PEI Group launches a dedicated private equity platform, its fifth major next-generation platform launch in five months
LONDON, 22 October 2026 — PEI Group, the primary source of vital intelligence for private markets, has today announced the launch of PEI Private Equity, a single intelligence hub for professionals working globally across the asset class.
Private equity is the world’s most developed private market asset class, accounting for $2.16 trillion, or 38%, of the $5.74 trillion capital raised by the 100 largest private markets managers between 2021 and 2025, according to the recently published PEI Private Markets 100 ranking.
The outlook for fundraising across private equity is strengthening, with PEI Group’s H1 2026 data showing it was the second highest first-half period on record. That momentum is increasing the demand for intelligence from investors, fund managers and advisers.
PEI’s new platform brings together four specialist and highly respected brands – Private Equity International, PE Hub, Buyouts and Venture Capital Journal – to create a single place where members can connect and sharpen their decision making.
Through the platform, members have access to extensive data, news and deal coverage, including forward-looking editorial perspectives from journalists with deep global experience across all areas of private equity, including large- and mid-cap, growth and venture capital.
This is augmented by comprehensive fund-level intelligence, with a database covering over 50,000 private equity funds from launch to exit, and visibility into how capital is allocated across the asset class with data on more than 150,000 investor commitments.
The platform also gives members access to over 9,500 industry professionals via PEI’s networks, and through the in-built connections and messaging functionality. PEI’s editorial and events team also convenes industry leaders through its events programme, including NEXUS, the flagship gathering for the global private equity community.
Members can also improve their efficiency and decision quality by accessing PEI’s intelligence directly in their workflows through Databricks or Snowflake integrations, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) connections.
Commenting on the launch, Edouard Tavernier, CEO of PEI Group, said:
“For over two decades, PEI has been at the centre of the global private equity ecosystem. We’ve broken the stories, tracked the capital and convened the people who shape the asset class.
“This powerful new platform brings everything together: proprietary data, benchmarks, award-winning journalism, and access to the people who move private equity through the industry’s most important networks and events.
“With a choice of ways to access it, the platform is built for professionals who need to know what’s happening, and what it means, so they can act quickly and with greater conviction.”
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About PEI Group
PEI Group is the leading global provider of business intelligence, data, indices and benchmarks, analytics, and events for private markets professionals.
Through meticulously sourced data, deep analytical expertise, and a trusted journalistic heritage, PEI delivers vital intelligence to sharpen the decision-making of more than 30,000 investors, asset managers, and service providers.
With over two decades of strong growth, PEI operates across ten asset classes including private equity, private credit, private real estate, and private infrastructure, through our portfolio of premium research platforms, membership networks, and global events.
PEI serves one hundred percent of the 50 largest firms in private markets, based on the underlying cross-asset class ranking, covering private equity, real estate, infrastructure, private credit and secondaries, with the firm size based on capital raised in last five years.
Our 500-strong team operating from eight offices, equips private market professionals with the relationships, opportunities and critical market insights they need to navigate evolving markets and achieve stronger investment outcomes.
