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An overview of private equity conditions, answering why now for private equity, framed for individual investors and family offices.

S&P Dow Jones Indices (“S&P DJI”), the world’s leading index provider, today announced plans to expand its work in the private markets sector with the launch of the S&P Private Equity 50 Indices in collaboration with NewVest, a leading private markets index manager.

LPs in the passive index investing firm’s funds will be able to benefit from quarterly liquidity with no fees or caps, chief executive Edward Talmor-Gera tells Private Equity International.

The passive index investing-focused firm gives investors exposure to the largest private equity funds in market on an annual vintage basis.

Index funds that passively invest in private funds have the potential to outperform portfolios of individually selected private funds, similar to how passive has beaten active in public markets, say NewVest’s Edward Talmor-Gera and Ariel Ezrahi

In this series of 5-minute interviews, I shine the spotlight on up-and-coming fund managers in private markets across the globe. All geographies. All strategies. All sectors.

The PD 50 Fund aims to provide investors with exposure to a diverse group of 50 of the largest private debt funds, off the back of the firm's January first close on its private equity vehicle.

The PD 50 Fund aims to provide investors with exposure to a diverse group of 50 of the largest private debt funds and to disrupt the fund of funds model.

NewVest’s latest product follows the launch of its private equity passive fund earlier this year.

Fintech platform NewVest has launched a private debt index fund as it continues its drive to marry passive investing with private markets.