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‘Scale, complexity, and oversight’ key for US asset managers in private markets

With US asset managers expanding across strategies and markets, Ocorian explains the growing operational demands, from reporting t...

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Buy-and-build gains ground in private equity

Private equity firms are using buy-and-build strategies to pursue portfolio growth, but pricing, integration, and operational exec...

Service Providers in Private Markets and Hedge Funds 2026

As private markets become more complex, service providers are being called on to deliver more than operational support. Explore th...

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VC and private equity target the defense sector

Middle East Update 2026

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Unlisted infrastructure in 2026 and why selectivity matters

Private markets benchmarks enter their next era

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Weekly Private Markets People Moves

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Europe’s growing appetite for alternative credit

Weekly Private Markets People Moves

Weekly Private Markets People Moves

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Performance Benchmark for Japan Private Equity (as of 2024)

In close partnership with the Japan Private Equity Association (JPEA), Preqin is proud to announce our latest performance benchmar...

Continuation Funds in 2026: Beyond Liquidity

Continuation funds have evolved from a liquidity workaround into a portfolio management tool in their own right. In 2026, LPs and ...

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Aiming for alpha in mid-market private equity, secondaries, and fund manager acquisit...

Sagard’s Jonathan Tétrault on the Montreal-based firm’s approach to private equity, global expansion, and sophisticated institutio...

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The strategies and sectors driving private real estate investment in 2026

What resilient fundraising, evolving industrial strategies, living-sector demand, and increasing secondaries activity reveal about...

US Buyouts 2026: Deals, Exits, and Fundraising

Across private markets, LPs and GPs alike are looking to US buyout activity as an early sign of what’s to come in 2026 and beyond.

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The Preqin Guide to Private Capital Indices and Benchmarks

With global alternatives AUM expected to reach $32tn by 2030, demand for indices and benchmarks to evaluate private markets perfor...

US pension fund CalPERS adopts total portfolio approach

Changes at the public pension, which allocates 36.1% of its $634.1bn AUM to private markets as of May 2026, take effect on July 1,...

The Best of Preqin: 2025

This special report brings together the best of Preqin’s content in 2025 – a curated selection of our strongest data-driven analys...

South Korea LPs: 12-Month Look Ahead

South Korea-based LPs remain active across private markets, but allocation preferences are shifting. Preqin data reveals changing ...

Italy-Based LPs: Private Markets Outlook

LPs in Italy are recalibrating their private markets approach, with non-institutional investors steadily expanding their footprint...

Latin America Investor Survey 2026

Latin America-based LPs are showing renewed conviction in private markets, according to our recent survey of investors in the regi...

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Can private capital help Europe close its investment gap?

From AI and biotech to energy infrastructure and pension reforms, policymakers and investors are seeking ways to channel more priv...

Private credit is scaling faster than its data infrastructure

As allocations to private credit grow across institutional and private wealth portfolios, investors need to look beyond fund-level...

How Service Providers Can Win Private Markets Business in 2026

Winning new business in private markets is getting harder: sales cycles are longer, decision-making is more complex, and competiti...

Performance Update

Performance Pulse: H2 2026

This report examines the latest trends in private capital performance based on data up to the first quarter of 2026. We compare ea...

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Strategy in Focus: Growth equity

This Strategy in Focus report offers an LP-oriented analysis of the growth equity strategy. Using Preqin performance, fundraising,...

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Private Markets Unpacked: Evaluating private equity performance

Private equity performance is about more than headline returns. Evaluating net cash flows, NAV, and public market comparisons can ...

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