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

The potential incorporation of private equity into 401 (k) investment options would follow an "increasing push to provide ...

BlackRock Inc. said it expects to start offering its own target-date retirement funds that include private assets next year, ...

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

President Donald Trump is reportedly poised to sign an executive order that would allow employees to invest in private assets ...

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 ...

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

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order within days directing the Labor Department and the SEC to craft guidance that lets 401(k) plan sponsors add private market assets—private ...

BlackRock's move comes as the private-equity industry has been lobbying Washington for access to retirement funds, which had $7.4 trillion in assets in more than 710,000 401 (k) plans on behalf of ...

The deal gives the investment firm $7.3 billion in assets as it attempts to broaden its holdings of private assets, following ...

BlackRock launches a private equity target date fund, plus news on Social Security and nervous investors.

BlackRock pushed deeper into private markets Monday with the acquisition of commercial real estate firm ElmTree Funds.