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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.

Firms need to demonstrate real-world returns and engage earlier with regulators and ministers, writes Gareth Davies, former UK Exchequer Secretary.

GPs willing to navigate China's Qualified Domestic Limited Partner programme could benefit from rising HNWI appetites for cross-border alternative investments, write partners from law firm Fangda.

Consolidation in the alternative asset management industry is creating opportunities for GP stake investors and their portfolios, argue DC Advisory’s Hal Ritch, Donato de Donato and Jacob Berman.

There are parallels between today’s secondaries market and the M&A market at large, writes Jonathan Graham, Lincoln International's head of private funds advisory Europe.

Co-investment is a chance to seize opportunities that don’t fit the all-too-often narrow strictures of traditional private equity fund investment; fear of style drift misses this point, argues Houlihan Lokey's Matt Swain.