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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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…