In an era of rising complexity, heightened due diligence expectations, and data-driven competition, effective portfolio management is no longer optional. This report outlines the tools, strategies, and insights institutional investors need to outperform in private markets.
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The Repricing of Private Markets: 25 Years of Data on Valuations, Leverage and Returns
LPs cannot afford to rely on outdated assumptions.
Pricing has shifted. Leverage risk is rising. Returns are under pressure. In today’s volatile market, understanding where private markets have been repriced is critical to manager selection, underwriting, and portfolio risk.
Based on 172,000+ private market deals, this whitepaper reveals how valuations, leverage, and returns have changed — including deeper analysis of North American buyouts and Software.
Download the whitepaper to see where risk is building before it shows up in your portfolio.
How Deal Comps Can Help Uncover Hidden Opportunities and Avoid Costly Mistakes
This report uses granular Deal Comps from CEPRES DealForge to reveal two very different healthcare subsector stories: cosmetic dental implants, where median gross IRR reaches 21.8% with ~10.1x entry EV/EBITDA, and mental care facilities, where nearly one-third of deals fall below 1.0x MOIC.
Download the report to see how deal-level benchmarks can help GPs identify overlooked niches, pressure-test entry pricing, uncover hidden margin risk, and make sharper underwriting decisions before capital is at stake.
CEPRES' 2026 Private Credit Outlook
Get a data-driven view of the trends shaping private credit in 2026 — from widening performance dispersion and sector-level risk to refinancing pressure and borrower resilience. Built on CEPRES private markets data across 17,200+ funds and 157,000+ deals, this report helps investors move beyond headline market narratives and understand what is really driving outcomes at the loan level.
Download the report to explore where risk is building, where opportunity remains strongest, and why manager selection, sector expertise, and deeper portfolio transparency matter more than ever.
The Repricing of Private Markets: 25 Years of Data on Valuations, Leverage and Returns
LPs cannot afford to rely on outdated assumptions.
Pricing has shifted. Leverage risk is rising. Returns are under pressure. In today’s volatile market, understanding where private markets have been repriced is critical to manager selection, underwriting, and portfolio risk.
Based on 172,000+ private market deals, this whitepaper reveals how valuations, leverage, and returns have changed — including deeper analysis of North American buyouts and Software.
Download the whitepaper to see where risk is building before it shows up in your portfolio.
How Deal Comps Can Help Uncover Hidden Opportunities and Avoid Costly Mistakes
This report uses granular Deal Comps from CEPRES DealForge to reveal two very different healthcare subsector stories: cosmetic dental implants, where median gross IRR reaches 21.8% with ~10.1x entry EV/EBITDA, and mental care facilities, where nearly one-third of deals fall below 1.0x MOIC.
Download the report to see how deal-level benchmarks can help GPs identify overlooked niches, pressure-test entry pricing, uncover hidden margin risk, and make sharper underwriting decisions before capital is at stake.
CEPRES' 2026 Private Credit Outlook
Get a data-driven view of the trends shaping private credit in 2026 — from widening performance dispersion and sector-level risk to refinancing pressure and borrower resilience. Built on CEPRES private markets data across 17,200+ funds and 157,000+ deals, this report helps investors move beyond headline market narratives and understand what is really driving outcomes at the loan level.
Download the report to explore where risk is building, where opportunity remains strongest, and why manager selection, sector expertise, and deeper portfolio transparency matter more than ever.
