The Emerging Manager

It Pays to Lurk

Why the best emerging managers are misreading social media, and what it's costing them

Jul 9 • Claudia Quintela and Melanie Goodman

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Easier to Get In. Harder to Deserve It.

The 2026 AIMA and Marex Emerging Manager survey reads like a win for emerging managers. Read it twice. Three of its numbers say the job got harder to…

Jul 2 • Claudia Quintela

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June 2026

Everything written about managed accounts is for the investor. Not this.

Managers think they know what they're signing. Allocators think they know what they're buying. Both are usually wrong about the same thing.

Jun 25 • Claudia Quintela

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You Lost That Meeting Three Weeks Ago. You Just Don't Know Yet.

Where your capital raise leaks: follow-up, the CRM, speed to materials. And what it looks like sealed.

Jun 11 • Claudia Quintela

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May 2026

You Automated the Alpha. You Haven't Automated the Raise.

Most emerging managers automated the portfolio. The capital raise is still being run like it's 2015.

May 28 • Claudia Quintela

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Your Track Record Isn't What You Think It Is.

There's a hierarchy of track record credibility. Most emerging managers are at the wrong end of it.

May 14 • Claudia Quintela

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April 2026

You Say You're Different. You Look Exactly the Same.

Allocators meet hundreds of managers a year. Most of them blur together.

Apr 30 • Claudia Quintela

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You Talked for an Hour. That's Why They Didn't Call Back.

What most managers get wrong about investor meetings, and the one ratio that changes everything.

Apr 16 • Claudia Quintela

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Performance Gets You the Meeting. It Won't Get You the Cheque.

The four legs of the table, and why most emerging managers show up with a stool.

Apr 2 • Claudia Quintela

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March 2026

What 25 Years of Watching Hedge Funds Launch Taught Me

A capital introduction expert on the mistakes, fears, and the 1-5% rule of hedge fund fundraising

Mar 19 • Claudia Quintela

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