News & content

Your daily destination for all things private markets

BDCs at $500bn: Enhanced Transparency into Private Credit

Quarterly, audited, and loan-level – as the value of BDC gross assets crosses $500bn, the dataset they generate is setting a new s...

Second Look | Preqin First Close

Switzerland-based non-institutional investors warm to private equity

Non‑institutional investors are emerging as the main source of optimism in Switzerland’s private equity market amid institutional ...

Remedial actions following key person events in investment funds

By temporarily suspending investment activity, key person provisions give investors the time and authority needed to assess risk, ...

Executive tiering structures in key person provisions

Defining and enforcing key person time and attention standards in private market fund...

Five essential questions predictive data can answer for business development teams in...

US Buyouts 2026: Deals, Exits, and Fundraising

Investing in Europe’s lower mid-market and the next phase of the energy transition

Why private capital is key to Europe’s industrial transformation

Taking the private equity path to corporate growth, innovation, and M&A

Leaning into industrial and secondaries strategies in US real estate

Investing in the energy transition, private markets, and the ‘missing middle’

Preqin First Close

Get the latest private markets news and research delivered to your inbox every Monday to Thursday.

Second Look | Preqin First Close

Sustainability-labeled funds raise a combined $167bn in 2025

North America-focused sustainability-labeled funds raised a new record of $63.9bn, while funds focused on Europe raised $94.5bn la...

Greater China Private Equity and Venture Capital Benchmark Factsheet 2025

We explore the latest updates on fundraising and performance metrics across private equity and venture capital in Greater China

Blog | Partner Content

Why local knowledge wins in European private credit

Arrow Global’s Adam Baghdadi highlights how a deep local presence and mispriced capital structures are key to capturing alpha in E...

Unicorns: The private capital take

As the environment for venture capital has become more challenging, the landscape that was once so favorable for unicorn creation ...

Three bright spots on the fundraising horizon in 2025

GPs will be encouraged by some of the positive trends emerging as we enter the second half of 2025

Fundraising now

Discover how your peers are positioning themselves for success

Preqin Benchmarks: Private Markets Performance Data Q4 2025

Preqin’s Private Markets Performance Data report provides a quarterly update on private capital performance and a snapshot of the ...

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...

Preqin Global Webinar Series - Private Equity & Venture Capital

Register now for a discussion on how private equity has weathered the storm of rate hikes, with AUM continuing to grow and investo...

Preqin Global Reports 2026 APAC Webinars

As private markets adapt to shifting sentiment, evolving deal activity, and structural changes across asset classes, understanding...

Taiwan private capital investors: Shifting appetites and growing sophistication

In Taiwan, private capital investors – both institutional and private wealth – face a complex mix of opportunities and challenges ...

Performance Benchmark for India Alternative Investment Funds (as of March 2025)

In partnership with the Indian Venture and Alternate Capital Association (IVCA) and under eligibility from the Securities and Exch...

BlackRock Aladdin launches end-to-end private markets workflow for institutional inve...

BlackRock’s Aladdin business has expanded eFront® Insight for LPs. eFront Insight combines pre-investment data from Preqin® with ...

Preqin Global Webinar Series - Real Assets

Register to hear the latest forecasts and analysis on real estate and infrastructure, powered by Preqin data. Discover actionable ...

Second Look | Preqin First Close

Cybersecurity: challenges, deals, and opportunities for private markets

As governments and industries tackle new cybersecurity threats, what are the opportunities for private markets?

Trending Data: How stable are PIK loans in private credit?

Exposure to payment-in-kind loans within BDC portfolios tracked by Preqin has remained stable up to Q4 last year, suggesting any c...

Research Note: Mapping software exposure across BDC portfolios

Using Preqin’s BDC holdings data, we assess BDC lenders’ growing exposure to the software sector and related concentration risk

Trending Data: Is private credit facing a maturity wall?

Pressure to refinance BDC loans appears relatively evenly distributed, according to Preqin data

More from Preqin

Preqin First Close

Top private markets stories delivered to your inbox daily.

Free account

Access to select reports, benchmarks and datasets.

Create your free account

Private Markets Research

Objective, in-depth analysis powered by Preqin data.

Subscribe to Private Markets Research

Preqin data

The industry’s most comprehensive private capital and hedge fund datasets and analytics tools.

Subscribe to Preqin Pro