Surveys
Every summer, qashqade surveys private markets professionals to understand what the job is really like beyond the capital calls and reporting deadlines. Run in partnership with advisor Matt Craig-Greene of Wagtails, the survey explores the pressures, the coping strategies, and the data challenges that keep the industry up at night and, increasingly, how it's making sense of AI.
2026 Private Markets Summer Survey Results
Our latest industry survey takes the temperature of life in private markets: the pressure, the coping mechanisms, the summer escape plans, and the one question nobody in the industry can avoid anymore. What is AI actually doing to the job?
2025 Private Markets Summer Survey Results
Our latest industry survey reveals the real life impact of working in private markets. From the emotional toll and late-night calculator sessions to recalibrating during an off-grid holiday - explore the full results.
2024 Private Markets Summer Survey Results
In June 2024, qashqade ran a summer survey for private markets professionals to better understand their levels of trust with their data and partnership agreements, their plans for the summer and what would bring them out of “holiday mode”.