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Is IRR misleading investors? Discover the flaws in traditional performance measures and how solutions like NAV-to-NAV IRR can offer a clearer view of private market returns.

In golf, a hole-in-one is a remarkable feat. The odds? Roughly one in 850,000 from a distance of 150 yards – practically a statistical anomaly. Yet, the 2023 LPGA tour recorded 20 such occurrences. How can this be? Simple: a low probability doesn’t necessarily translate to low frequency. Hold on to that thought for a...

Multi-asset managers need a reliable, data-driven foundation for constructing portfolios that are not only diversified but also aligned with global economic trends.

How does the internal rate of return (IRR) work and why do investors need to be careful not to view the metric as an equivalent measure to a rate of return on investments?

Interested in working with older historical data? Pitfalls lurk for the unwary.

Massive M&A deals make headlines but too rarely make money for stockholders.

What makes most investors believe that private capital funds are such clear outperformers? The use of since-inception internal rate of return (IRR) as the industry’s preferred performance metric and the media’s coverage of the sector are to blame.

Is it time to eschew the benchmark trap in favor of Warren Buffett’s rule, “Don’t lose capital?”

The problem within finance is its philosophical core; that is, the worldview upon which our analytical frameworks are based.