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Managers have a big role to play in ensuring the resiliency and long-term value of investors’ portfolios, and they need to get better at supplying data.

But investors express concern over shifting terms, with a significant minority worried about the extent to which GPs are using credit lines.

Pent up demand among secondaries buyers and LPs’ desire to manage their portfolios in the wake of covid-19 points to healthy transaction volumes in the year ahead.

Talent retention and succession strategies are gaining greater weight in due diligence processes as gripes over key person clauses grow.

As outsourcing soars, debate around who foots the bill rumbles on.

Private equity remains firmly in regulators’ sights, despite marked improvements in transparency.

Few costs are as unwelcome as those for broken deals.

Bespoke fees and expenses reporting remains common practice.

From GP-led secondaries to ESG, some of the industry's best legal minds discuss the latest developments shaping the private equity landscape.