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Cybersecurity investment activity has shown little sign of slowing down, despite the dislocations affecting dealmaking and fundraising, says Richard Seewald, founder and managing partner of Evolution Equity Partners.

An uncertain global environment means it has never been more important to start laying the foundations for exit earlier in the investment lifecycle, say KPMG’s Paul Pan and Gavin Geminder.

The evolution of the secondaries market, and developments around evergreens and the wealth channel, are helping to address LPs’ liquidity requirements, say Pantheon’s Jeff Miller and Amyn Hassanally.

These revenue-based, asset-backed investments are emerging as a compelling opportunity for LPs to diversify their private markets portfolios, says Partners Group managing director and head of royalties Stephen Otter.

Innovation in technology and product development is helping to widen access and bring efficiency to private markets investing, says iCapital chairman and CEO Lawrence Calcano.

An uncertain world is pushing more investors to seek liquidity, requiring ongoing innovation in the secondaries market, says Michael Granoff, founder and chief executive of Pomona Capital.

As financial advisers better understand the fundamental benefits of investing in the private markets, they are focusing on portfolio construction and implementation, says Bob Long, CEO of StepStone Private Wealth.

Many of the most exciting investment themes today are taking place in private markets – and investors are eager to participate, says Kyle Kniffen, global head of alternatives, third-party wealth, at Goldman Sachs.

In spite of shockwaves from Trump’s on-again-off-again trade war, the secondaries industry is gearing up for yet another record year.

Increasing allocations and sophistication among Japanese LPs are leading them to a wider range of private equity managers and strategies, say Neuberger Berman’s Jonathan Shofet and Yoshi Yagisawa.