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Thought leadership from the private equity industry’s leading voices including legal experts, industry veterans, asset class specialists and academics.

Concept of connection as a connected group symbol with different ropes tied and linked together pulling on a metal chain.
There is more to it than fee cuts and growth stories, warn experts at our co-investing roundtable.
growth
Our latest ranking of the secondaries market’s biggest fundraisers shows the big are getting bigger while niche firms make their mark.
money
Michael Slane, co-head of Investec's European Funds group, discusses the heightened need for FX hedging and how private funds can do it without breaking the bank.
granite rock
The European private equity stalwart picked Blackstone as a minority shareholder also for the soft benefits that it brings.
Can the US manager, its fundraising muscles flexed, establish itself in infra the way it has in other asset classes?
Latham & Watkins partners Eli Katz and Omar Nazif note that as private equity funds increasingly target renewable energy assets, they will need a strong grasp of the financing structures as well as the opportunities.
LIBOR has underpinned financial products for decades. But it could be phased out in less than three years, with huge implications for private debt lenders.
alternative way
Experts from PwC outline why this form of lending is an attractive financing option for mid-market leveraged buyouts.
European Union
The European Parliament has approved changes to the pre-marketing of alternatives funds that should make the process easier across the continent.
GPs must think carefully about how fund level leverage affects performance at the fund level and by extension, their own stability.
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