What PEI does

PEI Group is a membership-focused business intelligence company headquartered in London that informs and connects investment professionals across global specialist financial markets. Founded in 2001 and operating with 501-1,000 employees across seven offices (London, Hong Kong, New York, Sydney, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Singapore), PEI serves asset managers, institutional investors, family offices, investment banks, law firms, consultancies and advisors, with a member base that includes Blackstone, Brookfield, Bain Capital, EQT, Ares Management, Oaktree, Kirkland & Ellis and EY. The company delivers market insight, data and journalism through a portfolio of specialist brands powered by a digital publishing, analytics and database platform, supplemented by professional networks and events that enable knowledge sharing, profile building and relationship development.

The company's core technology stack is a digital publishing, analytics and database platform supporting multiple specialist brands. In March 2026 PEI acquired Scientific Infra & Private Assets (SIPA), the leading global index, benchmark and rating provider for private infrastructure and private equity markets, which produces what the company describes as the only indices and benchmarks that genuinely reflect the risk and performance of private markets as an asset class. This was followed in May 2026 by the launch of a next-generation private infrastructure platform targeting advanced analytics and benchmarking for private markets decision making.

PEI operates a recurring subscription membership model, monetizing access to intelligence, data, analytics, professional networks and events for senior investment professionals. Revenue mechanics are enterprise-tier and pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company is privately held with no disclosed parent or institutional investor, and growth is being driven by M&A (SIPA), product expansion (the new infrastructure platform), and global footprint maintenance across EMEA, North America and APAC.

Name

PEI

Legal name

PEI Group

Website

https://thisispei.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Membership Subscriptions: PEI Group provides industry-leading market insight, data and journalism to its members via a wide portfolio of specialist brands. Membership-based model where clients pay for access to intelligence, data, analytics, professional networks and events.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

PEI Group provides industry-leading market insight, data and journalism to investment professionals through a portfolio of specialist brands supported by a robust and scalable digital publishing, analytics and database platform. Its flagship analytics product, Scientific Infra & Private Assets (SIPA), delivers the only indices and benchmarks that truly reflect the risk and performance of private infrastructure and private equity markets, and the company supplements this with professional networks and events that bring client communities together for knowledge sharing and relationship development.

Product overview

PEI Group is a membership-focused business intelligence company offering a platform-plus-portfolio architecture. The core product is SIPA (Scientific Infra & Private Assets), which provides global indices, benchmarks, and ratings for private infrastructure and private equity markets. This is supported by a wide portfolio of specialist brands delivering market insight, data, and journalism, all powered by a robust digital publishing, analytics, and database platform. The offering also includes professional networks and events to facilitate knowledge sharing and relationship development among investment professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Scientific Infra & Private Assets (SIPA): Leading global index, benchmark and rating provider for private infrastructure and private equity markets, producing the only indices and benchmarks that truly reflect the risk and performance of private markets as an asset class, allowing superior benchmarking to listed proxies or appraisal data.

Products and services

• SIPA (Scientific Infra & Private Assets) Leading global index, benchmark and rating provider for private infrastructure and private equity markets, producing the only indices and benchmarks that truly reflect the risk and performance of private markets as an asset class, enabling superior benchmarking to listed proxies or appraisal data. Targeted at institutional investors, asset managers and other investment professionals.
• Next Generation Private Infrastructure Platform Next generation private infrastructure analytics platform providing advanced analytics and benchmarking for private infrastructure and private equity markets, designed to sharpen private markets decision making for investment professionals.
• PEI Specialist Brand Portfolio (Market Insight, Data and Journalism) Wide portfolio of specialist brands delivering industry-leading market insight, data and journalism focused on alternative asset class investment activity and responsible investment themes, supported by PEI's robust and scalable digital publishing, analytics and database platform.
• PEI Professional Networks and Events Professional networks and events that bring client-communities together to enable knowledge sharing, profile building and relationship development among investment professionals in alternative asset markets.

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• With Intelligence (formerly Acuris): Closest direct comparable: a private, subscription-driven business intelligence and events business serving institutional investors, asset managers and the alternatives ecosystem, with overlapping product formats (data, events, networking) and buyer personas.
• PitchBook (Morningstar): Provider of private-market data, intelligence and research on PE/VC deals, funds and investors — overlaps directly with PEI's private-equity intelligence offering and competes for the same asset-manager and advisor budgets.
• Preqin (BlackRock): Global leader in alternative-assets data and analytics across private equity, private debt, real estate and infrastructure; directly competes with PEI/SIPA's benchmarking and fundraising-data products.
• Institutional Investor: Long-standing trade media, events and research brand serving institutional investors and asset managers; directly overlaps with PEI's journalism, awards and convening offerings.
• IJGlobal: Data and intelligence provider focused on infrastructure and project finance deals — closely aligned with PEI's Infrastructure Investor franchise and infrastructure benchmarking push.

Broad incumbents

• MSCI: Global index and analytics provider that has been expanding into private-asset benchmarks and risk analytics; overlaps with SIPA's index proposition and competes for institutional benchmarking budgets.
• S&P Global Market Intelligence: Large-scale financial data, research and analytics platform covering public and private markets; competes for enterprise intelligence spend at the same institutional buyer set as PEI.
• Bloomberg: Dominant terminal-based financial data, news and analytics provider extending into private-markets coverage; the principal incumbent competing for the same institutional member wallet.

Emerging players

• Mercer (alternative-investments research): Consultancy-led alternatives research and benchmarking practice serving institutional allocators; competes in private-markets benchmarking adjacent to SIPA's index proposition.

Others

• ION Group (DiligenceVault, Wall Street Systems): Financial data infrastructure and analytics provider serving capital-markets participants; an adjacent ecosystem enabler rather than a direct competitor, but increasingly relevant as private-markets data infrastructure consolidates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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