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Two industry experts involved in the latest consultation process for Solvency II summarise the key points and how they affect insurers' private equities investments.

The chairman and chief executive officer of Willett Advisors – which manages the personal and philanthropic investment assets of Michael Bloomberg – and former Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury, shared his thoughts on the US economy at the PDI New York Forum in September.

Private equity firms with the right proactive mindset and approach stand to capitalise on public companies who want to go private.

Ahmed Badreldin, former head of MENA for The Abraaj Group, writes for PEI about his thoughts for LPs on fund due diligence lessons and investor safeguards.

Macfarlanes' Christopher Good examines how such vehicles should be structured in order to maximise incentives while managing return expectations.

The operating model for sponsors has held steady for 30 years, but data science advances are set to change all that, say Ian Picache and Sajjad Jaffer of Two Six Capital.