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 ...

Proponents of adding private equity investments to retirement plans say giving Americans access to these instruments can help ...

The Trump administration may let 401(k) plans invest in private assets, introducing new opportunities—and risks—for ...

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

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 ...

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

BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, now wants to be a financier for private equity and alternative investment firms. Fresh off a year of almost $30 billion of deals to become a ...

BlackRock Inc. is ramping up plans to offer more of its private-market products to individuals outside the US as the Wall Street giant increasingly tries to muscle in on one of the hottest areas ...

BlackRock is seeking to expand its private equity business. In 2016, the firm hired Mark Wiseman, the former head of Canada’s largest pension fund, which pioneered models for alternative private ...

BlackRock Inc. said insurance executives overseeing $29 trillion plan to pour more money into private debt and credit strategies while cutting back on private equity and real estate. Of 378 senior ...