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For even the most sophisticated investors, measuring private investment performance can be challenging. Accurate performance metrics are therefore crucial to making your investment decisions. You need institutional quality benchmarks that you can trust.
Cambridge Associates, in partnership with IHS Markit, provides high-quality aggregate fund-level performance information to help you select fund managers, monitor performance, manage risk and identify investment opportunities.
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Benchmarks based on financial statements sourced directly from investment fund managers.

Complete performance history from 2,100+ fund managers and 8,100+ funds.

All major fund asset classes, strategies and geographies dating back as early as the 1980s.

Manager-reported performance numbers independently verified.

Benchmark performance calculated on since inception history of quarterly cash flows and NAVs for each fund.

For over two decades, the most trusted and widely adopted benchmarks for investors in private markets.

Indices calculated using institutional quality funds, defined as closed-ended, commingled funds that invest third party capital.
Explore the range of 2020 Q3 Private Investment Benchmark Reports available:

Global Private Equity
The index is calculated based on data compiled from 2,314 private equity funds, including fully liquidated partnerships, formed between 1986 and 2019.
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U.S. Private Equity (Legacy Definition)
The index is calculated based on data compiled from 1,599 funds, including fully liquidated partnerships, formed between 1986 and 2019.
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U.S. Venture Capital
The index is calculated based on data compiled from 1,980 U.S. venture capital funds, including fully liquidated partnerships, formed between 1981 and 2020.
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Ex U.S. Private Equity and Venture Capital
The index is calculated based on data compiled from 904 ex U.S. developed markets private equity & venture capital funds, including fully liquidated partnerships, formed between 1986 and 2020.
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Real Estate
The index is calculated based on data compiled from 1,178 funds, including fully liquidated partnerships, formed between 1986 and 2019.
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Australia Private Equity and Venture Capital
The index is calculated based on data compiled from 108 Australia private equity & venture capital funds, including fully liquidated partnerships, formed between 1997 and 2019.
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