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A founder-first shift in the growth capital market offers a compelling opportunity to lenders.
While CVs are a paradigm-shifting innovation, the industry must be relentless in the pursuit of fairness and integrity when using them, writes Jeremy Coller, chief investment officer and managing partner at Coller Capital.
Nature-related disclosures are becoming vital for investors but require careful calibration, according to Paine Schwartz Partners’ CEO Kevin Schwartz and head of sustainability Rachel Hurley.
The founder of placement agent Triago and private markets veteran shares his latest fictional (or not?) outlook for the year ahead.
Earn-out provisions require careful drafting to avoid post-completion disputes and protect value, write Ben Bruton, Christopher Hull and Suzanne Labi of Winston & Strawn London.
By appealing to retail and large institutional investors, mega-managers may end up with the lion’s share of capital, with implications for themselves and their investors, writes Cambridge Associates’ Andrea Auerbach.
Opening private markets to retail investors comes with specific challenges around structuring and tax in Europe, write PwC’s Frida Karlsson and Femke van der Zeijden.
LPs have started raising concerns about their GPs’ value creation plans for those portfolio companies sitting within older funds, writes Giovanni Legorano. So, are long-held assets receiving enough TLC?
The industry might be waiting for a while for distributions to return to prior levels, write John Haggerty and Luke Riela of Meketa Investment Group.
Managers launching evergreen vehicles need to be well versed in fund domicile regulations and ensure appropriate investor protection mechanisms are in place, writes Veronica Aroutiunian, a partner at Loyens & Loeff Luxembourg.