Daniel Heine, co-founder of alternative assets firm Patrimonium, on the growing opportunities in the European private debt market

Healthy supply and demand has ensured a robust and growing secondary market in recent months. H1 2019 fundraising figures are low, but in the pipeline are two mega funds targeting $12bn each, which demonstrates the healthy fundraising environment enjoyed by secondary fund managers at present. Secon…

At €1.62tn, the European alternative assets market is the second largest in the world, representing an increasingly diverse ecosystem of over 6,300 fund managers and 3,000 institutional investors. Although hedge funds took a knock in 2018 in the face of great geopolitical uncertainty, other alternat…

Preqin tracks over 1,000 family offices with active investment mandates in alternatives – with fewer restrictions and more flexibility than other investor types, how are they investing? We use data available on Preqin Pro to reveal their investment preferences, from targeted asset classes to targete…

Used by private capital funds to facilitate short-term financing, subscription credit facilities have moved into the spotlight in recent years. Very few developments in alternative assets have attracted such mixed responses from industry players. In our latest report, we dive deeper into the subject…

Although distressed debt assets under management have increased to reach over $250bn as of June 2018, fundraising figures for H1 2019 are not as high as perhaps expected, with just four funds closing on a total $2.5bn. In this factsheet, we look at investor sentiment on the strategy to identify whe…

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…

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…

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…

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…

As overall private debt fundraising levels have increased steadily in recent years, first-time fundraising has fallen to a six-year low. We examine first-time private debt fundraising statistics over the past 10 years.

The Q4 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 2019.

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…