Private Equity Market Indices & Benchmarks
Market Indices: Five flagship equity indices representing the aggregate performance of private markets, including private2000, private3000, privateUS, privateEurope, and privateAPAC.
PEU and BMU Benchmarks: Family of equity indices that capture the performance of several combinations of PECCS™ classes, styles, and geographic regions, using the Private Equity-backed Universe (PEU) and the Broad private Market Universe (BMU), respectively.
The two suites of Private Equity Indices include the flagship privateMetrics® market indices and the PEU/BMU Benchmarks. The privateMetrics® index construction is process-driven and the methodology for their construction and maintenance is described in the first section. PEU/BMU Benchmarks combine all eligible companies and present their performance and other metrics. Simpler rules are followed for the construction of PEU/BMU Benchmarks, detailed in the second part. In the final sections, we also describe our cash yield computation methods that aid in total return calculations for these indices, index maintenance guidelines, and conclude with FAQs.