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Data Update 1 for 2025: The Draw (and Danger) of Data

Musings on Markets

In corporate finance and investing, which are areas that I work in, I find myself doing double takes as I listen to politicians, market experts and economists making statements about company and market behavior that are fairy tales, and data is often my weapon for discerning the truth. Financing Flows 5. Margins & ROC 3.

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AE Industrial’s ‘Captain’ Kirk Konert On Firefly Beating Musk’s SpaceX, PE Space Race

Global Finance

Their Falcon 9 is not a perfect rocket for the missions that Fireflys Alpha should be serving. They serve a specific niche that SpaceX does not serve. And I think thats how we view it. We can be complimentary to what SpaceX is doing. Its similar to what weve seen in legacy businesses.

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The CEO alpha: The advantages of exceptional leadership

Mckinsey and Company

When private equity portfolio company CEOs perform well, the companies they lead do too, creating a “CEO alpha.” This episode of Deal Volume discusses how to cultivate great leaders for greater gains.

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ValutECO is the New Groundbreaking ESG Tool for Sustainable Business Valuations

Valutico

Valutico’s newly launched tool, currently in an ‘alpha’ trial phase, allows accountants, M&A consultants, investment managers, private equity professionals, and those in corporate finance to consider the impact of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors on a company’s value.

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Decentralized Finance, Crypto Funds, and Value Creation in Tokenized Firms

Reynolds Holding

percent per month, as measured by the traditional CAPM-alpha. Cumming, DeSantis Distinguished Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship at Florida Atlantic University. Third, we shed light on the performance and performance persistence of CFs themselves. We document that CFs outperform the market by 2.69

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The European asset management industry: Navigating volatile times

Mckinsey and Company

While the relatively high cost of talent compared with other industries provided the majority of use cases until now, players are increasingly focusing on alpha generation, and the quest for efficiency and improved performance are considered equally important by survey participants (68 percent).

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Commodity Hedge Funds: The Most Lucrative “Hidden Gem” in Finance?

Brian DeChesare

If you consider newer commodity hedge funds with strong performance, the names might include Quantix Commodities, East Alpha (quant), Statar Capital (natural gas), Valent (renewables), Drakewood (metals), Orion (discretionary), and PIMCO’s Commodity Alpha Fund (PIMCO is not “new” and is not even a hedge fund, this specific fund launched in 2013).

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