In a research paper, BlackRock outlined how incorporating private-equity investments in a target-date fund could add 50 basis ...

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

BlackRock expands deeper into private markets with its ElmTree buyout, boosting access to alternative investments and real ...

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

The world’s largest asset management firm has partnered with Great Gray to provide a TDF to serve as default investments for ...

BlueFive Capital, an Abu Dhabi-based firm founded by private equity veteran Hazem Ben-Gacem, has raised $2 billion for its ...

BlackRock is preparing to expand its exchange-traded fund lineup with a new product focused on industrial and infrastructure ...

Private equity consists of companies and other investments controlled by private firms, which are almost always acquired with ...

Asset manager BlackRock (BLK) is pushing further into private equity with plans to add private assets to its retirement funds. Placing often illiquid and high-fee private market investments to ...

For years, they have been investing in “private equity” and venture capital deals. They find small, promising companies and lend their capital and management expertise — hoping to sell out in the ...

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 ...