Private Capital Markets Report
Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, Private Capital Markets Project (Craig R. Everett; earlier editions John K. Paglia). (2026)
Pepperdine Digital Commons. Latest: 2026 Private Capital Markets Report, revision date June 22, 2026, 217 pages. (2026 edition:
Publisher: Pepperdine Graziadio Business School. Frequency: annual; the repository lists 19 reports from 2009 (dated 8-2-2009, author Paglia) to 2026, with two in 2010 (Winter and Summer). Method as stated in the 2026 report: "The Pepperdine private cost of capital (PCOC) survey was originally launched in 2007"; "This year's survey was deployed in January 2026" to senior lenders, asset-based lenders, mezzanine funds, private equity groups, venture capital firms, angel investors, privately-held businesses, investment bankers, business brokers, limited partners, business appraisers, equipment lessors and factoring firms. Segment samples in the 2026 edition are small: 43 investment bankers, 49 business brokers, 13 bank lenders, 21 limited partners, 5 mezzanine lenders. How respondents are recruited and the response rate were not found in the passages read. Relevant content: Figure 45 (investment banker section, listed at p. 61 in the table of figures), "Percentage of Business Sales Engagements Terminated Without Transacting": Transacted 66, Not Transacted 34; Figure 46 gives reasons (valuation gap 24, no market for business 21, insufficient cash flow 15, economic uncertainty 13, lack of capital 12, unreasonable demands 10, seller misrepresentations 5). Data availability: the reports are free PDFs; nothing read states that respondent-level data are available to researchers. The PDF itself is blocked to scripted download and was read through a rendering service.