Regulation

IPEV’s expanded guidelines aim to help sponsors with dislocation and distress.

Gary Gensler, head of the US financial regulator, is expected to focus on ESG and market structure reforms.

The SEC's proposed private funds reforms are also 'influencing' the market, especially around prohibited activities and GP-led deals, says Paul, Weiss partner Marco Masotti.

Investor safety is front of mind for all regulators and firms have to ensure clarity and transparency in retail offerings, PEl’s Women in Private Markets Summit has heard.

With investors placing more scrutiny on domiciling decisions, international finance centres must stay ahead of future trends or risk being left behind, say Elliot Refson and Philip Pirecki at Jersey Finance.

Investor requests for data and transparency are driving managers to ask for more assistance from service providers, say Apex Group’s Henk Pieter van Asselt and Georges Archibald.

Investors are in the driving seat when it comes to GPs’ compliance with the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, say Debevoise & Plimpton’s Jin-Hyuk Jang and Patricia Volhard.

Manager consolidation and developments in private equity regulation and technology will drive service providers to scale up further in response, says David Fowler at Apex Group.

European private equity has a long history of outperformance in challenging environments. Despite the current geopolitical and macroeconomic tumult, LPs should be prepared to maintain the momentum of their investment programmes.