New forms of private equity funds give access to ordinary investors of more modest means. Should they rush in?

One of the only ways to participate in their growth is through private equity trusts. Many large and innovative companies are ...

Some asset managers—BlackRock among them—are eager to add private-market investments to retirement plan products, such as target-date funds. Morningstar’s senior principal for multi-asset strategy ...

When it comes to investing, there is a stark contrast between ordinary investors and those with the deepest pockets (ultra-high-net-worth individuals, institutions, sovereign wealth funds, etc.).

Asset managers selling private assets to everyday investors claim to have found investing’s holy grail: lower risk (or at least less volatility) and better returns. Is that true? The answer is mixed.

On Aug. 7, President Donald Trump issued a directive that is supposed to make us all richer. The goal is to make it easier for “alternative assets” like private equity to be included in 401(k) and ...

Alternative asset managers are exploring what may be the fastest, most direct route yet to the roughly $12.5 trillion in American workers’ retirement plans: adding their illiquid assets to investors’ ...

Private equity firms are facing a double dilemma. IPO markets, the usual path for exiting investments, have been gradually ...

Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund is teaming up with Orix Corp. to start a $2.5 billion private equity fund targeting Japanese companies, people familiar with the matter said.