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Asset owners struggle with scenario analysis on their private equity investments, but new technologies will improve efficiency, says State Street’s Jesse Cole

Technology, the rise of entrepreneurs, and globalised business models have transformed the growth equity space in recent years, say Bill Ford and Graves Tompkins of General Atlantic.

In a world of unprecedented innovation and technology advancements, demand for growth capital is soaring, says Phil Guinand, partner and head of Permira Growth Opportunities.

Growth investing should be about forming deep relationships with a small number of great companies, says Dave Welsh, partner and global head of tech growth at KKR.

The asset class has made notable strides on ESG, with the drive towards standardisation, the focus on ESG as a value driver, and a shared industry voice as priorities moving forward, say KPMG’s Tania Carnegie and Glenn Mincey

Last year saw record levels of manufacturing and industrial sector dealmaking and 2022 has started in the same vein despite recessionary fears, says John Stewart, founding partner at MiddleGround Capital.

Private equity has moved from in-house Excel sheets to outsourced services and software point solutions, but modern data infrastructures that bring it all together can deliver the benefits of scale as the industry grows, says Cesar Estrada of Arcesium.

Natural language processing and machine learning technologies can enhance the scale and efficiency of data processing and offer investors and managers an informational advantage, says BlackRock’s Sunil Dalal.

Investing in technology can provide a first-mover advantage in private markets and has the potential to transform the investment life cycle, say Darren Cohen and Luke Flemmer at Goldman Sachs.

Managers will feel the impact of new proposals on both sides of the Atlantic, say Sam Kay and Will Normand, partners in the funds department at Travers Smith.