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Stealth Risks Insurers Aren’t Pricing In

The stealth risks building inside APAC insurance portfolios are not inevitable. They are the predictable result of growing faster than the infrastructure can support, and they are addressable for firms willing to treat operational capability as a strategic priority rather than an administrative one.

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TSAM London 2026: What Buy-Side Leaders Were Saying About Data, AI, and the Operational Gap

TSAM London returned to the Business Design Centre on April 13-14, bringing together senior buy-side leaders for two days of conversation on the forces reshaping asset management. 

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Apr 21 2026
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Launching a Hedge Fund in 2026: The Technology Stack You Actually Need 

Here’s what we’ve learned about what actually matters in year one of launching a hedge fund, and what will matter in years three, five, and ten.

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Evolving equity risk factor models for today’s markets

Discover how the Clearwater GR8 equity risk factor model improves portfolio risk attribution with new factors for crowding, drawdown, and payout. Built for quantamental strategies and institutional asset management.

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Apr 13 2026

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Beyond Vibe Coding: Software Engineering with AI in Practice

This post goes beyond vibe coding and shows practical ways to work with AI coding agents to produce better-engineered software products in real projects.

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Dec 19 2025
After a tumultuous 2025, a data-driven look ahead at 2026

2025 was another year where doomsayers got it very wrong. After the new White House introduced sweeping tariffs in the spring, many pundits and economists predicted a hard landing for the economy: a melt-up in prices, due to tariffs, and a meltdown in the business environment, as companies grappled with increased costs.

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Dec 18 2025
For APAC insurers, automation is necessary for investment success

The APAC insurers we spoke to say they are burdened by manual processes and legacy technology, which are hampering effective moves up the risk curve. The vast majority (85%) of respondents of our APAC Insurance Survey expect the risk profile of their investment portfolios to rise over the next two years.

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ALM upgrades essential to success for APAC insurers

Our latest APAC Insurance Report found that only 17% of insurers in APAC say their ALM systems can “very easily” cope with diversification and new instruments.

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Outlook ’26: A data-driven take on an economy that (still) wants to hang on

Our 2026 Outlook not only leverages the typical publicly available data – but also leverages the atypical, our own proprietary database. We’re looking out and, for the first time, looking in

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Dec 08 2025
WEBINAR | CWAN’s 2026 Outlook: Will the US Economy Hang On?

Join our economist Matthew Vegari, Head of Research at CWAN, as he challenges common assumptions about this unique business cycle.

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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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The Great Disconnect: The true cost of manual processes in a trillion-dollar industry built on data

The true cost of manual processes in a trillion-dollar industry built on data

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Taking it outside: Why APAC insurers are turning to third-party fund managers

Our recent survey of APAC insurance asset managers – representing $2.6 trillion in AUM across Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia – revealed that insurers are becoming far more comfortable handing a larger share of their assets to external managers. 

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