Decoding Private Market Performance and Re-shaping Liquidity

Introducing a New Paradigm to Analyse Risk, Manage and Trade Private Market Investments as if They Were Bonds

Better Analytics

Focused on risk, with a forward-looking and real-time perspective, to eliminate private market information asymmetries and deliver actionable, active signals.

Better Benchmarks

Accurately comparable, representative and regulated, with duration-based approach to increase investors and Regulators’ confidence.

Better Markets

Platform and physically-backed solutions to transfer risk and return that is seamless to GPs, efficient for investors, and customizable for intermediaries.

MASTER THE FLOWS

Unlocking Better Ways to Access and Trade the Private Markets

Amplify liquidity.

New pricing arbitrage opportunities attract new liquidity providers to the asset class (and in turn new investors).

Simplify trading.

Trading risk and returns instead of physical assets is easier (but does not compromise their characteristics).

Broaden access.

Higher versatility and liquidity potential pave the way for broadened market access to investors and products.

TRADE THE YIELD

Cutting Through Private Markets’ New Regulation and Democratization Waves

For Investors

Seamlessly access and trade private market opportunities, efficiently customise the risk- return profile and liquidity terms.

For Intermediaries

Create new products, investment, risk management and capital saving solutions with symmetric and asymmetric risk profiles, with equity or bond tilts.

For General Partners

Serve existing and new segments of investors with seamlessly tailored primary and secondary solutions, broadening market reach and increasing AUMs.

REACH YOUR TARGET

SIGNALS

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Proprietary technology, investment and capital markets expertise to shape a more efficient marketplace for private markets’ investors. Engagement and knowledge sharing to grow reputation, trust and lasting relations.

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XTAL Partners with EDI

LAUNCHING A REGULATED PRIVATE MARKET BENCHMARK INITIATIVE

XTAL has partnered on exclusive terms Exchange Data International Ltd. for the data management of private fund data for regulated indices.

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XTAL Launches a Regulated Benchmarks Awareness Initiative

STARTING A GLOBAL GPs OUTREACH INITIATIVE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH EDI

The Benchmark Regulation will require any EU-regulated financial intermediary (and anyone doing business with them) to use regulated benchmarks by 2022.

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XTAL Publishes White Paper

RESETTING THE CLOCK ON PRIVATE EQUITY PERFORMANCE

How the DARC methodology applies fixed income valuation techniques to private equity to solve its performance puzzle.

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