Private equity has been largely the province of ultra-rich investors, endowments and pension funds. That may be changing.

A new Pitchbook analysis unpacks sticking points relating to liquidity, costs, and litigation risk for would-be investors and ...

Consumer groups say proposals by BlackRock and Blackstone to buy energy companies in Minnesota, New Mexico and Texas could ...

The $6.2 billion deal under which the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Blackrock’s Global Infrastructure Partners would buy Allete, a Duluth, Minnesota-based utility company, should be ...

Much of Wall Street is expecting a possible market slowdown in the second half of the year, so it’s a good thing it hit some ...

Retirement services provider Voya Financial and Blue Owl Capital, a $273 billion credit-focused alternatives manager, ...

Potential Benefits The industry has argued that opening 401 (k)s to private-market products would offer savers more investment options and greater upside. Private equity has returned 14.3% over the ...

Now celebrating 20 years in Chicago, the New York-based investment management firm is eyeing further growth through ...

BlackRock's assets under management hit a new high in the second quarter as global markets rallied, but its shares tumbled as ...

BlackRock Inc. said it expects to start offering its own target-date retirement funds that include private assets next year, the latest push by the $12.5 trillion money manager to bring alternatives ...

Alternative-asset managers have lobbied hard for permission to pitch their funds to everyday investors for their retirement accounts.

An industry group that advocates for putting private assets in the roughly $12.5 trillion held in 401(k)s called for plan administrators to evaluate such investments with the same standards used for ...