Private Market Valuations
Built for scale. Designed for confidence.
Unlock the advantage of independent private asset valuations - at scale, and as often as daily.
Private Market Valuations
Turn complexity into clarity with tailored, scalable valuation services
Powered by proprietary public and private data, technology-enabled workflows, and deep expertise, our independent private market valuations services are built-to-scale with your strategy—delivering clarity, confidence and compliance at every turn.
We partner with leading GPs, asset managers and institutional investors to optimize operational efficiency and effectively navigate risk by streamlining private equity and private credit valuation reporting as well as supporting complex reporting requirements and conducting in-depth credit risk assessments.
Private Asset Valuations: From Advisory Services to End-to-End Workflows
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Valuation Services Tailored to Your Portfolio
Valuation Services Tailored to Your Portfolio
Access fit-for-purpose private market valuations supported by expert-led valuation advisory services, customizable reporting, and methodologies designed to streamline the complexity of private equity, private debt, and other Level III alternative investments for our clients.
Our valuation services can be tailored to your governance, reporting, and portfolio needs to help support confidence, transparency, and consistency across investment strategies.
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Reliable Valuation Reporting as Often as Daily
Reliable Valuation Reporting as Often as Daily
Keep pace with changing markets through private market valuations delivered as often as your business requires, including daily valuation reporting.
This flexible reporting cadence supports timely decision-making, risk oversight, and private credit valuation workflows for managers and investors navigating complex market conditions. Complement daily private market valuations with risk assessments designed to support NAV analysis and discount-rate decisions, aligned with Basel III-style risk criteria.
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Dedicated Team of Valuation Experts
Dedicated Team of Valuation Experts
In complex and fast-moving private markets, the right valuation expertise matters. Our global team of 85+ CFA-, CPA- and MBA-qualified analysts supports clients with valuation advisory services informed by deep experience in private debt, private equity, structured finance, fixed income, credit analysis, portfolio management, M&A, restructuring, accounting, audit and investment banking.
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Seamless Integration into End-to-End Workflows
Seamless Integration into End-to-End Workflows
We offer valuation insights that seamlessly integrate into end-to-end workflows through technology-enabled solutions such as Qval, iLEVEL, client portal access, and customizable reporting tools.
By connecting data, analytics, reporting, and valuation advisory services, S&P Global Market Intelligence helps streamline private market valuations while strengthening operational efficiency across teams.
Daily Private Credit Valuations at Scale
As net asset value (NAV) increasingly functions as a transaction price for private assets—driven by the growth of evergreen funds, wealth-channel access and other alternative investment vehicles—managers need valuation processes that can keep pace with more frequent capital flows.
S&P Global Market Intelligence delivers daily private credit valuations at scale, backed by nearly a decade of daily valuation experience and over 1,600 daily valuations for private credit positions.
Learn how we helped a global Asset Manager efficiently deliver daily NAV across a large portfolio.
Valuations powered by robust, proprietary data
By leveraging proprietary data — including S&P Capital IQ fundamentals, profiles on more than 50 million SMEs, over 120,000 bonds, more than 6,700 loans, sector curves and custom indices — we deliver objective, robust and transparent valuations.
Financial Inputs
Comparable pricing data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, public financial data, derived metrics, and M&A transaction data.
Industry Inputs
5,500+ sector researchers conducting commercial DD studies, consulting corporate clients, and creating unique data and insights (cross sector).
Customer Inputs
Investment performance updates, latest financials, and other datapoints requested by clients’ management and deal teams.
Models and Standards
Industry-accepted best practices and extensive valuation expertise, combined with our access to proprietary data, advisory services, and research.
Valuation Methodologies
Cost approach, income approaches, market approaches, and asset-based approaches.
Accounting Standards and Valuation Best Practices
IPEV, IVS, AICPA, US GAAP, ASC 820, IFRS, SEC Rule 2a-5
Unlock SaaS Delivery and Valuation Dashboards
Our proprietary, web-based platform, provides secure document exchange, stores critical documents and holdings analysis and supports full audit tracking of data items and communications.
You can also visualize insights clearly into portfolio company exposures, track valuations over time, and create custom views, charts, and graphs all in real-time.
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Our Private Markets Experts
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Alessandro Ferretti
Head of Private Markets & Assessments
Alessandro Ferretti is the Head of Private Markets & Assessments (PMA) and a Vice President at S&P Global Market Intelligence. During his time at the firm, he has held several leadership positions—primarily in the Equities and Analytics area—that showcase his ability to drive growth and optimize operations. With a special interest in strategy and innovation, he has a proven track record of leading cross functional teams to deliver new solutions for buy side and sell side partners.
In his current role as Head of Private Markets & Assessments, Alessandro’s responsibilities include P&L management, overseeing product strategy, business development, and customer engagement for the Private Valuations and Credit Risk Assessment Scorecards products. He also partners across the division to advance a firm-wide strategy that positions S&P Global for growth in private markets.
Prior to joining the firm in 2007, Alessandro worked at Bear Stearns Private Client Services in London, where he assisted clients with alternative investment products.
Educated in the United Kingdom, Alessandro holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in International Business from European School of Economics and a Master of Science in Global Banking and Finance from Regent’s University London.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Luca Blasi, PhD FRM
Head of Private Markets & Regulatory Solutions
Luca Blasi is the Head of Private Markets & Regulatory Solutions, leading S&P Global Market Intelligence’s activities on valuations and risk for private market securities (private equity, private credit, ABS and hard-to-value securities).
Luca has over 30 years of experience across many sectors of financial markets including regulators, public sector investment authorities, investment banking and private valuation services. Before joining S&P Global, Luca held senior leadership roles in investment banking valuation control functions in DB and Nordea, as well as leading the valuation and risk management Banking Supervision Risk Specialist team for the Bank of England.
Luca holds a PhD in Financial Econometrics from University of Aberdeen. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Financial Risk Manager Program (GARP) and he is a member of the Financial Instruments Board of the International Valuation Standard Committee (IVSC).
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Philip Roach
Head of Private Market Valuations, North America & EMEA
Phil is the regional business head for the Private Market Valuations team overseeing the North America and EMEA markets at S&P Global, with more than 20 years of experience working across financial markets.
Previously, Phil led the EMEA business, managing a team of client service professionals providing valuation advisory services across illiquid debt and private equity. He has played a central role in developing the product offering within S&P and driving technology initiatives to bring reliability and efficiencies into valuation services.
Before joining S&P Global, Phil spent 10 years working in investment banking within leveraged finance and restructuring teams where he managed exposures of up to £1bn per transaction. Philip led negotiations with management teams and private equity firms to improve the credit metrics of the book through balance sheet restructures, covenant resets and deal amendments.
Philip is a CFA charter-holder and has a BA from Oxford University.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Laura Erwin
Executive Director, Private Valuations
Laura joined the Private Valuation Services team at S&P Global in 2015. Over the last 9 years, Laura has been instrumental to S&P Global's drive to create new product offerings, especially around valuation practice, due to the changing regulatory landscape.
Laura has over 15 years of extensive training and hands-on expertise in valuing illiquid and complex securities across capital structures, industries, and geographies. She advises senior fund management in establishing best-in-class valuation policies and procedures.
Before joining S&P Global, Laura spent 4 years at Esposito Private Equity Group, where she was responsible for all aspects of strategy, sourcing, due diligence, and monitoring. Earlier in her career, Laura was a buy-side analyst at Beal Bank, the largest privately owned bank in the state of Texas, where she focused on valuing distressed debt instruments during the global credit crisis.
Laura is a frequent speaker in industry conferences and has authored several publications. A cum laude graduate of Principal College in Elsah, IL, Laura has held the Series 7, 24, 66, and 79 securities registrations.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Peter Alleston
Executive Director, Private Markets & Assessments
Peter Alleston is the regional head for Private Equity & Debt Services for Asia-Pacific at S&P Global Market Intelligence, with specific focus on business development and client engagement.
Peter joined S&P Global in 2015 with equity derivatives, private equity, private credit, and special situations experience. He has spoken at regional conferences and published thought leadership articles on topics including regulation, accounting, and valuation best practice. Prior to joining the company Peter spent nine years at Deutsche Bank serving as Vice President - Valuation, spending time in Singapore, Hong Kong and London. He has also worked in various roles at Credit Suisse and BDO Stoy Hayward in the UK.
He holds a MSc in Mathematical Trading & Finance from CASS Business School London, a MA in Economics from Cambridge University, and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. He is based in Singapore.
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