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Preqin Case Study
This case study of a global custodian bank is based on a September 2020 survey of Preqin customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.
“Best source of data in private equity / private capital, really easy to use.”
With a global reach in over 90 countries, this custodian bank was experiencing significant challenges developing new business for its suite of investor services in a heavily relationship-driven industry.
To overcome these issues and improve their familiarity with key stakeholders, the bank needed access to a data provider with ‘comprehensive coverage of the alternative assets industry’, providing granular insight into the markets the firm was interested in. More importantly, the data available needed to be ‘easy to find and actionable’ to allow the firm to quickly source the information required.
Additionally, the firm needed a data provider with accurate, reliable data on:
With these requirements in mind, the bank chose to engage Preqin.
With Preqin data, this global custodian bank improved several key core competencies throughout its business, including:
After using Preqin data, solutions and insights alongside another provider, the firm ranked Preqin’s fund managers, fund and fundraising, performance, firm profiles, and contact details as superior if not best in class compared to other data providers.
As a result, a key VP within the firm agreed with the following statement:
‘Compared to other private markets data providers, Preqin provides a more comprehensive coverage and more reliable data than any other solutions available in the market.’
Preqin Case Study
This case study of a global placement agent is based on a September 2020 survey of Preqin customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.
Compared to other private markets data providers, Preqin provides a more comprehensive coverage and more reliable data than any other solutions available in the market.
For this global placement agent, raising private capital for funds with different strategies (Buyout, Distressed Debt, Real Estate, Growth, etc.) and regional focus (North America, Asia, Europe, Africa, etc.) presented many challenges, particularly when it came to sourcing data on allocators and fund managers active in alternative assets.
To overcome these challenges, the placement agent needed access to a data provider with a ‘comprehensive coverage of the alternative assets industry’, providing granular insight into the markets the firm was interested in. This needed to be packaged in an intuitive solution allowing the firm to easily source the information required.
In addition, the firm also needed a data provider with accurate, reliable information on:
Using Preqin, the global placement agent improved the following core competencies within its business:
After experiencing Preqin data, solutions and insights alongside another provider, the firm ranked Preqin’s investors, fund managers, fund performance, benchmarking and cash flow datasets as best in class compared to other data providers.
Additionally, the firm also ranked Preqin’s regional coverage of North America, Western Europe and Asia as at least better if not superior when compared to other data providers.
As a result, the global placement agent reported making a return on investment within the first 12 months of their Preqin subscription.
A senior key stakeholder in this firm would be very likely to recommend Preqin for the following reason:
“[Preqin is] the best in the industry at PE stats and investor information.”
Preqin Customer Research
Surveyed fundraisers who use Preqin Insights+ research saw an improvement in the following areas:
| Keeping up with new trends and movements in the market |
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| Improving and adding context to presentations to my stakeholders |
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| Investment decision-making |
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| Due diligence |
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| Identifying new areas of opportunity |
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| Strategic decision-making |
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| Understanding how nuanced markets react to public policy, macroeconomic shifts, and more |
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Preqin Customer Research
Why did you choose Preqin over another private market data provider?
| Preqin provides more comprehensive coverage of alternative assets |
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| Preqin provides exclusive data not available from other providers |
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| Preqin’s platform allows me to easily find and utilize the information I need |
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| Preqin’s coverage is more granular, providing better coverage of markets I’m interested in |
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| Preqin offers more insight into market trends |
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| Preqin’s data is more actionable |
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| Other |
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