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Private credit boom sweeps Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023
... America have long been the domain of private credit investors, Asia Pacific accounts for just 6% of the global market, Preqin head of APAC and valuations, research insights Angela Lai said. "It is a very small market share, and within that if you talk ...

PE success all about fund selection: Rest

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023
... head of private equity Marina Pasika says it all lies in meticulous fund selection. Speaking at a joint webinar hosted by Preqin and the Australian Investment Council, Pasika said private equity performance has been highly cyclical over time, both for ...

Does ESG have a fiduciary issue?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
... 'what pushes the needle for my firm and my clients to get competitive advantage?'," Soojin Kim, head of ESG research at Preqin, said. Despite Europe's and North America's dominance in ESG fundraising and impact investing respectively ...

SWFs double in size, eye alternatives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023
The world's sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have doubled their assets under management in the last decade. Preqin's latest Sovereign Wealth Funds 2023 report shows AUM held by funds now totals US$10.4 trillion, as at March end. Notably, US$4.3 trillion ...

APAC now most active region for VC: Data

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
... APAC had an average deal size of $2.3 million, compared with $3.8 million for Europe and $5.0 million for North America," Preqin said. According to the data, the gap then further widens as the funding stages progress, but when it comes to APAC deals ...

Venture capital rout rattles advice technology sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
... end of 2021 to just 599 rounds of US$8 billion recorded year on year. Over the next 12 months, investment analytics firm Preqin forebodes investors will allocate less to venture capital after witnessing a reversal in the capital committed compared with ...

APAC investors cut PE allocations by 50%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
... compared to their targets. An indicator of the challenging investment environment, S&P Global found. Data from S&P Global and Preqin found as of the end of March, global pension funds had a US$4 million net under-allocation to private equity. Quite like ...

Alternatives investors await more corrections: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... new research finds. Many global institutional investors expressed concerns over asset valuations and subdued optimism in Preqin's newly released Alternative assets H1 2023 report. The survey, which included Australian investors, found that hedge funds ...

Retail the next frontier for private markets: Preqin

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
According to the Preqin Future of Alternatives in 2027 report, fund managers are pivoting to retail investors as institutional fundraising slows. The report said that private capital fund managers have long tried to tap into the retail market, having ...

Aussie private capital on the rise: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
... reached a record $90 billion in assets under management at June 2021, according to Australian Investment Capital (AIC) and Preqin's most recent report. The 2022 Private Capital Market Yearbook report also recorded $26 billion in uncommitted capital held ...