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Construction materials, and building an e-commerce platform

STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION: As the world opened up after the pandemic, the construction industry saw a boom in demand. Foundation Building Materials pursued a buy and build strategy to capitalise on this, with an investment from American Securities driving the development of an e-commerce platform to target its specialised customer

The Liquidity Paradox: Hedging in open-ended fund structures

Hedging is a critical tool for funds that raise and deploy capital globally to protect themselves from currency risk. Against a volatile macroeconomic backdrop and an increasingly challenging fundraising and exit environment, that imperative is only growing – though it brings liquidity risk of it’s own. This paradox is accentuated

Alternative Views with Level 20’s Gurpreet Manku

For this special episode recognising International Women’s Day, we sit down with Gurpreet Manku, the CEO of Level 20, an organisation focused on improving the representation of senior women in private markets firms across Europe.

Sentiment analysis from Global Outlook 2026

The most prominent names in private markets contributed articles to the Private Equity Wire® Global Outlook 2026 report, each with their few hundred words on an interesting space to watch for the year ahead.

Some argue we’re seeing structural rather than the usual cyclical shifts in private markets – these

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12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm

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