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With sports, media and entertainment developing into a compelling institutional asset class, Bobby Sharma, founder and managing partner of Bluestone Equity Partners, asks whether investors are running the right playbook.

GP stakes investing is poised for further expansion, thanks to rising demand and better investor understanding, says Michael Rees, co-president of Blue Owl Capital.

After years of steady growth, Japan’s private equity market presents unrivalled opportunities, say NSSK’s Jun Tsusaka and Kaz Tokuyama.

By taking a stake in listed companies with change-focused management teams, private equity firms can drive reform and increase value, says Advantage Partners’ head of private solutions strategy, Kenji Mitsui.

Japan is benefiting from tailwinds, but investors need to take notice, say StepStone’s Vincent Hsu and Zhiyao Ma.

EY’s Kirk Shimizuishi says a unique combination of factors is driving investment opportunity in Japan and causing its private equity market to flourish.

Attractive competitive dynamics, value creation potential and monetisation optionality make the mid-market ideal for GP stakes, say Investcorp Strategic Capital Group’s Anthony Maniscalco and Weston Wilkinson.

Interest in the Japanese private market is at an all-time high, but the opportunities making Japan a popular investment destination were not created overnight, say Unison Capital’s TJ Kono and Daimon Punjabi.