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Explore the evolution of the alternatives market for insurers, drawing on CWAN’s proprietary database to reveal real-time allocation trends.
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).
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.
Adopting a dynamic approach to cash management is a necessary step to better bottom lines. CWAN data suggests dozens, if not hundreds, of firms on our platform could achieve better portfolio performance by paying more attention to shifts in monetary policy and the bond market.
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 is investing in technological upgrades to their systems to ensure a smooth transition with each new Taxonomy release.
Clearwater unterstützt Versicherer und Fondsmanager beim Management von fondsgebundenen Lebensversicherungen.
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…
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.
The traditional building blocks of institutional portfolios are under pressure. Heightened volatility, tighter monetary conditions, and macroeconomic uncertainty are challenging conventional asset allocations. At the same time, the convergence of public and private markets is compelling investors to reimagine modern…
Explore how institutional investors, particularly insurers and pension funds, are increasingly embracing alternative assets as a central component of their portfolio strategies.
Energy and commodity traders are betting big on growth — nearly a quarter expect their capital to jump by more than 50% in the next two years. But there’s a catch: 57% also expect tighter trading restrictions, and nearly half…
The first half of 2025 has not been easy for corporate treasurers and investment managers. Tariff policy from Washington, stoking renewed recession fears, has become a significant factor in tactical allocation strategies. Both equity and bond markets in the U.S.…