Research Categories
Explore methodologies organized by asset class and research domain. Each category contains standardized frameworks, data definitions, and classification criteria.
Private Equity
Comprehensive methodologies for buyout, growth equity, restructuring, and secondary transactions. Covers deal classification, middle market definitions, exit analysis, and PE lending frameworks.
Venture Capital
Deal classification from pre-seed through venture growth stages. Investor type taxonomy, nontraditional investor definitions, unicorn tracking, and venture debt frameworks.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Transaction value estimation, deal timing methodologies, geographic scope standards, and count estimation techniques for M&A activity across all markets.
Fund Performance
IRR calculations, DPI/RVPI/TVPI multiples, PME benchmarks, quarterly returns, and pooled calculation methodologies. Includes data composition and extension rules.
Private Debt
Direct lending, bridge financing, distressed debt, venture debt, real estate debt, and mezzanine fund classification and risk assessment frameworks.
Real Estate
Fund strategy classification across core, core plus, value-added, opportunistic, and distressed strategies. Property type taxonomies and return measurement standards.
ESG & Impact
Environmental, social, and governance measurement frameworks. Carbon footprint calculations, diversity metrics, governance scoring, and impact measurement standards.
Quantitative
Statistical models, risk metrics, factor analysis, regression methodologies, and Monte Carlo simulation frameworks for private market portfolio analysis.