STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION: Combatting megatrends such as AI disruption, global pandemics and climate change will require coordinating different sectors of the economy towards a common goal. Anoop Maini, a fellow at the University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School, discusses how the shift towards outcomes-based industries can be made possible, and

STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION: Investment in energy infrastructure has so far been the central means by which private capital firms are helping to tackle the climate crisis. But another major contributor to global emissions comes from key industrial processes such as food decomposition and steel production.

STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION: As military technologies continue to evolve, space is moving into focus as a new contested domain. Military applications include intelligence gathering and missile defence. To explore the opportunity for private capital, we sat down with Jon Lusczakoski, partner at defence investor AE Industrial.

STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION: Recent global instability has demonstrated the challenge of energy security in a world of complex supply chains. We sat down with Thomas Friedberger, co-CIO of Tikehau Capital, to discuss how investors can approach this challenge.

STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION: With private markets rocked by mounting volatility, investors are seeking out long-duration investment opportunities which are insulated from market cycles. Fibre-optic cables could be one such case.

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.

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.

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

STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION: Space is one of the fastest growing sectors in the world, with breakthroughs spanning direct-to-consumer satellites and earth observation for businesses. We sat down with Felix von Schubert, CIO of space-focused investor NewSpace Capital, to learn more about these opportunities.

STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION: Professional services firms have long been utilised by large firms for their operations. But as the mid and lower mid market begins to mature, this is increasingly the case for SMEs and HNWIs. That was the thesis behind TowerBrook Capital Partners’s investment in professional services firm EisnerAmper.