The focus on ESG is growing, yet few lower mid-market private equity fund managers have made it a priority, say John Poff, David Walden and Bonnie Howard of MiddleGround Capital.

The arrival of the pandemic has spurred digital transformation, accelerating trends already in motion, says Tariq Osman, partner and co-founder at Argand Partners.

The pandemic presents significant fundraising challenges for emerging managers; service providers with a strong history of working with those managers will be best positioned to help them navigate the crisis, explains Jeff Gendel, principal at Gen II Fund Services.