Nicholas Neveling

After a blurring of the lines with venture and buyout strategies, market conditions are bringing greater clarity to growth capital.

As domain expertise becomes a differentiator in an increasingly crowded PE market, managers are taking varying approaches to building industry know-how.

As volatile credit markets, rising interest rates and choppy M&A activity buffet the PE industry, tech-enablement of GP operations is becoming increasingly important for sense-checking deal valuations.

Measurement has become one of the defining elements of impact investing. How do managers in impact’s most popular theme – climate – measure up?

As debt markets tighten, LPs are becoming more particular about how managers use subscription credit lines and NAV finance.

Investor appetite for GP stakes funds has expanded rapidly, but some LPs are still treading carefully.

In the early 2000s, private equity was a niche industry backed by a small group of institutional investors. Roll on two decades and the picture couldn’t be more different, writes Nicholas Neveling.

As impact assets under management mushroom, impact managers are fine-tuning their strategies and working to differentiate themselves from the crowd.