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StepStone and PitchBook launch SPI Deal Benchmarking

June 17, 2026 press release Manager profile

Summary: A GlobeNewswire release sourced to StepStone Group Inc. says StepStone and PitchBook launched SPI Deal Benchmarking, a deal-level benchmarking solution that adds StepStone fund and deal performance data to PitchBook private-markets workflows. StepStone's own page was identified as an official source but returned an Incapsula/no-body shell in automated checks, so this draft relies on the accessible wire copy and attributes product claims to the release.

Why it matters: The update may matter to due-diligence readers as a private-markets data and workflow signal from StepStone, while it should not be read as evidence of benchmark accuracy, adoption, fund performance, or investment outcomes.

9AT filing context: Public ADV/profile context maps StepStone Group LP to California, stepstonegroup.com, about $95.6B in reported regulatory AUM/profile scale, 801 employees, 193 advisory employees, 572 reported private funds, and a 2025-07-21 ADV submission date. Omit 13F and Form 5500 because they do not validate a private-markets data/product announcement.

Summary

A GlobeNewswire release sourced to StepStone Group Inc. says StepStone and PitchBook launched SPI Deal Benchmarking. The release describes the product as a deal-level benchmarking solution that adds StepStone fund and deal performance data to PitchBook’s private-markets intelligence workflows.

The source frames the launch as general availability of a data and workflow product for private-markets users. Because the accessible support is a company press release, this draft keeps benchmarking, institutional-grade data, workflow, and product-utility claims attributed to the StepStone/PitchBook announcement rather than treating them as independently validated outcomes.

Why it matters

For due-diligence readers, the useful signal is not a recommendation about the product. It is that StepStone is packaging its private-markets fund and deal data through a widely used third-party workflow, which may affect how allocators, consultants, and other private-markets users compare managers, funds, deals, and performance patterns.

The diligence questions are bounded: what data sources feed the benchmarks, how comparable the deal sets are, how users should handle vintage, strategy, geography, and valuation differences, and whether the tool changes transparency or merely presentation. The source does not establish benchmark accuracy, client adoption, investment results, data completeness, product economics, or 9AT endorsement.

Source notes

9AT filing context

Public ADV/profile context reviewed for this cycle maps the adviser identity to StepStone Group LP in California, tied to stepstonegroup.com. The analyst handoff reports approximately $95.6 billion in reported regulatory AUM/profile scale, 801 employees, 193 advisory employees, 572 reported private funds, and a 2025-07-21 ADV submission date.

That context is useful only as broad adviser/platform identity background. The analyst also noted a public 13F mapping for StepStone Group LP / CIK 1502287, but recommended omitting it because a modest public-equity filing footprint is not central to a private-markets benchmarking product. No Form 5500 context adds value for this item.

What to watch

Watch for recoverable StepStone-hosted materials, PitchBook product documentation, methodology disclosures, data-coverage notes, user-case examples, and any later manager or allocator commentary about how the benchmarking set is constructed. Also watch whether future StepStone filings or product materials clarify the boundary between adviser/platform scale, fund-level data coverage, and benchmark methodology.

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