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IHS Markit Enters Into Private Investment Benchmarks Strategic Partnership with Cambridge Associates
10 November 2020
IHS Markit, a leading global provider of benchmark indices for
fixed income and credit markets, has entered into a strategic
partnership with Cambridge Associates, a global investment firm
with a global presence in private capital markets and a leading
provider of private investment benchmarks. As part of the
partnership, IHS Markit will have exclusive rights to distribute
the Cambridge Associates benchmarks in aggregated and anonymous
form via digital formats to end users, data redistributors and
reporting and analytics platforms. Cambridge Associates will remain
responsible for fund manager relations, data collection, benchmark
development and production, as well as managing the security and
confidentiality of its datasets.
"Our combined perspective on the private markets and proven
ability to bring innovative financial product structures to the
global marketplace creates an exciting opportunity to advance
investor access to private investments," said Sophia Dancygier, SVP
and Global Head of Indices at IHS Markit. "Working in collaboration
with Cambridge Associates, we will deliver a broader range of
products which aim to optimize the cross-asset workflow for
institutional investors."
"We are really excited about this partnership. Our objective was
to find a like-minded partner who can work with us to help
investors realize the full potential of our widely adopted private
investment benchmarks," said Rich Carson, Managing Director at
Cambridge Associates.
"In recent years, the users of our benchmarks have become more
sophisticated: they want more information, more customized
benchmarks, more ways to incorporate the benchmarks into their
decision-making and workflows, more distribution options and
integration into their preferred reporting and analytics platforms.
Cambridge Associates is first and foremost an investment firm, and
we are confident that working together with IHS Markit, an
established global index provider with unique private markets
insights, can help us better meet these demands," continued
Carson.
Private investment benchmarks can be leveraged for a variety of
uses, including research, capital raising, performance measurement,
risk management, valuation and asset allocation. For General
Partners (GPs) and Limited Partners (LPs) specifically, the
benchmarks can help identify investment opportunities, support the
fund manager selection process and provide data-driven intelligence
to improve portfolio returns and better manage risks.
IHS Markit brings more than 20 years of expertise in designing,
administering and calculating innovative indices across OTC and
exchange-listed asset classes that enable financial institutions to
meet their asset allocation, fund management and index trading
requirements. This includes more than 30,000 benchmark, economic
and tradable indices with exposure to more than $30 trillion in
notional trade volumes and more than $180 billion in ETF assets
under management. IHS Markit's software and services solutions for
the private markets streamline the collection of portfolio data and
enable vital investment and operational processes, ranging from
investment selection to portfolio management to asset
valuations.
For more information on how your firm can leverage Cambridge
Associates private investment benchmarks, contact indices@ihsmarkit.com.
IHS Markit (NYSE: INFO) is a world leader in critical
information, analytics and solutions for the major industries and
markets that drive economies worldwide. The company delivers
next-generation information, analytics and solutions to customers
in business, finance and government, improving their operational
efficiency and providing deep insights that lead to well-informed,
confident decisions. IHS Markit has more than 50,000 business and
government customers, including 80 percent of the Fortune Global
500 and the world's leading financial institutions. Headquartered
in London, IHS Markit is committed to sustainable, profitable
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