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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Do Algorithms Dream About Artificial Alphas? -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Replication or Reinvention -- 1.3 Reinvention with Machine Learning -- 1.4 A Matter of Trust -- 1.5 Economic Existentialism: A Grand Design or an Accident? -- 1.6...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Overview of US Middle Market Corporate Direct Lending -- The Rise of Nonbank Lending -- Direct Lending Investors -- Direct Lending Illustration -- Chapter 2 The Historical Performance of US Middle Market...

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