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From the macroeconomy and interest rates to equities, credit, and private markets, the report highlights the data and trends investors should be watching. Download the latest edition to explore the charts behind our views.

A Conversation with Ben Hur + Michael Chen, Co-Heads of Direct Equity

97% of loans issued by companies with EBITDA below $50 million include one or more covenants compared with just 59% for larger borrowers.

As the global economy becomes increasingly digitized, surging data consumption and the AI buildout are driving unprecedented demand for compute, connectivity and data storage—and the infrastructure required to deliver it.

As AI reshapes capital markets and concentration reaches historic levels, Future Standard CIO Mike Kelly explores why portfolio construction should evolve and how middle market private equity may offer a differentiated solution.

U.S. stocks have continued to grind higher, masking a much more volatile market beneath the surface, particularly at a single-stock and factor level.

In this episode of Can We Talk in Private?, co-hosts Alan Flannigan and Andrew Korz discuss their latest report, Hidden Layers: Rethinking Diversification in the Age of AI, and explore how AI is increasingly shaping investment portfolios across both public and private markets.

As AI becomes a cross-asset investment theme, we provide a framework for measuring portfolio exposure across public and private markets.

Commercial real estate supply growth is slowing sharply, bringing markets back into balance and supporting property-level fundamentals.

Future Standard President and Chief Investment Officer Mike Kelly joins Barry Ritholtz on Bloomberg’s Masters in Business to discuss his journey from aspiring investor to alternative investment executive, the evolution of private markets and why he believes investors need a broader approach than the traditional 60/40 portfolio.

AI’s next phase may require flexible private capital to fund growing compute, power, land and other digital infrastructure needs.

In this episode of Can We Talk in Private?, hosts Alan Flannigan and Andrew Korz are joined by Michael Chen, Co-Head of Direct Equity Investing, to discuss the private equity co-investment market: how co-investments work, why GPs offer them and how they fit within a broader private equity portfolio.