Amy Carroll
Cash income, J-curve mitigation and diversification make GP stakes an attractive option for private wealth and retail investors. But a lack of liquidity could be a problem.
GP-led secondaries would appear to provide an obvious route to liquidity for staking investors but there are some issues to iron out.
GPs are increasingly scrutinising target companies’ workplace practices in an effort to invest responsibly, satisfy LP demands and reap the financial rewards.
With MIT research revealing that just 5% of artificial intelligence initiatives succeed, how can private markets firms ensure their AI efforts will lead to genuine value creation?
Artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionise the investment lifecycle, but there will be challenges along the way.
Short-term and increasingly passive public markets aren’t always the right fit for major transformations, particularly those being driven by trends such as decarbonisation and AI.
Do customisable models incorporating both public and private markets exposure represent the next step in the democratisation of alternatives?
Companies are staying private for longer, but our economies need fully functioning and vibrant public markets as well.
Although European mid-market M&A remains muted, creative dealmaking in select sectors is beginning to unclog the system.
As anti-ESG rhetoric in the US intensifies, private markets players appear to be dialling down their messaging, but not their actions.