Consumer discretionary is a key industry for Australian private equity & venture capital, as we explore in the last of our three-part series with the Australian Investment Council

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

As private real estate investment continues its relentless growth in Asia-Pacific, Preqin and APREA launch the most complete performance dataset ever compiled for the region.   

How Mexico is laying the groundwork for significant alternatives opportunity. Mexico has lately bobbled in and out of favour with global investors. Recent news media on the country’s trade debates with the US has broadcasted mixed signals on the economic policy of Mexico’s newly elected President A…

Throughout the past decade, alternative investments have gained traction in the market and secured their place in investors’ portfolios. In 2008, there were more than 3,500 institutional investors active in alternatives globally; in 2019, there are over 11,000. While the US and Western Europe remain…

Pension funds could have the power to direct new growth in Italy’s markets. Driven by high distributions and attractive returns, the European private equity market has grown by 25% since December 2015. Italy has exhibited particular growth in recent years, with a private capital market centred on s…

Firms set to raise record amounts of capital for the sector Current technologies that generate electricity from renewable resources could supply the US with 80% of its total energy needs by the year 2050, according to a study by the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory. This …

From today, Preqin’s industry-leading private equity data will be available via FactSet, a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications and industry-leading service. Subscribers will be able to access the data via the FactSet workstation, allowing users to seamlessly …

The infrastructure industry does not seem able to throw off the air of cautiousness that has gripped the private capital industry in Q2. Investors are generally looking to make fewer and smaller investments than they were 12 months ago, deal activity has been lacklustre for the past year, and fundra…

By most markers, the private equity industry seems to have been a worrying period of decline – fundraising has well and truly withdrawn from the heights reached in 2017 and much of 2018, while both the buyout and venture capital deals markets have recorded fewer transactions and lower values in the …

Preqin’s very first Japan-focused report, the recently released Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternatives in Japan, dives into the past, present and future of the alternative investment landscape in the country. Among the issues and trends discussed in the report, which also features insights from local…

This reflection of the cryptocurrency sector was compiled by Diego Lanao and Martin Naydenov. In today’s world, cryptocurrency remains a mystery to many, leaving those who understand the market to ponder whether society will accept this method of exchange as the norm. Claiming to be a more secure f…

The private equity coffers of institutional investors in private equity are by no means dwindling, as LPs continue to boost their exposure to the private equity market. Preqin surveyed active private equity investors in June 2019, 74% of which are planning to commit more or the same amount of capita…

In Japan, regulatory factors, such as the adoption of the negative interest rate policy in 2016, and slow economic growth, are changing the country’s investment landscape. More and more institutional investors are moving into alternative assets from traditional investments in search of yield. Altho…

Global private equity investors reduced the pace of new commitments in 2018, causing a slowdown in fundraising. Fund managers and investors largely agree that the record high valuations in the private equity market indicate that the asset class is at the peak of its lifecycle. Amid global concerns …

A critical component of supply chain logistics and globalization, the shipping industry transports around 90% of world trade, as per the International Chamber of Shipping. Amid global economic slowdown and increasing trade tensions, Danish shipping company Maersk, the largest ship container and supp…

Preqin's Mark O'Hare discusses the advantages and disadvantages of subscription credit facilities in the private capital industry today. Subscription credit facilities: angels or demons? A legitimate and valuable tool for managing liquidity and streamlining transactions in a competitive market, or …

Our private capital benchmarks are considered an industry standard. However, with all that information at your fingertips, sometimes it can be frustrating to try and find what you need among the thousands of vehicles with fund-level performance data. This is why we have upgraded our fund-level priv…