Politicians on each side of the aisle are struggling to create tax policy around overseas earnings of international companies.

Demographic trends are supporting growth in “alternative” commercial property markets, like student housing, medical offices and seniors’ accommodation, says Harrison Street Real Estate Capital’s Chris Merrill.

Chris Merrill of Harrison Street Real Estate Capital tells Privcap about the property investment group’s strategy, where he sees market opportunities and how they had to build the company to run an open-ended core fund.

Nitin Gupta of Caspian Private Equity discusses the appetite for co-investments and the components and practices that go into running this type of dedicated fund.

An expert conversation with Kevin Vannucci about McGladrey’s valuation services for private equity firms

The right and wrong ways to use public-market and other “comparables” in PE valuations.

Todd Henderson of Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, talks about the firm’s $12bn of capital inflows in 2013, tailoring opportunistic separate accounts for investors and plans for future funds.

BlackRock’s Arslan Mian tells Privcap about the changing nature of the relationship between LPs and GPs, why M&A is set to continue, which emerging markets he favors and why energy and healthcare are the next big investment opportunities.

Lee Gardella of Adveq discusses private equity from a global perspective.

Jim Worms of Paladin Realty delves into changes in Brazil’s real estate market in the past 15 years, financing, the state of the housing market, and challenges of building affordable housing.

Important trends in the Colombian energy and healthcare markets are spelling opportunity for private equity firms.

Hospitality has bounced back from recent lows, says Tyler Morse of MCR Development.