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Wealth Strategy

One Big Beautiful Bill Act Makes $15M Estate Tax Exemption Permanent — What Changes, and What Doesn't

The TCJA sunset that threatened to halve the lifetime exemption is gone. Here's what the new $15M floor means for annual gifting, 529 superfunding, and direct tuition payments.

Private Markets

JPMorgan CEO Raises Private Credit Concerns in Annual Shareholder Letter — and Then Walks Them Back

Jamie Dimon's April 2026 shareholder letter and April 28 Oslo remarks on private credit: what the warnings actually say, what they overstate, and what changes for allocators already in the asset class.

Private Markets

Private Markets at an Inflection: Where Each Sub-Asset Class Stands at Mid-2026

Private credit, venture, real assets, and secondaries are each moving through distinct phases of a cycle reset. Here is what the data shows.

Private Markets

94% of HNW Investors Now Allocate to Private Markets, Per Annual Benchmark Study

Long Angle's 2026 benchmark study of 233 HNW investors finds near-universal private markets participation — and a 60/40 portfolio that no longer exists at this wealth tier.

Regulation

CFTC Invokes Emergency Authority to Block State Court Interference with Executed Prediction Market Trades

The CFTC used emergency authority for the first time to block a state court from unwinding executed trades on a federally regulated prediction market exchange.

Market Outlook

Q3 2026 State of the Market Update: The Beautiful Game (of Investing)

Markets spent the quarter moving from one headline to the next - trade negotiations, an inflation relapse, the Iran war, and self-inflicted tariff volatility. Learn more in this quarter’s edition of the State of the Market.

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Sector theses, macro frameworks, and longer-form editorial views on private markets and portfolio construction.

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