S&P Dow Jones Indices partners with NewVest to expand private market offerings

S&P Dow Jones Indices 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 private markets index manager. As market participants continue to show increased interest in this growing segment, S&P DJI is drawing on its long history of making markets more accessible by developing new benchmarks tailored to private assets. Designed to measure the performance of 50 of the largest available private equity funds for a year, the S&P Private Equity 50 Indices aim to provide market participants with an efficient and accessible view into some of the top funds in North American and European private equity. S&P DJI believes the new benchmarks capture broad, high-quality and diversified exposure in an innovative way that is enhancing transparency and scalability.