Amy Carroll

LPs are facing a difficult choice as they balance liquidity challenges with the deep discounts on offer in the secondaries market.

An understanding that responsible investing is essential to risk mitigation and value creation means ESG is playing a greater role in manager selection.

Emerging managers may be prepared to cede some ground on terms to get their first fund away, but regaining control can be challenging

Team composition, differentiated strategy and deal-sourcing prowess top investors’ emerging manager wish-list.

Despite a lack of infrastructure, emerging managers are stepping up on ESG and diversity.

Offering co-invest can be a powerful way of enticing investors into a fund, but this must be balanced against the reduced economics

Raising a debut fund is tougher than ever, but market dislocation could cause more managers to set up on their own.

Macroeconomic uncertainty means many investors are flocking to the familiar, but savvy LPs recognize that emerging managers outperform in a downturn.

Emerging managers prioritize proven experience in their selection of service providers.

Co-investors are bullish about their opportunities to deploy capital in the year ahead, despite macroeconomic turmoil threatening to slow private equity dealflow.