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Introducing the Clearwater GIC Marketplace: The First Digital Platform for Stable Value GIC Transactions 

The Clearwater GIC Marketplace is the first digital platform purpose-built for stable value GIC transactions. It connects fund managers and GIC issuers in a centralized environment that replaces the entire manual solicitation process with a single, unified workflow.

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AI that compounds: How Clearwater’s data foundation powers every agent we build 

Investment management runs on data. So when we started building AI into Clearwater three years ago, we already had something most companies have to spend years accumulating: $10 trillion in assets under management, two decades of investment data, and the domain expertise to know exactly what accuracy means in this industry.

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A consistent view of risk across the organisation

Recent geopolitical risk and market volatility have accelerated the trend among energy firms for enterprise risk management and renewed the focus on scenario- and stress-testing capabilities, says Brian Wood at Beacon by Clearwater.

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Tue 12 May 2026
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Private Credit Has Gone Mainstream: What This Fast-Growing Asset Class Demands from Institutional Investors

Based on insights from Clearwater Analytics and Invesco’s webinar: Unlocking Private Credit in Institutional Portfolios: From Allocation to Operational Reality

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Fri 08 May 2026

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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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Are foreign investors divesting from US assets? Evidence of “sell America” from the insurance industry

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?

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Energy traders face growing risk visibility challenges: 2025 research insights

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…

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Why stable value isn’t standard: 3 reasons you need a purpose-built solution

Stable value isn’t one-size-fits-all. Discover 3 reasons why it demands a purpose-built solution for accurate accounting, reporting, and oversight.

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We’re past peak cash, but corporates will keep earning for a while

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…

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Gaining momentum: Insurers accelerate into private markets

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…

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Embracing digital transformation Germany’s financial future

Clearwater is investing in technological upgrades to their systems to ensure a smooth transition with each new Taxonomy release.

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Resource allocation priorities for energy and commodity trading firms: 2025 research insights

Energy and commodity traders feel stretched thin across multiple risk management activities, but where do they most want to redirect their efforts? To explore this question, we commissioned a research study of energy and commodity traders in North America and…

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3 essential capabilities for managing private market assets

Modern, cloud-based investment management platforms are becoming a necessity for getting the optimal performance out of a multi-asset portfolio with the desired level of private market risk.

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