Preqin Academy

Welcome to Preqin Academy

With more than $16.7tn in assets under management, the alternative assets industry is growing at an unprecedented rate. Preqin Academy is here to provide you with the resources you need to stay ahead in this exciting market.

We’ll walk you through the basics of alternative investments, and offer valuable insights to support you as you take the next steps in education or as you develop your career.

Explore our lessons below – with an introduction to alternatives, private capital, hedge funds, and each asset class – to begin your alternatives education.

Alternatives 101

Learn about the basics of alternative assets and deep dive into each asset class to further your knowledge on private equity & venture capital, hedge funds, real estate, private debt, infrastructure, and natural resources.

Lesson 1: Alternative Assets

Lesson 2: Private Capital

Lesson 3: Hedge Funds

Lesson 4: Asset Class 101s

Lesson 5: ESG

Lesson 6: Industry Definitions

Lesson 7: Benchmarks

Test your knowledge on alternatives

After you’ve explored the lessons on Preqin Academy, test your knowledge of the private markets with Academy Essentials. From hedge funds to ESG, complete each Essentials quiz to earn badges that showcase your success.

Then, once you’ve passed all the asset classes – you’ll receive the ‘Academy Essentials’ badge!

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Career Insights

Read more about the latest trends in industry, find out what it’s like to work in alternatives and get some real-life inspiration from industry professionals.

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Connecting talent with opportunity at SEO London

Connecting talent with opportunity lies at the heart of Nathalie Richards’ mission as CEO of Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO London). Nathalie recently shared her insights into this mission, as well as her own inspiring journey, in an interview with Leon Sinclair, EVP, Head of GP at Preqin.

Building a career in alternatives

As Director of Investment Management at a LatAm-focused real estate firm, Felipe Botero shares the story of his career in alternatives, and how CAIA helped him to sharpen his skills.

From founder to venture capital leader

We spoke to Jaclyn Baumgarten, Managing Partner at IDC Ventures, to find out more about her journey as an entrepreneur to strategic leader in venture capital.

Premium research

120+ essential industry reports powered by Preqin data
Objective, in-depth analysis on key private market topics
Must-have for anyone active in alternatives

Training for business

Seven modular live training sessions on the key elements of alternative assets
Access to our institutional research, Preqin Insights+
Best suited to firms wanting to upskill their teams

Content licensing

Leverage trusted private markets insights to create added value for your clients
Customizable content packages
Safely share Preqin content with your clients

Preqin First Close newsletter

Your essential newsletter for the global private markets industry

The Preqin First Close newsletter offers trusted international coverage of private capital and hedge fund markets to help you stay informed. It's quick, easy, and free to subscribe.

Private Capital Salary Calculator

View private capital compensation

With our Compensation Calculator and report, improve your visibility of compensation across private capital. Our private capital job profiles show different levels of compensation in the industry to help you explore salary data for many roles within alternative investments.

Preqin Scholar

Undertaking research on alternatives? Find out how academics and students around the world use Preqin data to fuel alternatives research.

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How do private equity fees vary across public pensions?

Emil Siriwardane, Professor at Harvard University, uses Preqin data to analyze how differences in fees can have a sizable impact on returns for investors in the same fund. Emil explores both the return variation in a fund, and return variation across funds.

How do syndication relationships shape investment decisions?

Pavel Zhelyazkov, Associate Professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, uses Preqin data to explore syndication relationships between venture capital firms and how they affect the pattern of investments by limited partners.

Winning a competition with the help of Preqin data: Fordham University

Students from Fordham University explain more about how they achieved first place in the Total Impact Portfolio Challenge. Using Preqin's industry-leading data to curate the alternatives allocation, they were able to devise a winning portfolio.

Partner Offerings

Interested in learning more about alternatives? Find out how our partnerships can help you gain a qualification and build your career in alternative assets.