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With so many options on how to provide liquidity to investors, Northleaf managing director Matthieu Ducharme details the structures available to mid-market GPs and the related pitfalls to avoid.

Buyout and growth capital investors are embracing a broad range of GP-led solutions, say W Capital Partners managing partner and co-founder David Wachter and partners Blake Heston, Todd Miller and Katie Stitch.

The secondaries market universe is growing. ‘To boldly go where no person has gone before,’ participants will be judged on market positioning and applicable returns, say PJT Park Hill managing director Darren Schluter and partner David Perdue.

With GP-led deals taking the spotlight in the secondaries market, Jeff Akers, head of secondaries investments at Adams Street Partners, shares what that could mean for risk-return profiles.

Concentrated GP-led secondaries dominated in 2020, but buyers are seeking diversification once again, says Gerald Cooper, head of Campbell Lutyens’ North America secondaries advisory.

In a maturing market featuring multiple new entrants seeking to deploy greater amounts of capital, specialist expertise is key to delivering consistent outperformance, says Hollyport managing partner John Carter.

As GP-led processes continue gathering momentum and LP portfolio deals are likely to surge on pent up demand, Proskauer partners Mike Suppappola and Chris Robinson highlight key focus areas for buyers.

The shift to working from home has changed the type of cyber threats facing fund managers and pushed risk mitigation up the agenda, say Sanne Group’s chief technology officer, Marie Measures, and chief strategy officer, Jason Bingham

From non-accredited investors to trading platforms, wider access to private market investments will transform how the industry operates, writes Jay Cipriano, senior vice-president at SEI Investment Manager Services

Timely access to information has become critical for GPs and LPs alike, and the importance of data to value creation is only set to increase, say Tim Toska and Jared Broadbent at Alter Domus