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40 public reports from 20 publishers, for GPs, LPs, and fund service providers: data firms, banks, consultants, associations and regulators. Each summary is ours, and every figure in it is on the publisher’s own page. Fund administrators’ reports are not listed. Know a report we should add? hello@fundopshq.com
Private markets
Preqin · Market report · Nov 3, 2026
European Private Markets in 2026 ↗
Preqin finds aggregate deal value for European infrastructure reached €56bn in the first half of 2026, more than two-thirds of the €81bn recorded in 2025. European institutions allocate 11.4% of portfolios to private markets, 9.6 percentage points below the global average.
Preqin · Market report · Oct 21, 2026
Private Markets in 2031 ↗
Preqin forecasts private credit fund AUM will surpass $5tn by end-2031F, with evergreen funds growing fastest. Preqin expects private credit and infrastructure AUM to grow fastest among all asset classes.
Lazard CL (Campbell Lutyens) · Survey · Oct 12, 2026
Campbell Lutyens Asia-Pacific Private Markets Report 2026 ↗
Campbell Lutyens bases its Asia-Pacific outlook on a proprietary survey of 181 LPs globally. Campbell Lutyens also flags the first year-on-year increase in private capital fundraising since 2021.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · Regulator and central bank · Aug 19, 2026
Private Fund Statistics (2025Q4) ↗
58,891 private funds reported on Form PF in 2025Q4, up 9.2% year over year, according to SEC staff statistics. Gross assets reached $29.6 trillion, up 18.5%, while net assets rose 16.3%.
Global Private Capital Association (GPCA) · Market report · Aug 18, 2026
Mid-Year 2026 Industry Data & Analysis ↗
GPCA finds private capital investment in its markets rose to USD94.7b in 1H 2026, up 23% on the first half of 2025. Investment value in CEE increased nearly 3x.
BVCA (UK Private Capital) · Market report · May 5, 2026
Report on Investment Activity 2025 ↗
UK-managed funds raised £58.7bn in 2025 and private capital investment in UK businesses reached £25.0bn, backing more than 1,400 companies. 57% of businesses receiving investment were outside of London.
Adams Street Partners · Survey · Mar 2026
2026 Global Investor Survey: The Great Recalibration ↗
Adams Street finds 74% of LPs expect liquidity pressures to shape strategy this year, with 43% prioritizing asset sales. Europe was cited by 61% of LPs as most attractive, overtaking North America at 54%.
Global Private Capital Association (GPCA) · Market report · Feb 18, 2026
2026 Industry Data & Analysis ↗
GPCA reports private capital investment value surged 33% across its markets in 2025, including a record USD43.9b into infrastructure. Disclosed private credit deployment hit a record USD22.3b and exit value rose to USD98.8b.
Private equity
With Intelligence · Market report · Nov 5, 2026
Private Equity Emerging Managers 2026: Where They Are Now ↗
With Intelligence tracked 71 first-time private equity launches in the first nine months of 2026, down from 95 a year earlier. The 10 most tipped new private equity managers of 2026 have raised more than $3.5 billion toward a combined $6.3 billion target.
Lincoln International · Benchmark · Nov 2026
Q3 2026 Lincoln Private Market Index ↗
The Lincoln Private Market Index increased by 2.8% during the third quarter of 2026, drawing on ~2,200 private companies. 72% of companies grew revenue.
EY · Market report · Oct 29, 2026
Private Equity Pulse: key takeaways from Q3 2026 ↗
EY counts 126 PE deals valued at US$228b in Q3 2026, up 43% from Q2, alongside US$212b in exits. Year-to-date, deployment is down 13% from 2025.
American Investment Council · Benchmark · Oct 19, 2026
2026 Public Pension Trends: Private Equity Remains the Top-Performing Asset Class ↗
American Investment Council analysis finds private equity delivered a median annualized return of 13.2% over a 10-year period for public pension funds. The covered plans serve nearly 34 million public-sector workers and retirees.
Jefferies · Market report · Sep 25, 2026
A New Generation of Founders: How the Best Emerging Managers Are Reshaping Private Equity ↗
Jefferies counts 321 partners and managing directors who left major U.S. private equity firms between 2020 and 2025. Emerging first- and second-time funds beat the median return about 60% of the time.
Cambridge Associates · Benchmark · Jul 31, 2026
US PE/VC Benchmark Commentary: Calendar Year 2025 ↗
The Cambridge Associates US Private Equity Index returned 8.7% in 2025, with growth equity (11.9%) ahead of buyouts (7.6%). Cambridge Associates says its US VC index returned 21.1%, as fund managers distributed $185 billion and called $145 billion.
Preqin · Market report · Jul 31, 2026
Private Equity Q2 2026: Preqin Quarterly Update ↗
Preqin data show aggregate private equity exit value nearly doubled to $206bn in Q2 2026, while aggregate capital raised rose to $191bn. Preqin adds that more than half of funds took between 19 and 30 months to close.
Invest Europe · Market report · Jul 23, 2026
Positioned for the Challenge: Capital Under Management & Dry Powder 2025 ↗
Invest Europe puts European capital under management at €1,367bn in 2025, spread across 3,243 firms, of which €459bn was dry powder. Follow-on funds held 89% of that dry powder.
Invest Europe · Market report · Jul 9, 2026
Transaction value analysis 2016 – 2025 ↗
Invest Europe measures €260.9bn of European private capital transaction value in 2025 across 8,681 transactions, steady on the prior year. 72% of that value went to buyouts, while growth capital rose to €33.4bn.
Invest Europe · Market report · Apr 30, 2026
Private Equity at Work report (2026) ↗
Invest Europe finds private equity portfolio companies created 4% more jobs, almost 300,000, in 2023-2024, about 4x the average European rate. 11.4 million people worked at those companies in 2024, or 5% of the European workforce.
Bain & Company · Survey · Mar 2, 2026
Private Equity's Reality Check: The GP Outlook for 2026 ↗
Bain surveyed 103 investment and investor relations professionals and found 79% expect multiples to stay roughly where they are. The median coinvestment came to 33 cents per $1, and 39% of GPs expect no material financial impact from AI.
Bain & Company · Market report · Feb 22, 2026
Global Private Equity Report 2026: Gaining Traction ↗
Global dry powder sits at $1.3 trillion, while buyout investments climbed to $904 billion in 2025, a 44% increase over 2024. Bain also finds exit value jumped 47% to $717 billion, yet 32,000 unsold companies worth $3.8 trillion still wait for buyers.
Venture
Crunchbase News · Market report · Oct 7, 2026
North America's Startup Funding Falls In Q3 As AI Giants Eye The Public Markets ↗
Crunchbase counts $92 billion in North American seed- through growth-stage funding in Q3, a 35% decline from the prior quarter. $66.45 billion went to late- and growth-stage deals and $20.6 billion to early-stage rounds.
Crunchbase News · Market report · Oct 5, 2026
Crunchbase Data: Q3 2026 Posted A Record Count Of Billion-Dollar Rounds As The Global AI Race Heats Up ↗
Crunchbase data show $159 billion in Q3 2026 venture funding and $679 billion globally across Q1 through Q3 2026. An all-time record of 27 companies raised rounds of a billion dollars or more.
Dealroom · Market report · Aug 25, 2026
From Savings to Sovereignty – Pension and Growth Capital in Europe ↗
Dealroom notes Europe holds $15 trillion in pension and insurance assets, with roughly 0.1% allocated to venture capital. The European VC-backed ecosystem is worth $4.3 trillion and has produced 53 decacorns.
Dealroom · Market report · Jul 30, 2026
The half-time report: H1 2026 venture capital unpacked ↗
Dealroom finds startups raised over $500B in venture capital in H1 2026. Germany rose to 5th globally by VC funding, and Sweden entered the top 10.
Private credit
American Investment Council · Market report · Oct 22, 2026
Private Credit Landscape Report ↗
American Investment Council research examines a nearly $1.9 trillion segment of private credit backing firms that employ more than 2.5 million U.S. workers. $217 billion in wages and benefits was paid in 2024, and the median company employs 182 workers.
Federal Reserve Board (FEDS Notes) · Regulator and central bank · Oct 16, 2026
Introducing Private Credit into the Financial Accounts of the United States ↗
Federal Reserve staff estimate private credit has grown from approximately $350 billion in 2012 to over $2.6 trillion as of 2025:Q4. Private credit loans make up about 6 percent of total business debt.
Lincoln International · Market report · Oct 2026
The U.S. Direct Lending's Maturity Wall: Why Credit Quality Matters as Much as Debt Coming Due ↗
Lincoln International finds approximately $87.2 billion, or 13.4%, of maturing direct lending debt is tied to loans valued below 90% of par. $22.9 billion of that is scheduled to mature in 2027.
With Intelligence · Market report · Sep 21, 2026
Private Credit Trends 2026: Uncovering Opportunities in Volatile Markets ↗
With Intelligence says institutional private credit fundraising reached $190 billion in H1, and it tracked 129 credit fund launches in the first half of 2026. Specialty finance closes totalled $37 billion.
Federal Reserve Board (FEDS Notes) · Regulator and central bank · Aug 11, 2026
Private Credit and Leveraged Loan Markets: Similarities, Differences, and Substitution ↗
Federal Reserve researchers size the private credit market at approximately $1.4 trillion as of the end of 2025 and compare it with leveraged loans. 41 percent of larger firms have accessed both markets.
Lazard CL (Campbell Lutyens) · Survey · Jan 20, 2026
Campbell Lutyens Private Credit Market Report: 2026 Outlook ↗
Campbell Lutyens draws on proprietary data from 115+ LPs and finds a 10% increase in preference for evergreen structures. LP demand for Asian private credit strategies has almost doubled versus 2025 expectations.
AIMA / Alternative Credit Council · Survey · 2026
Financing the Economy 2026 ↗
The Alternative Credit Council estimates the private credit market at US$4.1 trillion at the end of 2025, up from US$3.5 trillion the previous year. Financing the Economy 2026 is the twelfth edition of the study.
Global Private Capital Association (GPCA) · Market report · Dec 9, 2025
Private Credit Outlook: Assessing Opportunities Beyond the US ↗
GPCA tallies USD18b in disclosed private credit deal value through Q3 2025 from 153 transactions in markets beyond the US.
Real estate
With Intelligence · Market report · Oct 5, 2026
Real Estate Trends 2026: Fundraising Subdued as Non-Core Demand Grows ↗
With Intelligence tracked $81.7bn of real estate fundraising in H1, as 95 vehicles reached final close. Real estate funds had $95.6 billion total NAV in its sample.
INREV · Survey · Apr 22, 2026
Capital Raising Survey 2026 ↗
INREV finds at least €117 billion was raised for non-listed real estate globally in 2025, an increase of 20% year-on-year. Over 80% of managers raised capital in 2025.
INREV · Survey · Jan 14, 2026
Investment Intentions Survey 2026 ↗
INREV finds the global average allocation to real estate stands at 12.4%, just under the 12.5% target. Interest in non-listed real estate funds rose from 8% to 17% on a net basis.
Infrastructure
With Intelligence · Market report · Sep 24, 2026
Infrastructure Trends 2026: Global Fundraising Slows While Investors Increase Targets ↗
With Intelligence reports infrastructure funds raised $43.3 billion in H1 2026 as fundraising slowed. With Intelligence adds that dedicated debt strategies raised $4.8 billion, 37% more than the $3.5 billion raised in H1 2025.
Invest Europe · Market report · Dec 9, 2025
Building Europe's Foundations: The Role of Private Capital in Infrastructure ↗
European infrastructure funds raised €265bn from 2020 through H1 2025 and made €167bn in equity investment, according to Invest Europe. The study draws on insights from more than 200 LPs.
Secondaries
Cambridge Associates · Market report · Oct 30, 2026
Secondaries in Private Investment Portfolios: A Framework for Strategic Allocation ↗
Cambridge Associates notes secondary transaction volume reached $240 billion in 2025, and approximately 34% of endowments and foundations had exposure. Secondary funds have averaged 13% DPI in their first three years.
Lazard · Market report · Aug 13, 2026
Lazard Interim 2026 Secondary Market Report ↗
Lazard tallies $124 billion in secondary volume for the first half of 2026, up approximately 28% year-over-year, and sees approximately $260 billion for the year. GP-led deals reached $61 billion and LP-led transactions $63 billion.
Lazard · Market report · Feb 23, 2026
Lazard 2025 Secondary Market Report ↗
Lazard says the secondary market grew 53% in 2025 to an estimated $233 billion, up from $152 billion in 2024. GP-led deals reached $116 billion against $117 billion for LP-led transactions.
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