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Francophone West Africa offers a compelling combination of high growth, attractive demographics, a pegged currency and unified rule of law, say Adiwale Partners’ Jean-Marc Savi de Tové and Vissého Gnassounou.

As the secondaries market matures, the private wealth channel is increasingly likely to embrace its potential, says Shane Feeney, global head of secondaries at Northleaf.

Industry-wide transaction volumes are on track for a record-breaking year as demand for liquidity remains strong, says Adam Graev, managing partner of CVC Secondary Partners.

AI technologies can help GPs and LPs build for the future by improving data management capabilities, enhancing transparency and informing decision making, writes Chris Sparenberg at S&P Global Market Intelligence.

The supply/demand imbalance in Asia-Pacific suggests significant growth potential in its secondaries market, say Bastian Wolff and Christian Keiber, co-founders of Aquilius Investment Partners.

Momentum in the secondaries market has resulted in creative solutions across asset classes, say Sijia Cai and Leor Landa, partners in the investment management practice at Davis Polk & Wardwell.

Appetite for secondaries remains buoyant despite a dip in fundraising at the start of the year, says Tim Toska, global sector head of private equity at Alter Domus.

Secondaries managers that are able to capture, organise and analyse data using AI are likely going to prove the most scalable, say BlackRock’s Lisa Sun and Roque Calleja.

Advances in artificial intelligence offer new use cases and productivity gains, opening up opportunities for late-stage companies, say Wellington Management’s Rob Mazzoni and Matt Witheiler.

While applying artificial intelligence to PE investment processes isn’t easy, first movers and those with powerful systems can gain a competitive advantage, says Nils Rode at Schroders Capital.