Preqin’s 2019 Global Private Debt League Tables use data from Preqin Pro to provide a definitive ranking of the most influential players in the industry. In an Excel download, we reveal the largest funds closed in 2018, top performing funds, most consistent performing managers, largest investors in…

Brian Di Salvo and Warren Kotzas from C6 Real Estate discuss how private real estate secondaries markets have evolved and matured over the past decade.  

Information and communications technology (ICT) is an increasingly vital engine of the Australian private equity & venture capital industry, as explored in part two of our series with the Australian Investment Council

In collaboration with Preqin, SEI present Private Debt: Preparing for the Unknown, a paper which explores recent activity in the private debt market and the opportunities and challenges associated with its shift from periphery to prominence.  Using interviews with more than 200 private debt managers…

In the second quarter of 2018, 22 private debt funds raised a total of $25bn, up nearly $0.6bn compared to Q2 2017 and up $5.3bn compared to the previous quarter. However, the $44bn raised by the asset class in the first half of the year trails behind the $49bn secured in H1 2017, indicating a sligh…

The number of unlisted natural resources funds securing a final close dropped to 19 in Q2 2018 – the lowest quarterly total recorded in the past five years. These figures highlight the trend of fewer, larger vehicles successfully raising capital, with the average fund size reaching a five-year high …

In Q2 2018, 17 unlisted infrastructure funds reached a final close securing a combined $25bn in institutional capital, the highest amount raised in a quarter since Q1 2017. These funds achieved an average of 125% of their target size which, as capital becomes increasingly concentrated among fewer fi…

The private real estate industry entered Q2 on the back of the best opening quarter in recent history, yet this momentum did not continue, with concerns over a downturn still evident amid weak fundraising and deal flow figures. Even without the level of $1bn+ fundraises we saw in Q1, the average fun…

Private equity fundraising experienced a further slowdown in Q2 2018: 230 funds reached a final close securing an aggregate $85bn in capital. Investor satisfaction with the private equity asset class remains high, and capital continues to flow into the asset class as LPs look to meet their allocatio…

Hedge fund performance has dominated the narrative around the asset class for a number of years and 2018 appears no different. Following the four-year high in annual returns at the end of 2017, investor sentiment with respect to hedge funds seems to be improving. However, relatively poor performance…

Opportunity Zone Funds (OZFs) have grown in prominence in recent years. Preqin recently conducted a survey of investors to gauge their perception of these new investment vehicles and to understand their investment plans going forwards. 

The private equity market is an important component of the Indian economy, and has helped to drive growth in startup companies through venture capital financing. Private equity assets under management (AUM) in India have grown to $28bn as of June 2018: this is almost triple the AUM of Indian privat…

Produced in association with First Republic Bank, this report provides a comprehensive overview of the venture capital industry in the US over 2018, including detailed data and analysis on deals and exits, fundraising, performance, fund managers, investors and much more.

Containing expert commentary from industry professionals as well as facts, trends and analysis on each alternative asset class, this report presents the key findings from Preqin's new 2019 Global Alternatives Reports. We look at how private equity & venture capital, private debt, hedge funds, real e…

We look at hedge fund asset flows in Q4 2018 by strategy, fund size, manager headquarters and performance.

We provide the latest hedge fund performance benchmarks for January 2019, including analysis for the past three years.

Infrastructure deal activity in the US hit record levels in 2017, and has continued to be strong in 2018, with 690 deals completed through the year. We contextualize these record levels with infrastructure deals data from the past 10 years.

Adages about lies, damned or otherwise, and their relationship to statistics are often used to imply a disingenuousness on the part of the accused. But it is never as simple as counting a complete and consistent dataset.  In this paper, Mark O’Hare, Chief Executive at Preqin, discusses some of the i…