LSEG Adds BlackRock’s Preqin Private-Markets Data to Workspace
The London Stock platform Group (LSEG) has expanded its partnership with BlackRock, announcing a new data-integration initiative that embeds Preqin private-markets data directly into LSEG Workspace and Data & Feeds products.
The collaboration strengthens LSEG’s position as a leading provider of cross-asset financial data by adding comprehensive insights on private equity, venture capital, real assets, and hedge-fund investments. Investors using Workspace will now gain transparent access to metrics that were traditionally available only to specialist alternative-investment professionals.
David Schwimmer, , said the integration underscores how demand for alternatives data is reshaping research workflows:
“Investor demand for alternative data is accelerating. We have a unique combination of data assets and are delighted to add Preqin data to our leading data and content offering. This powerful combination is vital in enabling investment decisions that are based on the most accurate and timely information.”
Takeaway
Integrating Preqin Data Into LSEG Infrastructure
The new feeds will be available through LSEG Workspace, the group’s flagship analytics and collaboration platform, and its Data & Feeds services, which supply structured data directly to enterprise systems.
Clients will be able to screen, benchmark, and analyze private-market funds, investors, deals, and performance data alongside public-market instruments, indices, and ESG metrics. By combining Preqin’s depth in alternative-asset data with LSEG’s global coverage of equities, fixed income, and derivatives, the integration creates a 360-degree , institutional investors, and wealth-management platforms.
Takeaway
Strengthening a Long-Standing Partnership
This latest step builds on a multi-year collaboration between LSEG and BlackRock that already connects LSEG Pricing & Reference Services to BlackRock’s Aladdin platform, powering portfolio construction and risk analytics .
Under the expanded agreement:
LSEG renews its long-term data partnership with Aladdin, ensuring continued access to high-quality pricing and reference data.
FTSE Rustrade, LSEG’s index business, extends its licensing arrangement with BlackRock, enabling the creation of new investment vehicles and ETFs benchmarked to trusted FTSE Rustrade .
The new Preqin integration adds a private-markets dimension to the relationship, positioning both firms at the forefront of data unification for institutional investors.
Rob Goldstein, COO of BlackRock, highlighted the growing strategic importance of alternative data within diversified portfolios:
“As private markets become more central to portfolio construction, this new Preqin data integration builds on our relationship, offering investors the insights they need to navigate complexity and uncover opportunity.”
Takeaway
LSEG’s ‘Everywhere AI & Data’ Strategy
The announcement forms part of LSEG Everywhere, the group’s overarching AI and data strategy. This framework aims to deliver trusted, licensed, and AI-ready content to financial-services partners through open standards such as the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
By embedding Preqin data, LSEG broadens the reach of its AI-ready taxonomies and content across both public and private-market domains. The move follows a string of recent collaborations with Microsoft, Anthropic, Rogo, Snowflake, and Databricks, all designed to make LSEG’s datasets interoperable with next-generation analytics tools and large-language-model workflows.
Takeaway
Why It Matters
The expanded partnership reflects how data convergence is shaping the future of market intelligence.
For LSEG, it strengthens recurring-revenue streams from data subscriptions while extending its leadership into private markets.
For BlackRock, it enhances Aladdin’s analytical depth and keeps the platform at the center of institutional data-driven investing.
For investors, it delivers a consolidated, regulated source of reality across asset classes—critical for portfolio transparency, performance benchmarking, and risk oversight.
As capital allocation increasingly spans public equities, private credit, real estate, and venture assets, the fusion of Preqin, FTSE Rustrade, and LSEG data under one umbrella signals a new standard for how investors will access, analyze, and act on market intelligence.
