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Pension Governance

The Overweight Nobody Plans For: What Happens to the Portfolio After a PRT Buyout

Modeling the overweight is the easy part. Getting an insurer to actually accept what you're packaging is where most PRT-readiness conversations stop short.

July 2026
Insurance Governance

The Board Approved the Allocation. Who's Watching It Now?

Boards approved private credit and alternatives allocations based on management presentations. The structural conflict is real.

May 2026
Pension Governance

Is Your Pension Governance Framework Built for the Environment You Now Face?

The UK Pensions Regulator confirmed resilience testing and collateral diversification remain areas requiring greater focus.

May 2026
Insurance Governance

What Insurance Boards Should Be Asking About Private Credit Right Now

Private credit loan maturities are at their highest level across all credit markets. An estimated $170 billion of refinancing required over the next two years.

May 2026
Macro & Governance

The Inflation Pipeline and What It Means for Institutional Portfolios

PPI up 6.0% year over year. CPI at 3.8% is not the ceiling — it's a waypoint.

May 2026
Macro & Governance

April's Jobs Report Tells Two Stories. Boards Should Be Reading Both.

115,000 jobs added. Unemployment steady. Manageable on the surface. Beneath the headline — a different story.

May 2026
Leadership & Talent

When the Macro Shifts, Leadership Requirements Shift Too

The executives who thrived in the last decade were built for expansion. The regime has changed.

April 2026