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The secondaries market has experienced significant growth and evolution over the past decade. The market for dedicated co-investment funds has similarly evolved, albeit it on a more limited scale. Both options present investors with significant flexibility and a complex array of considerations as they manage exposure to alternative assets. Watch our panel discussion as we explored current developments in each of these dynamic opportunities.

Russ Goyenko, Associate Professor of Finance at McGill University discussed with Dr. Hossein Kazemi how large language models can, and soon they will produce more accurate analyst forecasts. Using textual information from a complete history of regular quarterly and annual (10-Q and 10-K) filings by U.S. corporations, we train machine learning algorithms and large language models, LLMs, to predict future earnings surprises. First, the length of MD&A section on its own is negatively associated with future earnings surprises and firm returns in the cross-section.

Predicting long-term equity market returns is of great importance for investors to strategically allocate their assets. Harshdeep Ahluwalia, Head of Asset Allocation, Americas for Vanguard Investment Strategy Group is one of the authors invited to discuss the exploration of machine learning methods to forecast US stock returns 10-years ahead and compare the results to the traditional Shiller regression-based forecasts more commonly used in the asset-management industry.

Learn from a group of expert venture lenders and allocators who discussed relevant topics including: