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What next for the role of data analytics in private markets?

The ability to access, analyse, and present more and more data sets is quickly becoming a key differentiator in how investors view the sophistication of private market participants. Whether it is in the private equity or private debt realm, investment partners are relying on advanced analytic tools – for example

Impact accounting, and the quantification of social outcomes

STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION: Despite social impact growing in importance for investors, it remains firmly behind financial returns. That could soon change, with the social consequences of investments being quantified and directly compared with financial performance.

LP Special 2026: A targeted approach to private markets

Each year brings new dimensions to the LP-GP relationship. What was historically a simple set of bilateral arrangements has now ballooned into a complex web of intertwined interests that interact varyingly with volatile geopolitical and macroeconomic forces. This report explores the priorities of the LP in 2026, from investment intentions

Alternative Views with 17Capital’s Fokke Lucas

In Alternative Views, Private Equity Wire® goes behind closed doors with those in the know to get the latest on private markets. In this episode we discuss NAV financing with Fokke Lucas, partner at 17Capital, a provider of NAV financing for the private equity industry.

Asset managers, and the benefits of scale

STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION: In 2023, faced with dislocations ranging from a global energy crisis to rising interest rates, Searchlight Capital saw an opportunity on the public markets. The private equity firm bought asset manager Gresham House in a £470m take-private deal.

Alternative Views with Connection’s Claire Madden

In Alternative Views, Private Equity Wire® goes behind closed doors with those in the know to get the latest on private markets. In this episode we discuss individuals investing in closed-ended funds with Claire Madden, co-founder and managing partner at Connection Capital.

The data centre investment dilemma

Keen to capitalise on the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence, firms are weighing up how best to get data centre exposure while managing long-term risk.

Software, and the lessons of the SaaSpocalypse

STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION: Software investing was rocked at the start of this year by a selloff in firms with heavy SaaS exposure, as new Anthropic models fuelled concerns that the sector would be overrun by AI. But not all firms are abandoning SaaS. Software-focused firm Lead Edge Capital is targeting

Alternative Views with Willow Wealth’s Mitchell Caplan

In Alternative Views, Private Equity Wire® goes behind closed doors with those in the know to get the latest on private markets. In this episode we discuss democratisation with Mitchell Caplan, CEO of retail-focused private markets platform Willow Wealth.

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12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm

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