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The professionalisation of fund services opens up opportunities for managers grappling with LP demands across areas such as data and ESG, say Sanne Group’s Natalie Breen and Richard Murray.

Growing capital flows are helping to increase sellers’ understanding of the PE ownership model and widen the pool of potential targets, say CD&R CEO Nate Sleeper and co-presidents Dave Novak and Rick Schnall.

Impact investing is an increasingly prevalent strategy, but LPs need better tools for measuring results, say DPI’s Runa Alam and Vincent Lecat.

The opportunity to invest behind China’s carbon reduction goals is immense, says Asia Green Fund’s chairman and CEO, Dr Bo Bai.

In a booming tech market, value creation depends on a well-defined investment focus and multiple layers of growth, say HPE Growth’s Tim van Delden, Frederic Huynen and Manfred Krikke.

Taking an impact-focused approach will soon be a requirement and not a differentiator, say Udayan Goyal and Matteo Stefanel, managing partners at Apis Partners.

Greater sophistication around impact and ESG, and a heightened focus on value creation, are presenting new ways for GPs and portfolio companies to work together, says KPMG’s Tania Carnegie.

The need for managers to enhance the sophistication of their use of data tools is under increasing pressure, say Howard Eisen and Mike Gorman of TMF Group.

Investing with an impact lens will not only make the world a better place; it will also create more sustainable and valuable businesses, say Trill Impact’s Jan Ståhlberg and Pia Irell.

Sub-sector specialisation, a replicable strategy and clear investment criteria focused on high growth, stable B2B end markets with a need for digitalisation form the basis of exceptional tech deals, says Nordic Capital’s Fredrik Naslund.