PEI was founded in London in November 2001 by a team of managers from the financial media group Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC. The company was originally funded by a number of US-based investors. It is an independent media company.
PEI is one of the leading financial media groups dedicated to global alternative assets. Private equity, private real estate, infrastructure and real assets are among the topics the company's journalists cover from London, New York and Singapore. Positioned at the heart of these alternative asset classes PEI is trusted to provide authoritative coverage of these markets the world over.
PEI offers several news services & magazines to cover the alternative asset class verticals:
PEI compiles a list of the 300 largest private equity firms in the world, known as the PEI 300[1][2][3].
PEI's other divisions provide data products, specialist books and host industry conferences, such as the Private Equity International Middle East Forum[1].[4]