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The firm is the latest in a string of private market money managers to make the change, citing an expected increase in its share liquidity.

The private equity industry is not immune from public scrutiny, as well as demanding investors. Aidan Connolly, CEO of Luxembourg-based fund services provider Alter Domus considers what buyout firms need to learn from other industries

The depositary’s role is changing as firms and service providers adapt to shifting regulation and the need to stay ahead of technological developments, says RBC’s Priya Nair.

Fund structuring is becoming ever more complex, driven by more stringent LP requirements, tighter regulation and increasingly global investment strategies, says Dirk Holz, director at RBC Investor and Treasury Services.

Taking its motives at face value, there is no obvious reason for the Government Pension Fund Global not to invest across the wider infra universe.

The AIC’s 13 policy proposals to the next government are intended to increase the flow of capital to start-ups, SMEs and other high-growth businesses.

The state-owned conglomerate's private equity subsidiary will look to tap Chinese fund institutions and corporates, family offices and overseas markets including the UK and US.

The European Commission has reduced the amount of capital insurers must set aside to manage the perceived risks for some long-term equities.

There are no signs President Trump and Congress are closing in on an agreement over the budget to resume work, and the shutdown comes at a time when the stock and bond markets have experienced volatility under the spectre of rising interest rates.

Two giant private equity houses became corporations this year while others remain unconvinced of the benefits.