Eric Soderberg

In Pensions & Investments article looking ahead to trends in 2026, NISA CEO and Head of Investment Strategies David Eichhorn was quoted discussing the rising institutional investor interest in derivatives-based strategies to enhance risk‑reward profiles and a greater use of “portable alpha” approaches to realign with policy targets. The full article is available to subscribers at P&I: https://lnkd.in/gHpGUTCM Assets under management, as reported in the article, is as of 9/30/2025. #Derivatives #NISA

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💡 New data from Colibri Institute show that funds with women general partners deliver a 1.6 percent IRR advantage on average, despite structural fundraising barriers. In its latest white paper on venture capital performance and institutional portfolio construction, Colibri Institute analyzes fund performance data, portfolio construction, and risk behavior across thousands of venture funds — offering a data-driven lens on how capital is actually performing. ➡️ Read even more insights by downloading the white paper: https://lnkd.in/gfx6QfuR

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📣 ISF Advisors is proud to share a new strategic paper commissioned by the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) that lays out a bold strategy to bridge the “great finance divide” — prioritising catalytic investment in the world’s most vulnerable and underserved markets: Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Island Developing States (SIDS), and Fragile and Conflict-Affected States (FCS). 📉 Despite their outsized needs, these countries receive just 6% of DFI-mobilised private capital, and less than 3% of global FDI. 📈 Meanwhile, the SDG financing gap for LDCs alone is estimated at $462 billion annually. 📊 The paper explores why development finance is falling short and what must change. 💡 A new approach is needed, grounded in: 🔁 Deploying catalytic capital — risk-tolerant, patient, and flexible — to de-risk investment and build local markets 🧩 Unlocking the “missing middle” — SMEs, municipalities, and infrastructure projects that are too small for DFIs, too large or risky for microfinance 🏦 Strengthening domestic financial institutions to sustainably serve priority sectors 📍 Backing place-based strategies that reflect local priorities and enable faster delivery 🌍 This paper also highlights how the UNCDF, with its high-risk appetite, small-ticket capital, and embedded UN partnerships, is uniquely positioned to fill this gap and enable broader capital flows into frontier markets. 🚀 This is a roadmap for catalytic funders, policy makers, and DFIs ready to move from ambition to action — by investing where markets don’t yet exist. 📘 Read the paper here: https://lnkd.in/g4ZxC3vp #UNCDF #DevelopmentFinance #BlendedFinance

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Led by Corinne Sprague Curtis, Warner represented RSF | Regenerative Social Finance in its offering of $200 million in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Investment Notes a multi-state securities offering for the 2024-2025 offering period. https://ow.ly/GH6z50X4o9R

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Connecticut Retirement Funds allocate to emerging PE managers via GCM: "CRPTF-GCM Emerging Manager Partnership L.P. 2026 –1 PE Series (“GCM II” or the “2026 Series”) GCM II will be structured as the second series of an existing customized fund of one to provide Connecticut with exposure to emerging private equity managers, including those with diverse teams as well as diverse and emerging private equity managers 2026 Series will have a three-year investment period with capital commitments allocated across Entry Stage (“Tier I”) and Transition Stage (“TierII”)private equity managers GCM II will focus on primary fund investments and co-investments in North America Investments will be made across strategies, primarily buyouts, growth equity, and co-investments" Source: Board materials from Nov 2025

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"CAIS announced the launch of the Solactive CAIS Private Credit BDC Index (“CAISCRED” or “the Index”). CAISCRED, which is available through CAIS’ registered investment advisor, CAIS Advisors LLC (“CAIS Advisors”), in partnership with Solactive AG, a global leading index provider, is a first-of-its-kind index designed to provide a transparent, rules-based benchmark for private credit exposure via the universe of perpetual non-traded BDCs." https://lnkd.in/eucpsq8d #PrivateWealth #WealthManagement #RealAssets #PrivateMarkets #AlternativeInvestments #Alts #UHNW #HNW #FamilyOffices #IBD #RIA #PrivateInvestments #PrivateCredit #PrivateEquity #RealEstate #BDC

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The future of finance operates 24/7. Our President & CEO John Koudounis, explains why tokenization is reshaping how capital moves. ​ ​ Greenwich Economic Forum #WEF26 #greenwicheconomicforum #gef ​

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AI agents are redefining how work gets done in asset management ops. OnCorps AI Founder & CEO Bob Suh will join Michael Sands of Beacon Advisory Partners at Nicsa 2025 to discuss The Economics of Agentic Work — how learning agents detect, explain, and resolve issues at scale.

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