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The primary industry from which families generated their wealth was finance and insurance, making up 21 percent, according to The Global Family Report 2019. Manufacturing, at 16 percent, and real estate, at 14 percent, round out the top three and are the only three that make up more than 10 percent.  

The average family wealth of those surveyed in The Global Family Office Report 2019 published by UBS and Campden Research stands at $1.2 billion, far above the average family office AUM. Families managed by single-family offices have an average net worth of $1.3 billion, $420 million higher than their multi-family office contemporaries.

U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine fundraising keeps surging forward. Since the last issue of Buyouts, fund managers added $5.4 billion to its year-to-date total, now at more than $274.9 billion. Platinum Equity led the recent charge. The firm, founded by Tom Gores, raised an additional $2.2 billion to its fifth fund, which has now amassed more […]

Get the latest fund performance data for more than 2,100 funds from over 40 LPs by downloading the accompanying Excel spreadsheet. Funds date from vintages 1979 up to 2014, the most recent year the performance data would be meaningful. Click here to download:Fund Performance 2019

In 2015 the secondary market was split evenly between non-traditional buyers and secondary specialists, defined as all investment entities actively looking to purchase closed funds on the secondary market, according to the Triago Quarterly Report. But since then, non-traditional buyers have taken up more and more of the secondary market, reaching 56 percent in 2018.