External Insights
External Insights.
Guest-authored pieces from researchers, allocators, and operators across capital markets and the AI infrastructure cycle. Each piece carries a Closelooknet editor's note framing it inside the wider Closelooknet read, the author's own byline + bio, and cross-mirrors to substack.closelook.net and LinkedIn.
Open for pitches
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External Insights launched 2026-05-23. The surface is open and actively recruiting on two tracks —
the Manager Series General Guest Insights
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Contribute to External Insights
Closelooknet recruits guest contributors actively.
Two tracks. The Manager Series is for evolving fund / asset managers with a track record who can walk a strategy through end-to-end. General Guest Insights is for researchers, journalists, and operators with a structural read the Closelooknet frameworks don't already cover. The full standard package + editorial process is at [email protected]
Manager Series
For sub-megafund managers who can explain their strategy
The quality tier one below the big hedge funds — running a fund vehicle, discretionary client mandates, or both. Independent asset managers (Switzerland, FINMA-licensed), Vermögensverwalter (Germany, BaFin-licensed), boutique fund managers (US, UK), RIAs (US), discretionary fund managers (UK), family-office portfolio managers worldwide. Especially fitting for managers with a public writing footprint on Seeking Alpha or similar — we read your work before we reach out.
Personal OR firm byline — you choose at submission (compliance-friendly) Firm attribution row above byline (firm name, location, regulatory wrapper, strategy, site) We accommodate compliance review rounds — no time pressure on publish Generic framing OK — you don't have to name specific securities if compliance won't allow Strategy walk-through preferred over single-pick pitches — how the framework actually works General Guest Insights
For researchers, journalists, allocators, operators
Anyone with a structural read on the capital markets or AI-infrastructure cycle that brings a perspective the Closelooknet frameworks don't already cover.
Personal byline with photo + bio block Up to 5 links of your choice (your site, X, LinkedIn, SSRN, Substack) For journalists at established outlets — explicit "views are my own" disclaimer; we'll match any pre-approval / language requirements your outlet sets For analysts / researchers — evidence-led pieces with citations welcome What you get (both tracks) Canonical on closelook.net — main-domain SEO authority accrues to your byline / firmSubstack auto-mirror to substack.closelook.net/s/external-insights LinkedIn cross-post to the Closelooknet channel (~7,130 financial-pro subscribers)NewsArticle schema with you (or your firm) as the author entity — Google Discover / News eligibilityCloselooknet editor's note framing the piece (one paragraph, you sign off before publish)Right to withdraw at any time — we unpublish within 7 days of request Topic fit Capital allocation under skewed return distributions AI infrastructure supply chain — semis, power, optical, packaging Equity market regime detection, cointegration, vol-complex reads Sovereign-AI dynamics — European, Asian, deep-tech sovereignty Options structure, hedging, sizing — with worked examples Manager-specific strategy walkthroughs (how it works, why it works, where it fails) How it works Pitch. 2–3 paragraphs to [email protected] External Insights pitch: <topic> .Acceptance. Within 3 business days — we propose the editor's-note framing (one paragraph above your byline, you sign off before publish) and a suggested slot.Draft. You write the piece. 1,500–3,000 words is the sweet spot. We accept a Google Doc, Markdown, a Substack draft (post with body marker Closelook@External Insights and our watcher handles the mirror), or HTML.Light edit. Grammar + clarity only — never voice. We send proposed edits back for your sign-off.Publish. closelook.net + Substack mirror within 24h of your sign-off. LinkedIn within 48h.
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No fees paid, no fees asked. No paywall on guest content. Diary, not investment advice — the editorial standard applies to guests too.