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CEO Justin Johnson and senior managing director Chad Rucker of valuations and fairness opinion provider VRC take a look at the regulator’s aims for continuation funds.

Raymond James's Sunaina Sinha Haldea discusses the best practice for GPs to discharge conflict of interest and ensure best pricing on their GP-led transactions.

Chat applications have become absolutely necessary in the hybrid working age. But 4Pines Fund Services’ Bob Chowaniec says these programs can serve as much more than just substitutions for in-person chats.

The approach to ESG is evolving and market participants are developing their own thinking as to how environmental, social and governance issues will shape their activities.

A guide to getting started on ESG reporting and disclosure, by Victoria Gillespie, who is responsible for fund services firm JTC’s ESG offering.

Many fund managers are wary of ESG because they are unaccustomed to investing based on something other than financial returns. But for those who do it right, could ESG be an alternative data goldmine, writes Apex Group's Jason Meklinsky.

LPs are increasingly asking GPs for ESG information; fund administrators, in the absence of global reporting standards, are positioned as an enabler to help fund managers move the needle on sustainability, Robert Caporale of Gen II Fund Services writes.

John Czapla of valuations firm VRC takes a look at inflation expectations, and what might happen if the Federal Reserve and markets have misread them.

Many private companies haven’t prioritized investing in their back-office functions, increasing the likelihood of adverse developments years after going public, write AlixPartners’ Sean Dowd and Marc Landy.

Virtual meetings and fundraising events are here to stay, said panelists at the CFOs & COOs Forum last week.