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Market Insights: 3Q 2019
November 11, 2019

Market Insights: 3Q 2019

Cobalt Market Insights is just a sample of the intelligence that can be gained from the Market Analysis part of the Cobalt LP platform. Investors are using our comprehensive, accurate, and timely market data to drive portfolio construction and investment selection decisions.
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How Limited Partners are Embracing Data and Technology
November 6, 2019

How Limited Partners are Embracing Data and Technology

Learn more about how limited partners are embracing data and technology in today’s private markets by partnering with Hamilton Lane and Cobalt LP for: Running diligence on potential investments by leveraging the power of Hamilton Lane’s Fund Investment Team for qualitative and quantitative evaluation. Continuous monitoring of their active investments[…]
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Chart of the Month: Private Equity IRR by Vintage Year
October 25, 2019

Chart of the Month: Private Equity IRR by Vintage Year

Private markets often use IRR as a performance metric to measure returns over a fund's life Quartiles break down the IRRs, ranked least to greatest, for each vintage year by 25% increments of each grouping Historically top quartile funds generate significantly higher returns than bottom quartile funds Returns during the[...]
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The Unicorn Playbook: 2019 Edition
September 16, 2019

The Unicorn Playbook: 2019 Edition

By: Roderick Berry, Managing Director at Hamilton Lane In the investment world, the term “Unicorn” is widely understood to represent a privately-held company that has reached a billion-dollar valuation. In 2013, when venture capitalist Aileen Lee first coined the term, 39 such companies were in existence. However, as of June[...]
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Private Markets in Asia: A Country-by-Country Guide
September 10, 2019

Private Markets in Asia: A Country-by-Country Guide

By: Mingchen Xia, Managing Director at Hamilton Lane and Shannon Chow, Principal at Hamilton Lane In 1991, the private markets landscape looked remarkably different than it does today. “Private equity” really just meant “buyout” and there were only a smattering of funds to choose from. Today, this asset class paints[...]
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Chart of the Month: Infrastructure Returns in Private Equity
August 23, 2019

Chart of the Month: Infrastructure Returns in Private Equity

Cobalt’s August Chart of the Month explores private equity infrastructure returns.
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Market Insights: 2Q 2019
August 15, 2019

Market Insights: 2Q 2019

Cobalt Market Insights is just a sample of the intelligence that can be gained from the Market Analysis part of the Cobalt LP platform. Investors are using our comprehensive, accurate, and timely market data to drive portfolio construction and investment selection decisions.
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Liquidity within the Private Markets as seen in 2019
July 24, 2019

Liquidity within the Private Markets as seen in 2019

Discover the most recent liquidity trends as seen in the private markets during the first half of 2019 in Hamilton Lane’s mid-year Market Overview.
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Capital Overhang in the Private Markets
July 23, 2019

Capital Overhang in the Private Markets

Check out Hamilton Lane’s insights around Capital Overhang as seen in the private markets through the first half of 2019.
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Capital Raised by the 20 Largest Closed-End Funds
July 19, 2019

Capital Raised by the 20 Largest Closed-End Funds

The 20 largest funds raised each year have represented a larger portion of total private markets fundraising, but we are still off peak levels.
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