Scott Pittman, Mount Sinai's Endowment sits down with host Michael Oliver Weinberg to discuss risk taking strategies, private markets, regional investment trends across Europe, Asia, and more.

In our very first Thematic Investors podcast, Todd Kantor, the innovative Founder and Managing Member of Encompass Capital Advisors LLC, embarks on a captivating conversation with Kieran Cavanna about the tactics employed in...

Tobias Read from the Oregon State Treasury sits down with Michael Oliver Weinberg on navigating alternatives, (including private equity investments) across a hybrid pension portfolio. 

Jose Eduardo Siman sits down with Michael Oliver Weinberg on navigating fraudulent investments for asset allocation, family office innovation, and separating governance from ownership.

Want to know where the Middle East is headed in terms of institutional investments and how alternatives play in the space? We recap the Markets Group Private Wealth Middle East Forum and overlay Vidrio innovation for your...

What do OCIOs and those that are evaluating an OCIO-investor relationship need to be on the lookout for in today's market? Vidrio Financial breaks down some of the trends we're seeing and how discussions are evolving for OCIOs...

By Susan Barreto, Editor, AlternativesWatch.com

Did you get to attend the BAI Alternative Event last month? Vidrio Financial did, and came away with great insights around portfolio data transparency, private equity strategies, artificial intelligence and more.

Vidrio details the finer points of AI and machine learning for allocators, and where the future is headed as we further leverage human expertise and software.

Our recap of the Clear Path Analysis Private Markets Investor event covering challenges with Excel spreadsheets, data integrity and transparency.

Fresh off the ALTS LA event, the Vidrio team breaks down some key takeaways on the minds of today's allocators.

In our latest episode, we speak with Gitanjali Swamy about the ways that those in the asset community can create better intelligence around the topic of diversity.

By Susan Barreto, Editor, AlternativesWatch.com

In our sixth episode, we speak with Tensie Whelan about sustainability for institutional investors and how leaders can drive better financial and societal performance by embedding sustainability into their businesses.

Vidrio Financial takes a look into the private credit space, how allocators are rebalancing towards this asset class, and how we are assisting these  strategies.

In our fifth episode, we speak with Greg Steinmetz about two of the richest people in history and how their contributions helped shaped the institutional investment arena today.

In our fourth episode, we speak with Shai Davidai, Columbia Business School on the psychology of those operating in finance. Listen below.

Earlier this month the Vidrio team journeyed to Miami to get the latest downloads on ESG, regional alternative Investment strategies, and future investing trends.

Investors need to take note and align themselves with technology partners that constantly evolve to improve due diligence workflows and transparency.

In our third installment, we speak to Jonathan Grabel, Chief Investment Officer, LACERA. Listen below.

In our second podcast episode, we speak to Ben Samild, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Portfolio Construction, Future Fund. Listen below.

Check out our recap of the ALTSTX event and see where the future of the 60/40 portfolio, inflation, and ESG risk metrics are headed in 2023. 

Welcome to our first inaugural episode of the Improving Alpha Podcast Series. Learn how ASU Enterprise Partners is encouraging growth and innovation across their endowment.

Check out our recap of the Alts Seattle event and learn where allocators are shifting their investment strategies now.

We review the latest on the ESG puzzle for allocators while also outlining how Vidrio Financial looks at ESG scoring.

David Barry, Director of Marketing, Vidrio Financial

‘Greenwashing’, is a cringe-worthy term for any allocator...

Institutional Investor portfolios are under more scrutiny as volatility continues to climb.

Federico De Giorgis, President, Vidrio Financial

By Susan Barreto, Editor, AlternativesWatch.com

Will market volatility drastically alter the level of transparency that allocators provide today and how will investors and the SEC respond?

Gygmy Gonnot, Managing Director, Vidrio Financial

See how Vidrio has impacted the industry in terms of data management, risk, and innovating our platform for allocators.

By David Barry, Marketing Director, Vidrio Financial

By Susan Barreto, Editor, AlternativesWatch.com

What does the investment process look like in today's market, and how data management is integral to managing risk.

By Gygmy Gonnot, Managing Director and Partner at Vidrio Financial

How CIOs are solving the inflation puzzle with the use of technology.

I had the pleasure of attending the Annual ALTSLA 2022 Conference at the end of March hosted at JW Marriott in Los Angeles which brought together leading industry experts covering alternative investments including hedge funds,...

Accompanied by Willett Bird and Zac Corona from the Vidrio biz dev team, I recently joined the thousands of investors, managers and industry elite who attended Miami’s so-called Hedgeweek, which saw multiple conferences and...

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We are pleased to have been shortlisted this year for both the AltCredit US and EU awards in the Best Data and Information Provider category. So what makes us top nominees in the category?

In our latest Vidrio Views findings, recently covered by Hedgeweek, it is evident that while the craze of interest for crypto currencies and crypto related investment offerings persists to date, there are no meaningful examples...

The data collection and handling process is a critical element in providing a valuable front-to-back office solution that simplifies the overall investment management process for clients.

Data integrity in the due diligence and allocation process has never been so important, as evidenced in the August 2021 publication of Vidrio Views, our monthly market survey of global allocators and LPs representing more than...

Inflation expectations in the second half of 2021 have been moving higher,though whether this shift is temporary and range-bound is likely to become evident in the coming months as the Federal Reserve maintains its dovish ...

It has been more than ten years since Vidrio first launched to the market, but what many people don’t know is that the concept of Vidrio first emerged two decades ago. In this Q&A with our CEO, Mazen Jabban, we discuss the unique...

It would seem the current trend of Zoom Diligence might be here to stay for some time, so in addition to our own recent thought leadership on the topic, we’ve rounded up the following summary of high value content covering...

If we’d been told just a few years ago that the industry would be rocked by a global pandemic, our expectation would have been for complete panic across the industry. What we saw instead, just one year ago this week, was only a...

In our latest Coffee and a Conversation, Vidrio's Willett Bird met with Kamal Suppal, Chief Investment Auditor of the Boston-based, Emerging Markets Alternatives. The two discussed the nuances of conducting due diligence on...

Appropriately, we kicked off our new virtual Coffee and a Conversation series with a discussion about remote due diligence meetings, aka Zoom Diligence, and presented ideas for allocators who must now adapt their processes to...

It has been more than 35 years since Microsoft Excel (originally for the Macintosh!) was first introduced to the world. Yet here we are in 2020 and there are firms across the globe that still use Excel to support at least some...

“Workflow” has become an in-vogue term in recent years, generally defined as the sequence of repeatable processes through which a piece of work passes from initiation to completion. For fund allocators, workflows are employed...

Vidrio's CEO, Mazen Jabban joined a virtual panel of fellow industry leaders for the October 9^th Talking Hedge Webinar: Managing Risk and Improving Alpha with Customization. The panel was part of the Talking Hedge Santa Monica...

Nearly three months ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) announced the Proposed Rule on Reporting Threshold for Institutional Investment Managers, which proposes an amendment to raise the threshold for reporting...

In their recently published investor update, Alternative Assets, H2 2020, Preqin reported that investors are not giving up on alternative assets and many expect to increase commitments.

In this post, Antonio Simonini, Vidrio's head of Client Services and member of our senior management team reflects on the effects of the current pandemic on the industry, Vidrio's own preparation and response, and the ways in...

When it comes to business continuity and infrastructure readiness, what does your new normal look like today, and are you preparing for whatever tomorrow’s “normal” may be?

The application of advanced algorithms and machine learning to the data collection and analytic services we offer is the one of the latest innovations to help clients solve complex allocation needs and build more efficient...

For firms that desire continuity across all their teams, the multi-function single-vendor solution is a reasonable choice for the benefit of reporting alone. This level of centralization helps prevent discrepancies in data,...

One of the most widely used solutions capable of catering to an array of individual specialties is a combined patchwork of disparate tools and services for each functional need. While this approach seemingly allows allocation...

While there are trillions of dollars in the finance world managed on spreadsheets, there are a select few who choose to take on the task of creating their own custom-built software solution for portfolio management. 

The reasons...

Spreadsheet software such as Excel may be the de facto system for financial institution's portfolio management, but should they be? With increasing staff, volumes of data, assets, and client responsibilities, spreadsheets quickly...

In the current pandemic environment, while some of the funds that asset allocators are invested with are finding ways to profit, many funds are performing poorly. Some will close as a result. Across the board, we see allocators...

There are both advantages and disadvantages to custom building systems for cross-portfolio asset management vs. buying an existing off-the-shelf vendor solution. Is there a happy medium?

Covid-19 and a crash in the oil markets have triggered a bear market that may lead to a recession. While the complexion of this bear market is different from 2008-9, there are applicable lessons from the last recession that can...

Year after year, Agecroft does an excellent job bringing together a mix of funds, allocators, and service providers for their hedge fund allocator conference. Here are the top takeaways from Agecroft's "Gaining the Edge" in 2019:

Vidrio is a Technology Enabled Service for fund allocators. We collect a full range of data from external managers for our clients so they can focus on more value-added tasks. We use all this data to power a range of functions...

Vidrio is the first Technology Enabled Service for allocators. We’re also undoubtedly the oldest. The origins of Vidrio go back to 1994 when we established one of the early funds of hedge funds. Along the way, we developed...

Investment managers traditionally develop custom internal technology or implement multiple vendor solutions to manage their investments. Historically, these were the only products that could provide mature products across all...

For investors placing money with hedge funds, calculating the risk of these investments is a multi-faceted problem.

Some risk elements, like standard deviation, are relatively easy to calculate: track performance over time and...