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As GP-led secondaries evolve in scope and sophistication, market participants are navigating new expectations around governance, liquidity and transparency, say Akin partners Brendan McNamara, Daniel Quinn and Fadi Samman.

In today's edition, Zombie funds could manage $1 trillion in NAV before the end of the decade; How managers can navigate private equity's 'new era'; Why there are limits to the speed at which secondaries can expand.

The private equity firm began applying machine learning to value creation processes a decade ago; its dedicated team now helps select acquisition targets and aids due diligence.

Spaht and Titarchuk spoke with PE Hub's Mary Kathleen (MK) Flynn at PEI Group’s NEXUS 2026 summit.

Executives on the firm's latest earnings call said only 8% of AUM is in software lending, with strong loan-to-value ratios.

For growth capital firms, first-rate value creation tools are becoming an increasingly important differentiator, says Martín Escobari, co-president and head of global growth equity at General Atlantic.

Though technology fundraising figures are on a downward slant, PE managers globally remain committed to the sector.

Private equity managers are once again hoping to break the dealmaking dam in the year ahead.