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An ageing population is driving Japan’s business succession market and the targets are only getting larger, say NSSK’s Jun Tsusaka, Ryoji Kanamori and Makoto Iwami.

Broad market trends are defined by uncertainty, but LPs won’t be lowering their standards for asset service providers anytime soon, says Claudia Bertolino, head of private equity and private credit, fund services of the Citco group of companies (Citco).

Secondaries investors can find unparalleled alignment in GP-led transactions with lower mid-market managers, says Christiaan van der Kam, head of secondaries at Schroders Capital.

A fairness opinion from an independent provider will offer greater assurance to all parties in a GP-led deal, say Stout’s Kim Randolph and TJ Hope.

The Gulf and Southeast Asia are two of the fastest-growing regions in the world today, making the corridor connecting the two a rich seam of investment opportunities, say Gulf Capital’s Karim El Solh and Shantanu Mukerji

Single-asset continuation vehicles enable secondaries investors to gain exposure at scale to some of the highest quality assets in private equity, says ICG Strategic Equity’s Ricardo Lombardi.

Macro conditions are prompting a broader array of financing mechanisms in GP-led deals, which could help catalyse greater market adoption, say Investec’s Stuart Ingledew and Sharon Thandi.

Clear transaction rationale, defendable valuation positioning and a strong show of conviction from sponsors is helping buyers to get comfortable with continuation fund deals in a tough macro environment, says Matt Wesley at Jefferies.

Proactively tracking assets across global themes can provide an early edge in continuation fund opportunities, say Partners Group’s Anthony Shontz and Roy Baumann.

Co-investment will continue to play a crucial role in PE despite the present macro environment, says Markus Benzler, head of multi-managers private equity at UBS Asset Management