Private Equity


Elevation Point Launched to Help Brokers Go Indie. What It Is Doing Now.

CEO Jim Dickson says that younger advisors are looking for independence from large RIAs that set limits on client service.

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Ares and Blue Owl Say They Had a Good 2025. The Stock Market Is Worried About 2026.

Earnings weren’t good enough to assuage private credit concerns.

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These New Indexes Track Private Market Funds. Performance Is Mixed.

Morningstar and PitchBook have developed a series of indexes to track the performance of the growing number of semiliquid funds investing in private markets.

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The Software Selloff Is Pummeling Alternative Managers. Three Stocks to Weather the Storm.

Alternative asset managers have been pressure, but Goldman Sachs says the selloff is overdone. Here’s why.

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Investors Are Wary of Stocks and Bonds. They Are Buying Alternative Assets in ETFs.

More alternative investments are available in exchange-traded funds, making it easier for retail investors to own them.

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BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, and Partners Group Team Up on New Alts Offering

The new separately managed accounts are oriented around specific goals and include seven underlying private funds.

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Blackstone’s Private Equity and Real Estate Are Bouncing Back. Private Credit Is Fine, Too.

Earnings for 2025 were the best ever and capital inflows were “stunning,” said Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwartzman.

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Private Markets Are Enticing Investors. It’s Good Business for Asset Managers.

Investors are expected to allocate more to private markets in search of returns and diversification, according to a survey by Hamilton Lane.

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Fund-Raising and Dealmaking Will Dominate Private Asset Managers' Earnings

Blackstone, KKR, Apollo Global Management and Brookfield are getting ready to report quarterly earnings.

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Tech Buyouts Are Coming. 6 Stocks That Can Benefit.

Companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic are creating artificial-intelligence models that could steal the lunches of many niche software providers.

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Despite Credit Fears, Private Asset Managers Press On

The investment bank argues that fundamentals haven’t changed much even as sentiment swung sharply on credit concerns.

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Can Private Assets Meet the Cash Needs of 401(k) Retirees?

The Wall Street trade group Sifma gathered private fund and retirement managers to discuss how such assets could meet the liquidity needs of retirement plan.

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This Money Pro Sees Higher Stock Prices and More Rate Cuts in 2026

Nancy Curtin, chief investment officer at AlTi Tiedemann Global, helps wealthy families invest for the long term. An “innovation” bull market helps.

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Markets Are Wary After AI, Tariff, Rate Fears. A Santa Rally Is in the Balance.

Prediction sites are on fire, Clearwater Analytics is being taken private, Disney’s latest Avatar tops the box office, and more news to start your day.

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Medline Stock Soars 41% After Biggest IPO Since 2021

The medical supply firm raised $6.3 billion at a market value of $54.5 billion.

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How to Hedge AI-Heavy Portfolios Before the Bubble Pops (or Starts To Deflate)

Private credit, buyout funds, and direct investment strategies can temper tech bets if the market turns.

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The New Private-Equity Billionaires Who Are Taking Over Wall Street

Private-market institutions are taking over from old-line legacy banks. The names to watch—and the dangers to watch out for.

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This Private Credit Stock Has Gotten Hit Hard. Why It Still Might Join the S&P 500.

Ares Management could be a buying opportunity for anyone willing to make a bet on potentially overstretched private credit.

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Blue Owl Is Having a Rough Year. Its Co-CEO Says Investors’ Fears Are ‘Ungrounded.’

The firm is a leader in private credit and data-center funding, two sectors about which doubts have emerged. But Co-CEO Marc Lipschultz sees blue skies ahead.

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Blue Owl Offered a Way Out to Private Credit Investors. Why It’s a Tough Sell.

Blue Owl’s public fund is trading a discount to its private fund with similar assets.

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Private-Equity Firm GTCR to Buy Boston Wealth Manager With $34 Billion in Assets

GTCR is extending its reach in wealth management. It already owns AssetMark.

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Papa John’s Stock Surged on False Takeover Report. Shares Are Falling Today.

It’s the second report of a takeover in a matter of weeks.

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Burger King Follows Familiar Game Plan for China Expansion: Find a Partner

Burger King’s parent company is doing a joint venture with a Chinese investment firm to inject new capital to expand the burger chain’s business in China.

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Papa John’s Stock Tumbles on Report That Apollo Won’t Take Pizza Chain Private

Private-equity firm Apollo reportedly has backtracked on its bid because of concerns of weaker consumer spending on fast food, Reuters reported.

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Private-Equity Firm Combines Businesses To Form Wealth Management Juggernaut

Newly reconstituted Wealthspire will have $580 billion in client assets in private accounts and retirement plans.

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