Ex-Google and Dropbox real estate lead Chris Coleman has warned tenants to negotiate harder and pay more attention to building infrastructure and systems—or face paying significant TIs that only benefit landlords.

Rising demand for creative space is pressuring landlords to deliver more to tenants. But while demand for amenities and the accompanying tenant improvement costs are increasing, landlords are holding the line on lease duration.

Andreas Baumann gives an inside look at the private equity investment process at Partners Group.

W. P. Carey talks about its latest $220M sale-leaseback deal and how timing was even more critical than ever.

Debt-ridden millennials could turn their backs on cities such as New York and San Francisco in favor of Detroit, Milwaukee and Chattanooga in the search for affordable homes and good schools.

The ILPA’s Peter Freire describes the contraints of the LP back office and how standardization can help.

The ILPA, whose members control nearly half of all capital in the private equity industry, has issued new standards on fee transparency. Privcap speaks with ILPA CEO Peter Freire about the demand for better fee disclosure, the frustrations now felt by GPs and LPs alike, and why the Limited Partnership Agreement may be the next…

Federico Schiffrin of Unigestion discusses the evolving fund-of-funds model and how ESG is handled in emerging markets.

Gal Luft of the Global Forum on Energy Security discusses Saudi Arabian’s motivations for keeping oil prices low, and why oil prices will go into a new state of perpetual volatility.

Experts from RSM, Alpha Parity and Sprott Asset Management discuss the opening of a hedge fund’s “black box,” and the rising power of allocators vs. star managers.

Three experts discuss the growing demand for transparency and sophistication by hedge fund investors.

Veteran energy investor John Hill of First Reserve describes the difference between the current oil-price collapse and previous downturns.