London Stock Exchange Group has announced general availability of an expanded private-market research and benchmarking package inside LSEG Workspace. Its 27 October release says institutional users can screen funds, examine manager and investor activity, and compare performance across selected private and public market datasets. The new step is a workflow expansion rather than the first acquisition of each underlying dataset.[1]
LSEG links the update to its earlier Nasdaq eVestment partnership and combines eVestment information with Preqin data. The announced features cover fund discovery, investor and manager insights and benchmarking. For broker research teams, wealth platforms and institutional allocators, the attraction is reducing time spent reconciling disconnected sources before an investment committee review.[1]
Why benchmarks in private markets need more context
A publicly traded security has continuous market quotations; private funds often report valuations at discrete intervals and do not share identical accounting, leverage, vintage or fee terms. Putting datasets in a single screen makes comparisons easier, but a peer group's definition, reporting currency, net-versus-gross returns and underlying valuation timing can still make a headline ranking misleading.[1]
LSEG describes its role as mapping, standardising and integrating manager-reported and market-sourced information. Those steps can aid a research process without independently establishing that every source observation is audited or that a private fund could be sold at its latest reported value. Users need to inspect the underlying methodology for each chosen benchmark.[1][2]
Data questions for a defensible private-fund comparison
| Dimension | Why it changes the comparison |
|---|---|
| Fund vintage and strategy | Different investment and exit cycles |
| Gross versus net return | Fee and carry treatment |
| Reporting date | Stale marks versus current quoted prices |
| Currency and leverage | Return translation and risk differ |
| Peer selection | Ranking depends on the comparison set |
What general availability does and does not establish
The release says the expanded functions are generally available within Workspace. It does not promise every user all datasets irrespective of existing licence, nor provide a public implementation price. It also does not report that a particular allocation improved its investment outcome after adopting these tools.[1]
The operational opportunity is in structured due diligence: screen a fund, verify manager disclosures, construct a relevant peer set and retain the precise comparison version used in a decision. A stronger research workflow is a substantive development for institutions and the intermediaries serving them, but the judgement remains dependent on definitions and independent checks, not on a platform's visual integration alone.[1]
Sources & further reading
- LSEG expands private markets research and benchmarking in Workspace London Stock Exchange Group · 27 Oct 2026 · Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- LSEG Workspace research and analytics London Stock Exchange Group · Accessed 30 Oct 2026