Footsteps in the dark: Private markets’ data quality “problem”

Data quality in the private markets is poor. But is this a quirk of the market or a problem that needs fixing?

Holy Scripture and the capital markets seldom intersect, but the struggle for high-quality data within the private markets is reminiscent of the proverb, “In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king,” derived from the fourth-century Jewish text, Genesis Rabbah. The lack of reliable, high-quality information abounds in the private markets—and that is partially by design. The markets are not public after all, and it creates an environment where any reliable information is highly prized by

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