In this Investor Update, we dive into the results of our surveys with 530 institutional investors, as well as use data taken from our award-winning platform, to determine what investors are looking for from alternative assets and how these products are meeting their needs. We also provide an outlook…

Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H1 2018 presents the results of our series of interviews with over 550 global institutional investors in alternatives, conducted at the end of 2017. With the industry going from strength to strength in recent years as investors have allocated heavily to a…

The 2018 Preqin Alternative Assets Performance Monitor compiles the alternative assets industry’s latest performance data and the analysis of more than 28,700 funds.

The 10th edition of the Preqin Sovereign Wealth Fund Review is the most comprehensive guide on sovereign wealth funds and their investment activity.

In Q3 2018, 31 funds closed raising $24bn. This pushes the fundraising total $11bn ahead of where it stood at this time last year. In this report, we analyze the Q3 fundraising, performance and funds in market, alongside exclusive commentary from Deerpath Capital.

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…

Although fundraising in Q1 2018 is off to a slow start, investor appetite for private debt remains strong, with 98% of institutional investors planning to increase or maintain their private debt allocations in the long term. This bodes well for the 350 private debt funds currently in market that are…

What will the alternative assets industry look like in 2023? In this special report, we turn our attention to the future of the private capital and hedge fund industries. Using our exclusive investor and fund manager survey results, and with the help of a comprehensive roster of industry experts, w…

As market-movers in their home country of Australia, superannuation funds have grown significantly in the past decade to reach AUD 2.7tn in assets. Traditionally heavily weighted towards domestic equities, property and infrastructure assets, there are signs that change is afoot as rising interest ra…

In our latest instalment in the Markets in Focus series, we turn our attention for the first time to the burgeoning alternative assets landscape in South Korea. With the invaluable insight of some key Korean industry participants, we analyze the local market for each alternative asset class, the uni…

In this factsheet, we present an overview of the private capital industry in Switzerland, using the latest data on fundraising, assets under management, returns, investor allocations and top performing managers. 

In this factsheet, we provide the latest figures on private debt in Europe, including fundraising, funds in market, investors and deals.

Drawing from the results of our survey of 300 private capital fund managers and the insights from industry experts, this report looks at how technology is disrupting the operational landscape in the private capital industry. It examines how private capital firms are using technological solutions and…

The Q3 2018 Preqin Private Capital Fundraising Update looks at fundraising activity for the quarter across the private capital  industry as a whole, and in each individual asset class. It also examines the state of the fundraising market going into Q4 2018.

September’s Private Debt Spotlight reveals for the first time the top 100 fund managers active within private debt, ranked according to aggregate capital raised in the past 10 years. We also provide an update on investors in the asset class, sample funds in market and investor mandates, as well as a…

We provide an overview of the private debt market in the Midwest US, revealing the largest investors, fund managers and funds, and placing it in context of the private debt industry in North America as a whole.

August’s Private Debt Spotlight focuses on direct lending fundraising and performance to examine the strategy in the context of the wider industry. Also this month, we feature exclusive commentary from NXT Capital on the lower middle market, a fundraising update to Q2 2018 and the latest private deb…

The Q2 2018 Preqin Private Capital Fundraising Update looks at fundraising activity for the quarter across the private capital  industry as a whole, and in each individual asset class. It also examines the state of the fundraising market going into Q3 2018.