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In a world where private equity firms can no longer rely on leverage and multiple arbitrage, operational due diligence has become more important than ever, say LEK’s Claudio Molinaro, Sebastien Beausoleil and Tom Marshall.

Tokenization of real assets is opening up alternatives to a vast new investor universe and jurisdictions are having to respond, say Elliot Refson and Philip Pirecki of Jersey Finance.

As India emerges as a core component of Asia-Pacific portfolios, StepStone’s Randy Wang and Hansong Qu tell us what investors should look out for.

GPs are gradually doing the groundwork to enable the roll-out of transformative technologies across their operations, say IQ-EQ’s Justin Partington and Chris Robinson.

When implementing artificial intelligence-based tools into PE operations, bringing the business with you is essential, says Albert Bauer, Citco’s chief technology officer.

Integrating AI into businesses in the professional services sector offers untold opportunities, but also raises challenges, say Cinven’s Stuart Walker and Grant Thornton UK’s Malcolm Gomersall.

Value creation efforts that capture the benefits of AI are particularly effective in services and healthcare businesses, say Permira’s Riccardo Basile and Ben Rogers.

PE firms must embrace AI to avoid obsolescence and build sustainable competitive advantages, argue Gavin Geminder and Cherie Gartner of KPMG.

Information inefficiencies within the mid-market offer an abundance of opportunities for those with a differentiated platform, says Shane Feeney, global head of secondaries at Northleaf Capital Partners.

The increased complexity and scale of the secondaries industry has necessitated a more rigorous and tech-supported approach to data management, says Metz Vara, global head of fund of funds and LPs at Aztec Group.