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Diversity and inclusion have become an increasingly important part of any due diligence when assessing funds or an underlying company, but there is still some way to go, says CDC Group’s Clarisa De Franco.

Digital transformation has accelerated at an unprecedented rate during the pandemic, compounding long-term tech trends, say Permira principal Andrew Young and partner Michail Zekkos.

Co-investments have seen massive growth over the past decade, but how will they fare as we navigate a covid-19-induced downturn?

As the impact investment ecosystem continues to expand, players must be held accountable for delivering on their promises, say Rekha Unnithan and David Haddad, co-heads of impact investing in private markets at Nuveen.

China and Hong Kong may have been the first to be hit by covid-19, but they are also rebounding quickest. Despite US-China trade tensions, there are plenty of domestic opportunities emerging, say Tracy Wut and Derek Poon of Baker McKenzie.

Laying strong foundations for procurement transformation can help organisations create long-term value, write Efficio’s Patrick Traynor and Fabian Bodoky.

As the pandemic continues to put pressure on corporate balance sheets, private equity firms may do well to look at carve-out opportunities, say PwC Germany’s Friederich von Hurter and Filip Debevc.

Applying data insights effectively can be key to improving portfolio company profitability or successfully integrating acquisitions, says Rich Davis, growth acceleration leader at RSM

In the future, private equity professionals will struggle to remember a time when pricing wasn’t high on the value creation agenda, say Simon-Kucher’s Mark Billige and Adam Echter

The pandemic has underlined the power of digitisation in the private equity industry, says Intertrust Group’s Chitra Baskar