Introduction
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.
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.’
This data was sourced directly from verified users of Preqin by TechValidate.
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