PEI’s Data Dive: Reading the signals in secondaries sentiment
From Private Equity Spotlight by PEI Group
May 5, 2026 · 32 min · Episode 267
About this episode
The episode discusses how market sentiment is influencing secondaries fundraising and deal activity based on findings from a global market survey.
How is market sentiment shaping secondaries fundraising and deal activity? In this episode of PEI’s Data Dive podcast, PEI’s senior content producer, Evie Rusman, is joined by Secondaries Investor editor Madeleine Farman and PEI head of special projects for private equity Louise Fordham to discuss the findings from PEI Group title Secondaries Investor’s Global Market Survey 2026. The survey, conducted in partnership with Goodwin, polled LPs, GPs, secondaries buyers and the intermediary community about market trends, transaction processes, deployment issues, regulation and more. Download a data pack of the findings discussed in the podcast episode here.PEI’s new Data Dive miniseries digs into our proprietary data, surveys and rankings, as well as recent market data sets, to understand what investors and fund managers are thinking, where capital is moving and how private markets are evolving. Stay tuned for the next episode, which will provide insight into the 2026 edition of the PEI 300 – our annual ranking measuring the five-year fundraising totals of the world’s biggest private equity firms.
People in this episode
Host: Evie Rusman
Guests: Madeleine Farman, Louise Fordham
Topics covered
- market sentiment
- secondaries fundraising
- deal activity
- private equity
- LPs and GPs
- market trends
Keywords
- secondaries
- fundraising
- deal activity
- market trends
- private equity
- LPs
- GPs
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: PEI Group, Secondaries Investor, Goodwin, PEI 300
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