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China and Hong Kong may have been the first to be hit by covid-19, but they are also rebounding quickest. Despite US-China trade tensions, there are plenty of domestic opportunities emerging, say Tracy Wut and Derek Poon of Baker McKenzie.

Laying strong foundations for procurement transformation can help organisations create long-term value, write Efficio’s Patrick Traynor and Fabian Bodoky.

As the pandemic continues to put pressure on corporate balance sheets, private equity firms may do well to look at carve-out opportunities, say PwC Germany’s Friederich von Hurter and Filip Debevc.

Applying data insights effectively can be key to improving portfolio company profitability or successfully integrating acquisitions, says Rich Davis, growth acceleration leader at RSM

In the future, private equity professionals will struggle to remember a time when pricing wasn’t high on the value creation agenda, say Simon-Kucher’s Mark Billige and Adam Echter

The pandemic has underlined the power of digitisation in the private equity industry, says Intertrust Group’s Chitra Baskar

The economic and financial stress of living alongside a pandemic has created risk and opportunity for lenders. Joel Holsinger and Keith Ashton of Ares’ alternative credit team consider what it means for alternative credit providers

While debt is cheap, debt issuance looks set only to continue to rise through 2021, says Ocorian’s Alan Booth.

The focus on ESG is growing, yet few lower mid-market private equity fund managers have made it a priority, say John Poff, David Walden and Bonnie Howard of MiddleGround Capital.