The pipes, they are a changin’
The largest AI infrastructure deal in history was not funded by banks. It was absorbed by the buy side. That shift tells you more about the market than the technology itself.
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AI Can Now Detect Gaslighting and Narcissism. That’s Progress. It’s Also a Risk.
AI can now flag gaslighting and narcissism in your messages. It still cannot tell the difference between abuse and irony.
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Podcast: Are Family Offices the Answer to Unmet Sustainability?
In March, 2026 Brett S. Chappell sat down with Aline Reichenberg Gustafsson, CFA, and Filipe Albuquerque from Stockholm-based Nordsip to talk about family offices and sustainability investments. If you have 35 minutes and want to learn more, then please tune in to this episode of ESGpresso. The spoken language is English. Links:Spotify / Apple Podcasts
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The World Is Not Static
The Earth operates on longer cycles than we do. Deserts expand and recede. Seas disappear and return. Even Polaris is temporary. Stewardship demands we plan accordingly.
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From Sovereign Bonds to Monte Cristo: A Tale of Two Waterloos 📚
What connects a research paper on emerging market bonds to Alexandre Dumas’ masterpiece? Both emerged from the post-Napoleonic era—but only one explores what truly counts.
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🎭 I just quoted a dead guy who never said what I quoted.
Turns out “what gets measured gets managed” isn’t Drucker either—and the real version warns against exactly what we’re doing with it.
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