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March 18, 2024

Chart of the Month: March 2024

Law of Averages: Comparing 3 Decades of Commitments Among Buyout, Venture Capital, and Credit Funds In private markets, we regularly…

March 8, 2024

Cobalt Expands Data Regions: A Step Forward in Addressing Data Residency Concerns while Ensuring Security, Privacy, and Control

Cobalt Expands Data Regions: A Step Forward in Addressing Data Residency Concerns while Ensuring Security, Privacy, and Control At Cobalt,…

February 20, 2024

Chart of the Month: February 2024

Buy the Rumor, Buy the News: Evaluating the Unshakable Interest in Real Estate While investing in sanguine times has been…

January 26, 2024

Chart of the Month: January 2024

Perfectly Hedged? Questioning the Tether Between Private Credit and the Federal Funds Rate  Akin to Steve Eisman’s critique of how…

December 12, 2023

Chart of the Month: December 2023

The (Bar)Bell Curve: Looking at the Dispersion of PME Alpha by Private Market Funds In past charts, we’ve discussed our…

November 14, 2023

Chart of the Month: November 2023

Playing the Long Game: Comparing VC & Buyouts Across Different Time Horizons Within private markets, there’s often a focus on…

October 12, 2023

Chart of the Month: October 2023

More BRICS in the Wall: Analyzing the Effect of Currency Choice on Fund Performance In light of the recent BRICS…

September 14, 2023

Chart of the Month: September 2023

Down and to the Right: Assessing Western Europe Alternatives by Investment Style After a recent portfolio monitoring client win in…

August 11, 2023

Chart of the Month: August 2023

Alternate Current: Studying the Early Divergence in Energy Market NAV vs. Dry Powder 1995-2022  The energy market is consistently prone…

July 19, 2023

How private equity firms can make software implementation a cinch

Successful implementation of investment portfolio management software isn’t just some ideal-state dream. It’s a must-have tool for any competitive private…

July 17, 2023

Chart of the Month: July 2023

Q4 Crunch Time: Revisiting 2022 Returns at Year-end  Before we publish Q4 2022 benchmark in Cobalt Market Data, let’s revisit…

June 14, 2023

Chart of the Month: June 2023

The Bridesmaid: Secondary Liquidity Investment Trends from 1999-2022  Wedding season is in full swing, and as many are searching for…