By Muhammad Akram (pictured), CPA, Founder, Akram | Assurance, Advisory & Tax Firm – Fair value impacts net assets/partners’ capital, potentially overstating performance and overcharging management and performance fees. Inflated values lead to overpayments and misrepresentation for investors, while understated valuations result in the opposite effects.

By Steve Cain (pictured), Senior Manager, Novata Services – Increasingly, investors and regulatory bodies are demanding transparency on corporate environmental impacts, particularly carbon emissions. Many investors are factoring a company’s environmental performance into investment decisions, while regulatory bodies are implementing stringent reporting requirements.

By Sumit Gupta (pictured), Co-Founder and Managing Director, Oxane Partners – Driven by investor interest for higher yields, and more diversification, private markets (and notably private credit) have emerged as one of the most promising asset classes in the last few years.

UMB Fund Services offers a complete outsourcing solution for administration, accounting, investor servicing and tax reporting for private equity, private debt, real estate and venture capital funds. Managing Director Kenny Lower (pictured), chats to Private Equity Wire about some of the current challenges and opportunities  in the private equity sector.

By Bhagesh Malde (pictured), Head of SS&C GlobeOp – Despite the dramatic increases in central bank interest rates this past year, private credit has shown resilience and appears to be in a strong position to expand its footprint in the corporate sector. 

Citco is a pioneer in independent fund administration for the alternative investment industry. Tim Harvey, Head of Private Equity – North Americas (pictured), chats to Private Equity Wire about some of the current challenges and opportunities in the sector, including the biggest risks facing the business and its clients.