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Private Take: Reading beyond the scoreboard

Strong headline numbers are hiding a widening gap between winners and losers – across sectors, within sectors and within portfolios, writes Mark Benedetti, co-CEO of Ardian.

Private Take: Private equity’s unwritten track record

As durations extend, the game has changed for investors in private equity buyout strategies, writes Wil Warren, partner and president of Lexington Partners.

The governance blind spot in the Total Portfolio Approach

Sovereign and pension funds are abandoning fixed asset-class targets for a single risk budget. It works — until private assets enter the picture.

Private Take: Private capital’s coming of age

Manager selection is becoming increasingly critical as private capital enters the next phase of its life, writes Anthony Tutrone, global head of Neuberger Private Markets.

HarbourVest on Asia-Pacific’s next chapter

The region’s private markets have entered an exciting new phase defined by regional differences and more sophisticated investors, writes Hemal Mirani, managing director and head of APAC at HarbourVest.

Total Portfolio Approach: Overcoming the data gap

SIPA and EDHEC explore the role of market-based, monthly-priced private asset indices on the TPA.

Private Take: Bad habits from the era of ‘easy money’

The private equity model isn’t broken, but the illusion of uniform success is, writes Scott Hart, partner and chief executive at StepStone Group.

Private Take: Is retail a saviour or a wrecking ball?

Institutional investors have justifiable concerns about how an influx of retail capital may impact the industry, writes Lori Hall-Kimm, senior managing director and global head of private equity at Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan.

Private Take: The future of statecraft

A more deliberate collaboration between state and private capital is required if private equity is to fulfil its role in building a better society, writes Gareth Davies, UK shadow minister for business and trade.

Britain's defence sector needs smarter capital policy, not more red tape

The UK has a strategic opportunity to become a global hub for defence investment, but it risks squandering that opportunity through regulatory frameworks that repel the very capital it needs to compete, writes Anthony Catachanas, founding partner and group chief executive of Tower Peak Partners.