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Variant Alternative Income Fund (NICHX): Positive Returns, Shrinking NAV
How distributions and write-downs explain the paradox (and what to watch for)
Apr 16
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Leyla Kunimoto
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Beware of AAR
When IRR is looking worn and tired, there's always AAR
Apr 12
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Leyla Kunimoto
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JPM Private Markets Fund: Losing Money on Operations, Up 74%
How a $1.4 billion fund generates double-digit returns without a single profitable quarter
Apr 8
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Leyla Kunimoto
53
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$1T in PE Zombie Funds, PC Gates Multiply, and CRE Fundraising Bounces Back
🗞️ Sunday digest: private markets insights 4/5
Apr 5
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Leyla Kunimoto
52
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BlackRock TCP Capital: Non-Accruals Down, Losses Up
How a BDC ran out of accounting offsets (and NAV fell 19% in a single quarter)
Apr 2
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Leyla Kunimoto
41
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March 2026
Cliffwater's Cascade Private Capital Fund (CPEFX)
23.5% of the portfolio is effectively a fund-of-funds-of-funds (you read that right)
Mar 28
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Leyla Kunimoto
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The Prisoner's Dilemma: Semi-Liquid Edition
There is only one rational move for advisers
Mar 25
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Leyla Kunimoto
44
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Carlyle Engineers Liquidity; Private Credit Gates Multiply; and CRE Gets a Second Look
🗞️ Sunday digest: private markets insights 3/22
Mar 22
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Leyla Kunimoto
37
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Where $47M in NOI Meets $42M in Interest Expense
Inside Fundrise’s largest JV: negative cash flow, thin debt coverage, and the assumptions behind a $560M valuation
Mar 21
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Leyla Kunimoto
44
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The Pawn Shop: Repo and Sale/Buyback Borrowings
What they are, and how two funds (BCRED and CCLFX) actually use them
Mar 19
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Leyla Kunimoto
36
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Table of Contents
The complete guide to Accredited Investor Insights
Mar 18
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Leyla Kunimoto
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Cliffwater Corporate Lending Fund (CCLFX) Faces Redemptions
A closer look at the fund’s off-balance-sheet CLOs, $11B in unfunded commitments, and regulatory limits (and what it all means)
Mar 15
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Leyla Kunimoto
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