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May 5, 2026
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...
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Apr 30, 2026
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 ...
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Apr 17, 2026
Remedial actions following key person events in investment funds
Second Look | Preqin First Close
Apr 15, 2026
The strategies and sectors driving private real estate investment in 2026
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Mar 31, 2026
Five essential questions predictive data can answer for business development teams in...
Preqin Primer
Mar 18, 2026
US Buyouts 2026: Deals, Exits, and Fundraising
Q&A | Preqin First Close
May 14
Doing smaller secondary deals to shape the future of private equity
Q&A | Preqin First Close
Apr 23
Investing in Europe’s lower mid-market and the next phase of the energy transition
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Apr 9
Why private capital is key to Europe’s industrial transformation
Q&A | Preqin First Close
Mar 20
Taking the private equity path to corporate growth, innovation, and M&A
Q&A | Preqin First Close
Feb 2
Leaning into industrial and secondaries strategies in US real estate
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Second Look | Preqin First Close
Feb 26, 2026
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...
Factsheet
Dec 18, 2025
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
Dec 15, 2025
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...
Report
Dec 11, 2025
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 ...
Blog
Jul 28, 2025
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
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Second Look | Preqin First Close
Mar 9, 2026
Private equity and private credit in the lead for UK and Ireland investors
Private equity stands out for UK and Ireland LPs, with 44% planning to commit, according to Preqin’s latest 12-month investor plan...
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Mar 3, 2026
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...
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Dec 15, 2025
Preqin Global Reports 2026: Key findings snapshot
Sign in or create a Preqin free account to access a complimentary preview of our Global Reports 2026 (available to Insights+ subsc...
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Feb 25, 2026
Preqin Global Reports 2026 APAC Webinars
As private markets adapt to shifting sentiment, evolving deal activity, and structural changes across asset classes, understanding...
Preqin Primer
Feb 23, 2026
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 ...
Factsheet
Feb 24, 2026
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...
Report
Mar 17, 2026
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 ...
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Feb 27, 2026
Evergreen funds set off at record-breaking pace in 2026
More than 120 evergreen funds were launched in 2025, and 30 so far this year, bringing the total over the past decade to 661, acco...
news
Feb 5, 2026
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 ...
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INSIGHTS
May 13, 2026
Private Equity Q1 2026: Preqin Quarterly Update
Private equity deal-making slowed, exits weakened, and fundraising remained constrained in Q1 2026, although secondaries continued...
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INSIGHTS
May 14, 2026
Private Credit Q1 2026: Preqin Quarterly Update
Economic uncertainty and growing investor caution weighed on private credit closed-end fundraising in the first quarter of 2026
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May 1, 2026
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
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