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Private equity has benefitted from strong public financial support in the country but the conditions for fund management growth remain insufficient, writes POELLATH’s Andreas Rodin.

Both LPs and GPs are getting more sophisticated in their approach to raising capital and addressing liquidity challenges. There are now many more options on the table, says Sam Kay, partner and head of investment funds at Travers Smith.

SEC-regulated entities can learn some lessons from the Reddit-linked short-squeeze and its fallout, write Troutman Pepper partners Stephanie Pindyck Costantino, Thao Le, Jay Dubow and Genna Garver.

Private equity legal teams are under pressure to optimise essential, but costly, external counsel budgets. Nicholas d’Adhemar, founder and CEO of Apperio, examines which PE firms are ahead, and whether fund size matters.

ESG has come a long way and it’s starting to show in financial performance, say NSSK’s CEO Jun Tsusaka, chief administrative officer Shohei Akiyama and ESG leader Kiyomi Matsuda.

The challenges of 2020 caused fund managers to focus on workflows and collaboration tools in a new way. Howard Eisen and Donovin Pombo of TMF Group explain where investment is going.

Regulatory complexity, ESG challenges and increasingly demanding investors mean it is time for private markets to finally move beyond Excel, says State Street senior managing director Cesar Estrada.

Digitalisation provided an operational advantage during the pandemic, and can be further harnessed to advance ESG, say Triton managing partners Peder Prahl and Martin Huth.

Managers need to develop a clear long-term value narrative and embed it throughout their portfolio, say EY's Andres Saenz and Simon Abrams.

Technology is opening up new opportunities for emerging markets investors in sectors such as healthcare, say Gulf Capital’s Dr Karim El Solh, Hazem Abu Khalaf and Alvaro Abella.