We provide a detailed overview of agriculture fundraising and the investors that are interested in this sector.

In this update covering activity in Q1 2017, Preqin reviews the closed-end private capital fundraising market as a whole. We also examine each closed-end alternative asset class individually, looking at fundraising through the quarter, and at the state of the fundraising market at the beginning of Q…

We examine private equity-backed buyout deal and exit activity in Q1 2017, including a breakdown by region, investment stage, industry and more.

We take a look at the number of tail-end private equity funds and the amount of capital still locked in these funds as of June 2016.

We take a look at the outlook for hedge funds in Asia-Pacific based on our recent fund manager and investor surveys.

Using data from Preqin’s Infrastructure Online, we take a look at capital concentration in the infrastructure industry at present.

We take a detailed look at natural resources fundraising in 2016 by region, including aggregate capital raised, time spent in market, proportion of target size achieved and much more.

Following a year which saw hedge funds post their highest return since 2013, as well as high-profile investors withdraw from the asset class, Preqin surveyed over 270 hedge fund managers in November 2016 to find out their views on how events in 2016 affected their portfolios and their plans for addr…

We take a look at some of the hedge fund investors that are planning new investments in the year ahead.

The latest hedge fund performance benchmarks for February 2017.

We examine the key trends in fundraising, dry powder, assets under management (AUM) and performance across the European real estate market, as well as fund manager and institutional investor attitudes to the industry.

Using the results of Preqin’s latest investor and fund manager surveys, we gauge current industry views on infrastructure valuations and pricing.

Drawing on the results of a series of in-depth interviews with institutional investors and fund managers in Q4 2016, and the profiles for thousands of GPs and LPs on Preqin’s Real Estate Online, this report explores how institutional investors and fund managers are using alternative structures such …

In this exclusive extract from the 2017 Preqin Global Hedge Fund Report, we provide a timeline of key events that shaped the hedge fund industry in 2016. Plus, we take an in-depth look at four of these key events: Brexit, Commodity Market Volatility, Central Bank Intervention and US Election.

In this extract from the recently released 2017 Preqin Global Private Equity & Venture Capital Report, we specifically look at the venture capital market in 2016, including fundraising, performance, deals and much more. 

In this report, we present the results of Preqin's November 2016 survey of 400 private equity firms globally, which reveal fund managers' views on the key challenges for the industry, the current level of competition in the market and their outlook for the year ahead.

The latest hedge fund performance benchmarks for January 2017.

In 2016, the Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark recorded its highest gain since 2013, generating returns of 7.40%. However, investors’ redemptions accelerated throughout 2016; in Q4, investors redeemed a net $43.1bn from hedge funds, the largest outflow of any quarter in the year. Here, we t…