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Preqin launches Allocator Hub for private market investors

LONDON, Feb. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Preqin, the global leader in alternative assets data, tools, and insights, today announced the launch of the Allocator Hub, a market–first, end–to–end platform that enables asset allocation, manager selection, due diligence, and portfolio management through sophisticated investment analytics, workflow tools, and managed services. This innovative offering is designed to support investors by driving better investment outcomes and streamlining costly, time–consuming investment processes.

Jonathon Furer, Senior Vice President, Head of Limited Partners, at Preqin said, ‘We believe the alternatives markets are at an inflection point. Our research indicates the industry is on course to expand by almost 80 per cent and is set to exceed $30tn in assets under management by 2030 globally, up from $16.8tn at the end of 2023.* Yet, these markets have historically lacked standardized data, benchmarks, and analytics, combined with highly manual investment processes, resulting in high operating costs. Preqin is on a mission to modernize private markets through increased digitization and by enabling intelligent pre– and post–investment processes. The Allocator Hub brings together our clients’ data with Preqin’s market data and benchmarks through investment analytics and managed services.’      

Private markets need better data and technology solutions to optimize scalability and investor outcomes

Preqin’s launch of the Allocator Hub comes at a time when institutional alternatives allocations are projected to steadily grow over the long term, with an expanding investor base across institutional and retail investors worldwide. However, there remains a wide ‘transparency gap,’ with private market data typified by the absence of standardized frameworks and having additional barriers to entry compared to public markets.

As a result, operating an effective private markets program requires a high degree of expertise, headcount, and a web of third–party consultants and vendors. For smaller investors, building a portfolio with diligence can be daunting and expensive. For those that are larger and more established, operating an investment program at scale, while controlling total cost of ownership and maximizing analytical rigor and investment returns, can be a concern.

The Allocator Hub addresses these challenges by putting actionable data and analytics in clients’ hands, while digitizing inefficient, often manual, investment processes. This solution from Preqin allows investment professionals to accelerate market mapping, conduct efficient and thorough investment due diligence, benchmark fund performance against the market, create custom indices for more precise asset allocation and risk management workflows, and more.

Available through the flagship platform, Preqin Pro, the Allocator Hub leverages the full breadth of Preqin’s market intelligence, surfacing the right data, at the right time, and in the right format to deliver actionable insights and optimal outcomes.

The Allocator Hub fits into Preqin’s ethos of empowering the global finance community. Every solution is created to make investing in alternative assets a seamless, data–driven process by providing comprehensive and actionable market data, research, and analytics.

For more information, contact Mimi Celeste Taylor at [email protected]

Notes to the editors

* According to Preqin’s Future of Alternatives 2029 report.

To learn more about Allocator Hub, click here for the brochure. To request a demo, click here.   

About Preqin 

Preqin, the Home of Alternatives™, empowers financial professionals who invest in or allocate to alternatives with essential data and insight to make confident decisions. It supports them throughout the entire investment lifecycle with critical information and leading analytics solutions. The company has pioneered rigorous methods of collecting private data for 20 years, enabling more than 200,000 professionals globally to streamline how they raise capital, source deals and investments, understand performance, and stay informed. For more information visit www.preqin.com.


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Market participants see greater signs of improvement in their outlook for alternative assets in 2025 – Preqin Global Reports 2025

LONDON, Dec. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today Preqin, the global leader in alternative assets data, tools, and insights, published its Preqin Global Reports 2025. The six reports each delve into an alternative asset class: private equity, venture capital, private debt, hedge funds, real estate, and infrastructure.

All the Global Reports deliver analysis from Preqin subject matter experts covering forecasts on fundraising, fund managers, assets under management (AUM), deals, and performance in addition to investor appetite according to the latest Preqin investor survey conducted in November 2024, with 255 participants.

By combining qualitative and quantitative perspectives, Preqin analysts offer in–depth views on alternative assets’ pivotal trends and activities. Readers can expect a comprehensive understanding of investment dynamics and insights as well as how to navigate upcoming opportunities and challenges.

Cameron Joyce, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Research Insights at Preqin, says, “The macroeconomic backdrop has proved more resilient than anticipated, with limited signs of financial stress witnessed across financial markets. As policy rates begin to ease, market sentiment has become increasingly optimistic regarding the prospects for private capital. Notably, we anticipate a revitalized dealmaking environment in 2025, helping to bolster overall activity.”

Key highlights across all six alternative asset classes:

Investors and fund managers grow more optimistic toward private equity from 2025:

Global private equity raised $482bn with 646 funds by Q3 2024. This fundraising was strengthened by increased interest from certain types of investors, especially non–institutional ones. Recent fund search data from Preqin shows that non–institutional investors, including family offices and wealth managers, are increasingly attracted to private equity funds, alongside insurance companies and asset managers.

Venture capital AUM ($3.1tn) growth slows in 2024, while exit expectations rise for 2025:

Venture capital AUM globally declined slightly to $3.1tn by Q1 2024, the latest data available. Asia–Pacific (APAC) accounted for $1.6tn, followed by North America at $1.1tn, and Europe at $0.2tn*. By Q3 2024, venture capital exits totaled 852 with an aggregate value of $112bn, continuing the downward trend from 2023 when there were 1,969 exits aggregately valued at $270bn.    

Private debt investors shift to a defensive approach in 2024:

While private debt fundraising saw a substantial recovery after a slow Q1 2024, it was not enough to catch up the ground lost during those first three months of the year. This challenging fundraising environment for the asset class saw private debt investors adopt a more defensive approach as well as create a shift in the balance of power between fund managers and investors when it comes to fees.

Hedge funds return 10% globally in 2024 while proving diversification worth:

Preqin’s All Hedge Fund Index returned 10% in 2024 to Q3, or 14% at a compound annualized growth rate (CAGR). $25.5bn in hedge fund inflows in Q3 2024 resulted in $19.2bn in net subscriptions through the first nine months of the year. This single quarter, however, should for now be considered an outlier given net outflows have persisted for most of the last decade.

Global real estate deal market shows early signs of recovery in 2024:

Global real estate aggregate transaction value in North America, Europe and APAC all saw a rebound during the first three quarters of 2024, compared to same period in 2023. Meanwhile, fundraising moderated slightly in 2024, as total capital raised by the same period hit 61% of last year’s total, or $96bn.

Infrastructure dry powder as share of AUM falls to record low of 24% in 2024:

Infrastructure fundraising and deal–making remained soft in 2024 and are weighing on dry powder levels. Infrastructure dry powder, as a proportion of AUM, hit a new historical low in 2024. This AUM figure dropped 3%, or $38.5bn, over the first quarter of 2024** to 24%, compared with 35% at the end of 2020.

For more information, contact Mimi Celeste Taylor at [email protected].  

The 2025 Preqin Global Reports are available for Preqin Insights+ subscribers.

Please get in touch if you are a full–time member of the press and would like to receive a full copy of any of the following reports: private equity, venture capital, private debt, hedge funds, real estate and infrastructure.

Notes to the editors 

* Preqin updated its AUM methodology in September 2024. Please reach out for more information on the update. Funds denominated in Yuan Renminbi are included in these figures, with APAC becoming the largest region by AUM in 2016 following North America leading prior to that.

** The latest data available. Preqin has a six–month lag in its AUM analysis to ensure it has as complete a dataset as possible when calculating values. 

About Preqin 

Preqin, the Home of Alternatives™, empowers financial professionals who invest in or allocate to alternatives with essential data and insight to make confident decisions. It supports them throughout the entire investment lifecycle with critical information and leading analytics solutions. The company has pioneered rigorous methods of collecting private data for over 20 years, enabling more than 200,000 professionals globally to streamline how they raise capital, source deals and investments, understand performance, and stay informed. For more information visit www.preqin.com.


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Private debt in Saudi Arabia is at an inflection point — Preqin reports

LONDON, Nov. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Preqin, the global leader in alternative assets data, tools, and insights, today published its Territory Guide: The Rise of Private Debt Funds in Saudi Arabia 2024 report in partnership with SVC.

The report shows that private debt is becoming an increasingly attractive asset class in Saudi Arabia and is expected to grow, as the Kingdom’s private capital market continues to mature. This trend is driven by a growing interest from regional investors and global sources of capital, and the positive impact of the Vision 2030 reforms.

Regional investors increasingly bullish on private debt, notably on opportunities in Saudi Arabia

In recent years, regional and global investors have increasingly shifted their attention to Saudi Arabia. 97% of Middle East–based, surveyed institutional investors* cited the Kingdom as the market in the region offering the best opportunities in the next 12 months, up from 82% in 2023, Preqin survey data shows. Adding to this, for the second year in a row, private debt recorded the highest percentage of Middle East surveyed investors who plan to commit more capital to the asset class over the next 12 months. Over half (58%) of survey respondents said the same, up from 50% in 2023. In terms of asset class performance, 86% of surveyed investors said that their private debt portfolios met or exceeded expectations, up from 77% in 2023.

Enhanced investor confidence is underpinned by the work of government–led Vision 2030’s framework of economic reforms that aims to accelerate investment and transform the Kingdom’s oil–reliant economy. The improving regulatory environment has had a positive impact. Since Vision 2030 was launched in 2016, more than a quarter (27.5%) of Middle East–focused private debt deals were based in Saudi Arabia.

David Dawkins, lead author of the report, at Preqin, says, “Global investment firms are not alone in closely watching the growth and evolution of Saudi Arabia’s nascent private debt industry. For other developing economies in the Middle East and beyond, Saudi Arabia’s success in this area will strengthen the impetus for improving transparency to secure the capital needed for sustainable growth in a net zero world.”

Athary Fahad Almubarak, Chief Strategy Officer, SVC, added, “By analyzing insights from market players in this report, we highlight our commitment to enhancing transparency in Saudi Arabia's private capital markets. This report examines the key trends driving the growth of the expanding private debt asset class, showcasing its increasing potential in supporting the growth of small and medium–sized enterprises (SMEs) and driving economic diversification.”

Additional key findings include:

  • Funds in market: There are eight funds in market investing in Saudi Arabia, targeting more than $1.7bn. The total amount raised at final close by private debt funds investing in Saudi Arabia hit a record high of $335mn in 2022, when two funds announced their final close. That is a significant milestone given $32mn was raised in total, by one fund, in 2003.
  • Private debt funds with Saudi Arabia exposure: Of the total private debt funds with Saudi Arabia exposure that closed between 2016 and September 2024 by fund type, mezzanine funds represent half of the total Saudi Arabia exposure, followed by direct lending and venture debt funds at 30% and 20%, respectively.
  • SMEs growth: Support for start–ups and small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Saudi Arabia is reflected in high percentage of venture debt that reached 75% of the total number of funds in market with Saudi Arabia exposure.

Notes to the editors

* Figures taken from the Preqin Middle East Investor Survey, February 2024.

If you would like more information or would like to speak with the report author, please contact Mimi Celeste Taylor at [email protected]

About Preqin

Preqin, the Home of Alternatives™, empowers financial professionals who invest in or allocate to alternatives with essential data and insight to make confident decisions. It supports them throughout the entire investment lifecycle with critical information and leading analytics solutions. The company has pioneered rigorous methods of collecting private data for over 20 years, enabling more than 200,000 professionals globally to streamline how they raise capital, source deals and investments, understand performance, and stay informed. For more information visit www.preqin.com.

About SVC

SVC is an investment company established in 2018. It is a subsidiary of the SME Bank, part of the National Development Fund. SVC aims to stimulate and sustain financing for startups and SMEs from pre–Seed to pre–IPO through investment in funds and direct investment in startups and SMEs. Further information is available at www.svc.com.sa.


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