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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

The world’s largest asset manager is preparing to offer its own target-date fund with private equity and private credit.

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

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 ...

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 ...

With HPS, BlackRock has taken control of a top-performing private credit manager, which has grown from $34bn in assets in 2016 to $157bn this year. Fink says he is confident HPS will take to BlackRock ...