The impact industry is prospering across the continuum, from venture and growth capital to a burgeoning larger deal space, says Nuveen’s global head of private equity impact, Rekha Unnithan
It is possible to generate competitive returns in emerging markets alongside outsized impact, from social outcomes to the energy transition, say Shami Nissan at Actis and Sumit Barat at portfolio company BluPine Energy
AI’s rapid development offers new avenues for creating value in portfolio companies, but deploying the tools successfully will require judicious experimentation and consistent investment, say Montagu’s Christoph Leitner-Dietmaier and Dr Mark Spiteri.
Sponsors are thinking outside of the box to find pockets of capital and get deals over the line, say Jack Orford and Robert Smith, sponsor finance partners at Davis Polk & Wardwell.
As competition for assets increases, investors are getting creative in identifying value, say Deloitte’s Ryan Jones and Nick Israni.
With booming fundraising requiring ever larger commitments, institutional capital is now often essential, write Michael Hubbard, Samantha Hutchinson and Mathan Navaratnam at King & Spalding
Technology and payments are undergoing rapid shifts, creating attractive investment opportunities, say Nordic Capital’s Mohit Agnihotri and Fredrik Näslund.
Decarbonisation and regenerative agriculture strategies are about more than tackling climate change, they are about creating long-term sustainable value, says Lindee Wong, director of climate and biodiversity at Tikehau Capital
The industry is on the cusp of significant innovation, ranging from capital relief structures to securitisation, say SMBC’s Sammy Asoli, Stuart McIntosh and William Wallace
Fund finance will have a key role to play in addressing the capital overhang ratio within the secondaries market, writes Ian Wiese, portfolio manager at Barings Portfolio Finance