Editorial Policy

Last reviewed 15 October 2026

Our purpose

allo covers how professional investors around the world select funds and managers. We aim to be accurate, fair and useful to the people who make those decisions, and to the firms that want to understand them.

Our readers rely on what we publish to inform real investment decisions and professional judgements. That responsibility shapes everything in this policy. When we have to choose between being first and being right, we choose being right.

Independence

Editorial decisions are made by our editors alone. Partners, sponsors and advertisers have no say over what we cover, how we cover it, or when it is published, and they do not see stories before publication.

Our commercial and editorial teams operate separately. Commercial colleagues do not commission, edit or approve journalism, and editors are not set commercial targets. A firm's relationship with allo, or lack of one, has no bearing on whether or how it appears in our coverage.

Accuracy

We check facts, figures, names, job titles and dates before publication. Numbers such as assets under management, fund flows and performance are attributed to their source, and we make clear when data is estimated, provisional or self-reported. Where a story develops after publication, we update it and say so.

Sourcing and verification

• Every article lists its sources, whether on the record, documents or public filings.
• Where we rely on unnamed sources, material facts about allocations, buy-list changes or appointments need at least two independent confirmations.
• We grant anonymity only where a source would face genuine professional consequences for speaking openly, and we explain to readers, as far as we can, why a source is not named.
• We give the people and firms we write about a fair chance to respond before publication.
• We do not pay for information.

Protecting sources

Allocators often share views with us in confidence. We honour every agreement we make about how information may be used, and we will not disclose the identity of a confidential source. Notes and correspondence are stored securely and access is limited to the editorial team.

Fairness

We report on people and firms as we would expect to be reported on ourselves. We avoid speculation presented as fact, we do not take quotes out of context, and we give those we criticise a reasonable opportunity to respond, with their response reflected fairly in what we publish.

Labelling our content

Each piece is labelled so readers know what they are reading:

• Insight: reported news and analysis.
• Thought piece: opinion or commentary, clearly attributed to its author.
• Interview: a conversation with an allocator or industry figure, edited for length and clarity.
• Survey: aggregated, anonymised research. Methodology and sample sizes are published with the results.
• Partner content: any commercial content is labelled as such and is never presented as journalism.

Opinion and commentary

Thought pieces represent the views of their authors, not of allo. External contributors must disclose any relevant interests, including the funds or strategies they manage, and we will not publish commentary that is in substance an advertisement for a product.

Surveys and research

Survey responses are anonymised and reported only in aggregate. We never publish results that could identify an individual respondent or their firm without explicit permission.

We design questions to be neutral and avoid leading wording. With every set of results we publish the number of respondents, the type of organisations they represent and the period over which responses were collected, so readers can judge the findings for themselves. Where a sample is too small to support a conclusion, we say so rather than overstate it.

Conflicts of interest

Journalists declare any personal or financial interest in the firms they cover, and step away from stories where a conflict exists.

Editorial staff do not accept gifts, hospitality or travel that could reasonably be seen to influence their work. Where attendance at an industry event is useful for reporting, allo covers the cost wherever possible.

Use of technology

We may use software tools to help with research, transcription and data analysis. Every piece we publish is written, checked and approved by a member of our editorial team, who takes responsibility for its accuracy.

Corrections

We correct errors promptly and transparently. Significant corrections are noted at the foot of the article with the date of the change. To report an error, email info@allo.global.

Complaints

If you are unhappy with our coverage, write to info@allo.global with the article link and your concern. An editor will review it and reply, normally within five working days.

If you are not satisfied with the response, you can ask for the matter to be reviewed by a senior editor who was not involved in the original story. We keep a record of all complaints and the outcome of each review.

Reviewing this policy

We review this policy at least once a year and whenever our work changes in a meaningful way. Any material changes will be published on this page.