Private Markets Research
Illuminating Private Markets
Drawing on decades of foundational research, along with continuous market analysis, Bella helps clients prepare analyses, research, and reports related to evolving private capital markets.
Research Services Overview
Bella’s Research services deliver rigorous, academic–quality analysis tailored to the complexities of private market investing. We conduct in-depth research to support strategic planning, thought leadership initiatives, policy evaluation, governance reviews, and more, translating opaque data and market dynamics into clear, decision-ready insights. For clients navigating legal or regulatory challenges, we provide expert witness and litigation consulting services on topics spanning fund structures, market practices, and investment processes in clear and defensible terms. Bella’s research empowers leadership with clarity, helping institutions articulate, implement, monitor, and defend their private capital strategies with confidence.
Example Engagements:
Custom Market Studies
Analyze specific sectors, geographies, or themes to support strategy.
Governance & Structure Analysis
Research best practices to inform board-level decisions or redesigns.
Expert Witnessing for Litigation
Prepare detailed expert reports and testimony on nuanced topics.
Policy Impact Reports
Assess the effect of investment practices on long-term mandates.
Why Clients Choose Bella
Private Markets Research
Our research services offer precise insights that enhance your decision-making processes and drive strategic success.
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Empirical Rigor
Bella applies quantitative depth and methodological discipline to every research engagement, grounding conclusions in relevant data and industry norms. Clients benefit from insights that are defensible, decision-ready, and backed by credibility.
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Custom Engagements
Each research project is scoped to the client’s exact question, whether qualitative or quantitative in nature. Our outputs provide boardrooms, investment teams, and other stakeholders with clear, precise, and relevant insights.
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Industry Insight
We bring real world insights to our work, ensuring that recommendations are accurately contextualized. Clients gain insights that reflect best practices for how capital is actually governed and deployed.
How We Solve Your Challenges
Insightful Research
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Lack of market transparency or peer data |
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Conducts custom research and benchmarking tailored to specific geographies, vintages, or strategies |
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Inability to assess impact, ESG, or policy-driven outcomes |
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Delivers empirically grounded frameworks to quantify non-financial outcomes alongside return metrics |
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Limited internal bandwidth for thought leadership development |
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Act as an external research arm to develop focused white papers articulating the benefits of particular market strategies |
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Legal teams require domain expertise for disputes or regulatory matters |
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Provides world-class analysis and expert support for litigation or regulatory processes |
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Uncertainty around evolving market trends or industry behaviors |
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Provides clients with qualitative and quantitative insights to guide strategic planning |
Past Work
See our Expertise in Action
Structuring & Delivering a Value-Added Services Program
We provided strategic guidance to a client to coordinate the delivery of value-added services in the broader venture ecosystem. By distilling best practices from VCs, angel groups, and other early-stage investors known for the quality of their value-added services, we created a detailed research report and conducted multiple workshops with key stakeholders to develop a series of actionable recommendations for developing best-in-class value-added services programs.
Social Impact Assessment
We assessed the impact on portfolio companies of ownership by a large US PE firm by quantifying changes in employment, wages, workplace safety, and innovation using custom-built measurement frameworks informed by academic best practices. The results of these analyses were presented by the firm to investors in several of its annual group meetings.
Monte Carlo Portfolio Risk Analysis
We quantified the risk of a multi-tranche securitized private equity offering using a custom-built Monte Carlo-style simulation analysis. The results of this independent risk analysis were incorporated into the offering prospectus to help educate potential investors.
Insights on Global PE investing
We produced a comprehensive guide to current thinking and best practices in private equity investing for a large institutional investor. The research touched on various topics such as return premiums, risk assessment, and performance persistence.
PE Masterclass
We organized and conducted a series of masterclasses in private equity for regional investors sponsored by a major global fund manager. We presented findings from new academic research, and provided an in-depth analysis of current industry trends. These lectures were supplemented by interactive class discussions, allowing attendees to derive valuable insights from the program.
Public investment fund Structure for Entrepreneurship
We worked with an industry group to structure a public-private investment fund to encourage the development of an entrepreneurial ecosystem. Based on extensive on-the-ground and secondary research, our recommendations balanced the program’s need for financial sustainability with the goal of activating significant risk capital for early-stage ventures.
Delivering Results Around the Globe
Client Countries
Bella’s global reach spans 30+ countries and 6 continents
Clients Served
Bella has helped new and established groups alike from across the private market spectrum
Combined Client AUM
Bella’s clients range from first-time funds to multi-trillion-dollar financial institutions
Years Active
Bella has built longstanding relationships with private capital leaders over its decade-plus of advising the industry
Our Process Explained
Discovery & Alignment
We begin by listening, understanding your mandate, goals, constraints, and decision environment. This ensures every engagement is framed around what matters most to your institution.
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Diagnostic & Scoping
Through targeted assessments, we identify the key questions, challenges, and opportunities shaping your capital strategy. We define a scope of work tailored to your structure, scale, and context.
Custom Research & Analysis
Our team develops bespoke research, simulations, or strategic frameworks grounded in empirical methods and allocator-tested models, always aligned with your objectives.
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Strategic Advisory & Recommendations
We translate insights into action. Whether the output is a governance redesign, a performance benchmark, or a new capital policy, every recommendation is clear, practical, and defensible.
Stakeholder Engagement & Refinement
We collaborate with your team, boards, or partners to present findings, gather feedback, and refine recommendations, ensuring alignment, buy-in, and clarity across all stakeholders.
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Implementation Support & Ongoing Advisory
We provide continued support as you operationalize changes, helping to troubleshoot, refine, and adapt as new challenges and opportunities emerge.
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
Common Questions Research
Bella produces a wide variety of tailored research on topics including market trends, fund structures, governance models, and ecosystem maps, always aligned with a client’s specific mandate. We support CIOs, investment committees, and public institutions, among others, seeking actionable insights in private markets.
Yes. Bella frequently supports internal reviews by conducting data-driven analysis on fund pacing, manager selection, structural design, and performance diagnostics. Our outputs are built for executive and board-level audiences.
Bella conducts research that can be used to support legal, regulatory, or arbitration cases, with expert witness capabilities available as needed. Our role is focused on providing analytical clarity and relevant market context, tailored to the nuances of every case we take.
Our research draws from commercial datasets, proprietary information, stakeholder interviews, academic literature, regulatory filings, and industry reports, among other sources to ensure depth, rigor, and originality in our research. All findings are carefully prepared and reviewed according to academic standards.
Absolutely. We regularly conduct deep-dives into evolving private capital structures and trends to help clients stay ahead of industry shifts.
Why Choose Us?
Tailored Solutions
Our services are customized to address your specific financial challenges and sector, enabling you to implement effective strategies that lead to success.
Expert Insights
Gain detailed analytics that help you comprehend market trends and consumer behavior. Our insights are reliable, making planning easier and more effective.
How We Help
Customized Private Market Solutions
Who We Help
Expertise Translated into Real Results
Industry Groups
Helping Build Private Market Understanding Through Custom Thought Leadership
Ready to get started?
At Bella Private Markets, we are dedicated to providing world-class insights and analyses to help you navigate the complexities of the private market landscape. Our expert team is here to assist you through our consulting services, impactful research, and tailored training programs to help empower institutional decision-making.