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The most successful route to the democratisation of private markets is through transparency, education and access to high-quality investments, say iCapital’s Lawrence Calcano and Marco Bizzozero.

The need to decarbonise and society’s expectations for a more circular economy are driving new investment opportunities across PE and infrastructure, say 3i’s Sophia Walwyn-James and Céline Maronne.

It’s imperative for retail investors to truly understand the risks associated with illiquidity when investing in private assets, say Goldman Sachs’ Adam Lane and Greg Olafson.

Growing demand from retail investors has made the democratisation of private markets an inevitability, says Moonfare’s Dr Steffen Pauls.

With demand from individual investors on the rise, fund managers should curate their investor base with due care and attention, say Partners Group’s Rob Collins and Christian Wicklein.

The secondaries market is a logical entry point for private wealth clients looking to access private markets, say UBS’s Tanja von Ehrlich and Jochen Mende.

For individual investors who have been considering participating in private markets, the time to move is now, say Schroders’ Nathalie Krekis and Schroders Capital’s Georg Wunderlin.

Private equity firms are increasingly seeking ways to generate value through ESG across the investment lifecycle, say ERM’s Andrew Radcliff and Claudia Solaini.

GPs and LPs are stepping up their global ESG efforts to collect decision-useful data, say Anne Matusewicz and Jérémy Rasori at Reporting 21.

While LPs and GPs cry out for liquidity, secondaries funds are unable to recapitalize quickly, creating pent-up demand that bodes well for the future.