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The proliferation of rated note feeders and CFOs is bringing new capital to the market, say Haynes Boone’s Albert Tan, Perry Hicks and Greg Cioffi.

Continued capital inflows into the highly liquid world of fund finance mean that pricing and terms have been moving in borrowers’ favor, say DLA Piper’s Katie McShane and Shana Ramirez.

The NAV finance market has evolved from a niche defensive play to a mainstream asset class, says Hark Capital managing partner and founder Doug Cruikshank.

From fundraising right through to a fund’s harvesting period, fund finance has a critical role to play, says Scott Warden, senior managing director and head of fund banking at Webster Bank.

LPs are demanding increasing transparency from private equity funds, especially in co-investment vehicles, says Colleen Fay, financial services practice leader at Withum.

With scrutiny increasing, there’s a need for more detailed disclosures of fees and expenses, say Troutman Pepper Locke partners Stephanie Pindyck-Costantino, P Thao Le and Theodore D Edwards.

While AI certainly has its advantages, adoption still requires caution, explains EisnerAmper partner Nicholas Tsafos.

As the private markets evolve to support increasingly complex operating demands, GPs have to rethink outsourcing strategy, says Juniper Square’s senior director of fund accounting, Dorota Kowalski.

CFOs must shift mindset and upgrade operations to be equipped to meet the demands of a fast-evolving private markets landscape, says CSC’s Marshall Saffer.

The data flowing through a fund’s back office is a compounding strategic asset – if CFOs build the right infrastructure around it, says Brownloop’s CEO Apurva Pandey.