PEI Group Acquires SIPA: Squire Patton Boggs Advises on Deal | Private Equity & Infrastructure

PEI Group, backed by Bridgepoint, has acquired Scientific Infra & Private Assets (SIPA), a global index, benchmark, and rating provider specializing in private infrastructure and private equity markets. The deal will integrate SIPA’s infraMetrics, privateMetrics, and privateAlpha solutions into PEI’s existing asset-class platforms, according to a statement released Tuesday.

Squire Patton Boggs advised PEI Group on the acquisition, with a team led by Corporate partner Mark Yeo and associate James Pascoe. The legal team included specialists from the UK and Singapore covering corporate law, labour & employment, commercial and IP matters, data privacy, and tax strategy.

SIPA is registered with the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and utilizes academically validated methods to produce indices and benchmarks for private markets. The company’s origins lie in over a decade of research conducted at the EDHEC Infrastructure & Private Assets Research Institute (EIPA), a research center within EDHEC Business School, founded in 1906.

PEI Group, established in 2001, serves over 30,000 institutional investors, asset managers, advisors, and other market participants globally, providing market intelligence, data, analytics, and events for the private markets sector. According to a recent report, LDC sold PEI Media Group generating a 3.5x return.

The acquisition aims to enhance PEI’s capabilities in providing data and analytics for the growing private markets sector. SIPA’s quantitative data solutions are expected to complement PEI’s existing portfolio of networks, events, information brands, and research platforms.