According to Preqin’s Private Equity Online, information technology (IT) has accounted for half of the overall committed capital in the North American venture capital industry from 2012-2016, and raised $18bn in 2016, a significant increase from the previous year. Despite the uncertain political cl…

Competition in accessing top fund managers could push institutional investors towards initiating more relationships with first-time managers. In Preqin Special Report: Making the Case for First-Time Funds, 54% of the 400 institutional investors surveyed in June 2016 stated that they found it more di…

Since the Global Financial Crisis, fund of hedge funds managers have struggled to define their role within the wider hedge fund industry. 2016 has been another difficult year so far, as negative sentiment around hedge funds in general continues to invite further scrutiny of the structure of multi-ma…

In line with struggling commodity prices, the performance of natural resources funds has continued to fall during 2016. The PrEQIn Natural Resources Index – a measure of the average returns earned by investors in their natural resources portfolios – shows that returns have decreased each quarter sin…

While most often recognized for its burgeoning venture capital industry, the Californian private equity* industry has grown considerably in recent years. This blog intends to put this less discussed marketplace in the spotlight by exploring the growth of the industry over time and the fundraising ef…

According to Preqin’s Private Debt Online, as of October 2016, estimated North America-focused dry powder for all private debt strategies currently stands at $128.3bn, accounting for a notable 65.7% of global private debt dry powder ($195.3bn). This figure surpasses previous record levels of untappe…

Preqin research into the Asian private equity real estate industry shows that managers located in the region are driving fundraising and transaction activity, despite some of the largest global firms launching Asia-focused funds. In the period 2006-2008, international firms were a significant compon…

Recent legislative changes announced by Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will allow international funds to originate loans in Italy. Prior to Law Decree No. 18/2016, only Italian alternative investment funds were expressly permitted to lend directly to Italian borrowers. The decree, announced in …

A Preqin survey of 191 private equity real estate fund managers found that asset valuations remain a chief concern for firms, with 49% seeing them as the biggest challenge over the next year. An equal proportion noted an increase in competition for assets compared to 12 months ago, while the majorit…

As analyzed in a previous blog last month, aggregate capital raised by Asia-focused private debt funds grew from $0.9bn 2013 to $6.1bn in 2015. With fundraising levels increasing, the amount of uncalled capital available to Asia-focused private debt fund managers has grown significantly relative to …

Since July 2013, Spain’s economy has grown for 13 consecutive quarters and is forecasted to continue this growth throughout 2016. The economic growth of the eurozone’s fifth largest economy seems to have buoyed its private equity industry in recent years, as Spain-focused funds raised an aggregate €…

Historically, first-time fund managers have had a harder time fundraising than their more seasoned peers, with Preqin’s 2016 Global Private Equity and Venture Capital Report indicating that just 8% of private capital raised in 2015 was by first-time fund managers. There are currently 281 US-based pr…

Preqin’s Real Estate Online contains performance data for over 1,450 closed-end private real estate funds. As of April 2016, closed-end private real estate funds have a record $240bn available in dry powder, up from $210bn in December 2015. The largest proportion of uncalled capital was in opportuni…

Preqin’s Hedge Fund Online service contains detailed information on the future plans of 391 investors allocating capital to hedge funds over the next year. Despite a year of varied success for the hedge fund industry in 2015, fund of hedge funds managers are actively rebalancing their portfolios and…

Preqin’s Real Estate Online contains detailed information on the 500 private real estate funds in market that are seeking to raise $180bn in aggregate capital. North America-based real estate firms have the most private real estate funds in market: 324 funds are targeting $121bn in capital commitmen…

North America-focused private real estate funds that target a diverse range of property types have secured over double the amount of capital as funds that focus on one specific property type, despite raising nearly equal numbers of funds since 2012.

Preqin’s Funds in Market module on Private Equity Online contains detailed information on the 177 buyout funds that reached a final close in 2015, which secured an aggregate $159bn in capital commitments. Mega buyout funds* accounted for a quarter of capital raised in 2015, nearly half of which was …

In December 2015, the Indian Government announced further progress towards the establishment of a INR 400bn National Investment and Infrastructure Fund. The government agreed to provide INR 200bn and is currently seeking private investment for the remainder of the total. The stated objective of the …