What allocators are really thinking.

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Boudica convenes and facilitates the Capital Allocator Forum, a peer-led community of fund selectors, and publishes Unfiltered, a frank summary of the conversations that matter most to the buy-side.

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It is a closed, peer-led conversation between fund selectors and gives space for robust and constructive discussion on themes and challenges that impact buy-side businesses, the nexus between buy- and sell-side and the industry more broadly.

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The 2026 line-up

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Ian Aylward

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Paris Jordan

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Tony Lawrence

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Tom Mann

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Tony Mee

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Ben Conway

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Kelly Prior

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Andrew Summers

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Victoria Hasler

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Mona Shah

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Matthew Wiles

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The Unfiltered perspective

Most industry reports look backwards and rely on data. Unfiltered does neither.

Published by Boudica, it captures what the room is really saying. Candid, unattributed, qualitative and forward-looking.

A read of where the industry is and where it is heading.

You won't find this anywhere else.

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Unfiltered: What capital allocators are really saying

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