Macro & Portfolio StrategyHTML
June 2026
Warsh's Measurement Problem
How the Fed's switch to trimmed-mean PCE could reshape monetary policy, and where it breaks down.
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Macro & Portfolio StrategyPDF
May 2026
When Bonds Stop Being Ballast
U.S. stock–bond correlations shifted back toward negative territory in May 2026 amid renewed inflation pressures and a paused Fed easing cycle — a risk-state signal warranting measured portfolio adjustment, not a wholesale risk-off pivot.
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Private Credit ResearchPDF
May 2026
The Gating of Private Credit
Perpetual BDCs record their first-ever negative net flows in Q1 2026, as AI-driven fears over software collateral send redemptions past inflows — and managers scramble to shut the gates.
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AI & Equity ResearchPDF
May 2026
Chasing IPO Gains in AI is a High-Wire Act
Anthropic's pending IPO at a ~$900B valuation, China's open-weight price war, a $725B annual infrastructure bet, and a bifurcated U.S. economy — stress-tested for institutional portfolios across valuation, partnership economics, export controls, and three macro scenarios.
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Software & Private CreditPDF
April 2026
The Great SaaS Reckoning
How higher rates and agentic AI hit the software industry at the same time, and what Tier-1 LPs should do about it. A framework for diligence, monitoring, and exit across software-heavy private credit and PE portfolios.
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Private Credit ResearchPDF
April 2026
If you build it, will they come? Inside a $30 billion bet.
Project Beignet — Blue Owl and PIMCO's $30 billion off-balance-sheet financing of Meta's Hyperion AI campus — closed in October 2025. This note examines deal mechanics under ASC 810 and ASC 842, the Residual Value Guarantee behind the A+ rating, and the structural risks the spread implies investors are pricing.
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Credit ResearchPDF
April 2026
U.S. First-Lien Creditors Are Getting Back Less Than Ever
Five primary sources point to a credit market systematically repriced against senior secured lenders. Bankruptcy recoveries hit a decade low of 43 cents on the dollar, while liability management transactions have wiped out recovery entirely in 14 documented cases.
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Policy DiscussionPDF
March 2026
Assessing Pressures on Hong Kong's Linked Exchange Rate System
An examination of the Exchange Fund's first withdrawal in forty years, 2025 intervention dynamics, and whether incremental flexibility in the convertibility zone could reduce domestic interest-rate volatility.
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Sarah Chen
CEO and Chief Investment AnalystFormer portfolio manager at Asia's leading asset manager. Currently heads a Singapore-based multi-family office. Over 20 years covering Asian equities.
Michael Wong
Senior Research AnalystWith over 15 years covering global stocks, including Chinese equities, Wong headed proprietary trading at a mainland hedge fund.
David Lin
Quantitative AnalystFormer head of a Hong Kong-based hedge fund, Lin now manages the discretionary mandate of a multi-family office for some of China's most prominent business families.
Kenan Machado
Head of Research and AnalysisAn experienced journalist and editor, Machado specializes in the coverage of financial markets and technology. He has held various roles including Managing Editor of Forkast News, Asia's premier publication covering the cryptocurrency industry, Head of Investments Coverage for Asian Private Banker in Hong Kong and reported for Tech in Asia, The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones, AsianInvestor, CNBC and Reuters.
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Elena RodriguezCEO, Global FinTech Solutions
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Chen WeiDirector of Operations, East Link Group
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