Category Archive : Alternative Investments

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Senior Real Estate Debt: Priority in Property Financing

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Senior Real Estate Debt: Priority in Property Financing

Understand senior real estate debt, its priority in repayment, risk profile, and how it compares with mezzanine debt and equity in property financing.

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Unitranche Debt: The Single Loan That Changed How Mid-Market Companies Get Financed

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Unitranche Debt: The Single Loan That Changed How Mid-Market Companies Get Financed

Learn unitranche debt, how it combines senior and mezzanine financing into one loan, its benefits, risks, and role in mid market private credit deals.

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Senior Direct Lending: The Quiet Corner of Finance That Is Increasingly Doing the Heavy Lifting

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Senior Direct Lending: The Quiet Corner of Finance That Is Increasingly Doing the Heavy Lifting

Learn senior direct lending, how private credit funds work, why borrowers choose them over banks, and the risk return profile of this growing asset class.

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Realised Value and What Has Actually Been Returned

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Realised Value and What Has Actually Been Returned

Understand realised value in private equity, how it differs from unrealised value, and how it links to DPI and fund performance evaluation for CFA exam preparation.

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IRR and the Time-Adjusted Measure of Return

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IRR and the Time-Adjusted Measure of Return

Learn what Internal Rate of Return IRR means, how it measures time-adjusted investment performance, and how it compares with MOIC and NPV for CFA and private equity analysis.

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MOIC and Measuring Private Investment Outcomes

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MOIC and Measuring Private Investment Outcomes

Understand MOIC multiple on invested capital, how it measures total private equity returns, and how it differs from IRR for CFA and alternative investment exam preparation.

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Tokenization and the Shift in How Ownership Is Handled

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Tokenization and the Shift in How Ownership Is Handled

Understand what tokenization really means in finance, how it changes ownership representation, and the risks and regulatory issues tested in CFA and FRM exams.

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Permissioned Networks and Why Access Matters

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Permissioned Networks and Why Access Matters

Learn what permissioned networks are, why finance prefers controlled access blockchains, and how governance and risk trade-offs are tested in CFA and FRM exams.

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Smart Contracts and the Automation of Financial Agreements

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Smart Contracts and the Automation of Financial Agreements

Understand what smart contracts really are, how they automate financial agreements, and the risks and governance issues tested in CFA and FRM exams.

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