Trends & Research

Investors share their views on the outlook for the industry in our annual LP Perspectives 2025 Study.

PEI's Operating Partners Compensation Survey covers topics including team make-up, incentive packages, portfolio company engagement and more.

Analysis of the third year of EDCI data suggests that even amid tougher economic times, private equity-backed companies create new jobs faster than public companies.

Schroders’ latest investor insights survey shows LPs widely expecting to allocate again to certain illiquid assets, above all private equity and credit.

Asia-Pacific family offices have a greater appetite for direct investments than funds, according to research from Raffles Family Office and Deloitte.

The market’s largest legal advisers worked on more than $800bn of transactions last year, marking their second busiest annual period.

Companies with lower earnings growth tend to have higher valuation multiples than their better-performing counterparts, according to a report published by Clipway.

Healthcare-focused capital raising almost doubled last year as the average fund size soared.

LPs have allocated more capital to private equity than ever in the 2024 Global Investor 150 ranking.

The upper echelon of this year’s GI 150 ranking collectively holds $930bn in private equity assets – 16% more than last year.