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June 1, 2022

Chart of the Month: June 2022

Making Sense of Contrary Indicators in the Developed Credit Market As predictions of contractions in private markets begin to rise,…

May 2, 2022

Portfolio Monitoring Software: Collaboration Offers New Direction

Private market investing is a collaborative enterprise. There’s a lot of information sharing among staff within a general partner and…

May 2, 2022

Chart of the Month: May 2022

The Rolling Stone Gathers Momentum: Resilience and Investor Interest in Eastern European Markets Eastern Europe has come to the forefront…

April 26, 2022

What Every PE Should Know About Portfolio Data Quality

Data, they say, is the new oil. And just like petroleum, raw data needs to be cleaned and refined before…

April 15, 2022

User-Centric Product Dev: Cobalt’s Approach

Cobalt is an industry-leading FinTech company for more than just its technology. At Cobalt, we believe that when we listen…

March 31, 2022

Chart of the Month: April 2022

The Suspension Bridge Loan: Examining European Credit Contributions Given the recent turmoil in Europe, we wanted to examine how the…

March 1, 2022

Chart of the Month: March 2022

Road Repair: A Comparative Study of Regional Infrastructure Investment This month’s chart takes a closer look at the infrastructure landscape…

February 1, 2022

Chart of the Month: February 2022

Outsized: Examining Three Index Returns Since 2009 with a Fund Size Factor This month’s chart takes a slightly different approach…

January 5, 2022

Trustworthy Data: 5 Strategies for GPs

As private capital managers build more sophisticated technology that enables data-driven decisions, nothing is more disheartening than finding that the…

January 5, 2022

Chart of the Month: January 2022

New Year, New Trends: NAV vs. Dry Powder Over the Past Quarter Century A New Year is the time for…

December 1, 2021

Private Market Firms: Cobalt & FactSet Solutions

Taking Next-Level Portfolio Monitoring Technology to Private Market Firms Globally Now, more than ever, private market firms have a growing…

December 1, 2021

Chart of the Month: December 2021

Across Two Ponds: Taking Another Look at Regional Real Estate from 2010-2021 As the true extent of the cracks in…