping how institutional investors operate. From private equity and hedge funds to infrastructure and real estate, alternative assets are becoming a significant part of portfolios.…

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