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Private equity’s expanding playbook: Accounting and consulting firms

With tens of thousands of CPA firms across the country, investors see consolidation opportunities to build national platforms, write Houlihan Lokey's Matthew Dodd, Patrick Hughes and Shivan Arora.

It’s not just Robert De Niro…

England’s North West, once a by-word for decline, is open for business. Filling significant gaps in the funding ecosystem offers great opportunities for innovative investment – and positive social outcomes, write Palatine's Gary Tipper and Beth Houghton.

Venture debt: A powerful tool that can help or harm borrowers

Zack Ellison of Applied Real Intelligence examines how the features that make venture debt a powerful growth catalyst can also pose serious risk to borrowers when it is misunderstood, mismanaged or misaligned with the underlying business.

GPs should listen to secondaries market signal

The past few years have tested the patience of LPs who are pushing GPs for exits, writes Adam Spence, of Partners Capital.

Strings attached: navigating legacy with founder and family transitions

Investors need to be nimble in balancing respect for the seller's legacy with the practicalities of operating a business, write Carl Bradshaw and Angus Simpson of law firm Goodwin.

Rebuilding sellers’ trust in private equity

Don’t treat the early stages of an acquisition discussion as a business transaction – it should be about nurturing a relationship, writes Seth Collins, managing partner, martinwolf.

PACT Capital Partners on delivering the benefits of scale to the mid-market

Differentiated partnerships can help GPs remain competitive and stay independent, say PACT Capital Partners co-founders Christian von Schimmelmann and Brian Vickery.

RidgeLake Partners on unlocking the mid-market growth opportunity

As the GP stakes asset class matures, its role in shaping the next decade of private markets is coming into sharp focus, say RidgeLake Partners’ Michael Lunt, Todd Milligan and Doug Amacher.

CAZ Investments on why GP stakes make sense for investors

GP stake investments are now available for the wealth channel, offering investors J-curve mitigation, predictable cashflows, downside protection and upside optionality, says CAZ Investments’ chairman and chief investment officer, Christopher Zook.

Petershill on an evolving liquidity landscape

Liquidity optionality for GP stakes investments is expanding as the asset class matures and structural innovations broaden the range of available exit routes, says Petershill partner and global co-head Ali Raissi-Dehkordy.