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While private equity can help an investor’s portfolio, many investors don’t know where to start with the asset class. They often have a limited understanding of how it works, or they’re unaware or ...

Private equity funds are investment vehicles that pool together capital from accredited investors to acquire ownership stakes in private companies or, sometimes, public companies that are taken ...

Investors bought global equity funds worth a net $7.93 billion during the week in a reversal from approximately $6.41 billion ...

US funds gathered just $26 billion in August 2024, their lowest total since April. Two of the three equity category groups suffered outflows, while the third was relatively flat. Flows into ...

While institutional investors have been accessing the illiquidity premium and diversification benefits of investing a significant portion of their portfolio in private equity (as well as private ...

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.

Private equity may be available in 401(k) plans in the future. But is it a good retirement investment? Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...

May 23 (Reuters) - Emerging market equity funds are leading the global performance this year, bolstered by attractive valuations, years of under-positioning by investors and an easing of economic ...

In the past, the private equity world has been largely populated by ultra-rich investors, endowments and pension funds. That is about to change. Retirement savers with 401(k) accounts are gaining ...