Product & Service Launches

InspereX Rolls Out Insights Hub for Aria Platform

InspereX LLC, a distributor of fixed-income, structured products, exchange-traded funds and alternative investments, launched the Aria Insights Hub, a new enhancement to its Aria technology platform. It is designed to deliver market intelligence and thought leadership directly to registered investment advisers.

The Insights Hub will partner with Structured Retail Products, part of Derivia Intelligence, a provider of data and market intelligence for specialist financial markets. Through the SRP integration, Aria users gain access to SRP’s U.S. market intelligence and analysis.

The hub will also partner with FinTech Studios, an artificial-intelligence-powered market intelligence company, to bring weekly fixed-income-market commentary into the platform to help advisers stay current on rates, market conditions and evolving fixed-income themes.

InspereX distributes to more than 1,500 partners and has distributed more than $850 billion of new issue securities.


Knighthead Life Launches US Fixed Indexed Annuity

Knighthead Insurance Group, a global retirement solutions provider,  launched two fixed indexed annuities, Chartline and Chartline Bonus. The products are offered by Knighthead Life, the U.S. carrier of Knighthead Insurance Group.

The products expand Knighthead’s U.S. offerings following the 2025 launch of the multi-year guaranteed annuity, Staysail.

Knighthead Insurance Group manages $7 billion in annuity reserves.

StepStone Group Partners With PitchBook on Private Market Metrics

StepStone Group L.P., a private market investment firm, is providing access to deal-level benchmarks on the platform of PitchBook Data Inc., a private capital markets intelligence provider and a Morningstar company.

The partnership combines performance and operating metrics from StepStone’s proprietary SPI platform with PitchBook’s private capital market data, research, and artificial intelligence and machine learning tools. It is intended to benefit fund managers, investors and service providers with capabilities across private equity buyout, venture capital, growth equity and infrastructure deals.

The offering is expected to launch in the second quarter of 2026. 

StepStone had $220 billion of assets under management as of December 31, 2025. PitchBook serves more than 100,000 clients worldwide.