Preqin Launches Transaction Intelligence for Private Market Professionals

A new transaction repository powered by customizable analytics to analyze historical and interim performance and valuations of deals in private markets.

LONDON, June 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Apps, the global leader in alternative asset data, tools and insights, today announced the launch of Transaction Intelligence, a powerful new solution designed to help investment professionals navigate the complexities of the dynamic private markets landscape. Available to customers through the flagship platform, Touch Proor as a stand-alone product, Transaction Intelligence provides aggregated and anonymized transaction data at the deal and asset level.

It is now possible to gain meaningful insights into front and middle office roles, allowing investment professionals to benchmark portfolios with increased accuracy, identify high-potential sectors, refine valuation models, and effectively optimize meaningful individual strategies using real and relevant transaction data. This launch comes at a time when market participants and regulators are trying to assess the performance of private markets and market conditions with increasingly detailed and factual datasets.

Overcoming difficulties when it comes to making clear decisions about deals and valuations

The global alternatives market has grown significantly over the past few years. According to Preqin, global alternatives assets under management (AUM) are expected to reach $24.5 trillion by the end of 2028, compared to about $16.3 trillion by the end of 2023. And yet, in today’s volatile global market environment, investment professionals Private markets face significant challenges when evaluating deals and valuations.

Transaction Intelligence addresses these challenges by combining customizable visualization tools with aggregated and anonymized deal performance data and asset operational metrics, providing a comprehensive view of the market to support decision-making, mitigate risks and drive profits superior by enabling investment professionals to:

• Demonstrate a fund’s strategy and returns against the market at a deeper level

• Create benchmarks with customized criteria and accurate and timely transaction data

• Ensure valuation models use relevant peer transactions conducted in private markets rather than public data comparisons

• Identify attractive sectors and strategies based on completed deals while obtaining sign-off on assumptions for Investment Committees

• Help investors refine selection criteria and due diligence processes

• Understand where losses occur within the portfolio

Transaction Intelligence data shows that, as of January 2018, across five major industries (Consumer Discretionary, Financial Services & Insurance, Healthcare, Industrials, and IT), Industries showed strength with only 17% of deals under invested capital (10 billion dollars out of 214 billion dollars). Consumer Discretionary had the largest writedowns at $32 billion and 24% losing deals ($358 billion invested).

The story continues

Leon Sinclair, EVP, Head of the GP Business Unit, in Preqin said, “We’re really excited to bring Transaction Intelligence to market. Transaction Intelligence is a unique tool that opens an unprecedented era of data-driven decision making for private market fund managers, professional advisors and investors. Leveraging granular portfolio company data from over 6,500 funds, this innovative solution sheds light on the historically dark private markets landscape. With a rich taxonomy of over 200 attributes, in real-time users can gain a deeper understanding of performance and drivers of value creation, market conditions including multiples paid, loss ratios and valuation adjustments made by their colleagues.

Notes to editors

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

To learn more about Transaction Intelligence, click here for the brochure for fund managers. To request a demo, click here.

About Preqin

Preqin, the House of Alternatives™, empowers financial professionals who invest or distribute alternatives with essential data and insights to make confident decisions. It supports them throughout the investment lifecycle with critical information and leading analytical solutions. The company has pioneered rigorous private data collection methods for 20 years, enabling more than 200,000 professionals worldwide to simplify how they raise capital, get deals and investments, understand performance and stay informed. For more information visit www.preqin.com.