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There is growing speculation that secondaries trading could surpass primary fundraising, as it has in the public markets, write Rod James and Amy Carroll.

In the future, private markets firms can expect to benefit from risk management tools, unstructured data collection and advanced analytics, says BlackRock’s Sloane Collins

As strategies and fund structures become more sophisticated, service providers must step up to support managers’ increasingly complex needs, say Apex Group’s Aman Bahel, David Ries and Kartik Shah

Asset owners struggle with scenario analysis on their private equity investments, but new technologies will improve efficiency, says State Street’s Jesse Cole

Technology, the rise of entrepreneurs, and globalised business models have transformed the growth equity space in recent years, say Bill Ford and Graves Tompkins of General Atlantic.

In a world of unprecedented innovation and technology advancements, demand for growth capital is soaring, says Phil Guinand, partner and head of Permira Growth Opportunities.

Growth investing should be about forming deep relationships with a small number of great companies, says Dave Welsh, partner and global head of tech growth at KKR.

The asset class has made notable strides on ESG, with the drive towards standardisation, the focus on ESG as a value driver, and a shared industry voice as priorities moving forward, say KPMG’s Tania Carnegie and Glenn Mincey

Private equity has moved from in-house Excel sheets to outsourced services and software point solutions, but modern data infrastructures that bring it all together can deliver the benefits of scale as the industry grows, says Cesar Estrada of Arcesium.

Natural language processing and machine learning technologies can enhance the scale and efficiency of data processing and offer investors and managers an informational advantage, says BlackRock’s Sunil Dalal.