Private markets face unprecedented challenges as State Street data shows PE underperformed public stocks across all timeframes for first time since 2000, while DoubleLine's Gundlach warns of CDO-like euphoria. Major firms pivot to Europe expansion amid frozen IPO markets, distressed opportunities in France, and growing retail access concerns. BlackRock targets $400B fundraising by 2030 as industry grapples with exit backlogs and liquidity mismatches threatening institutional

BlackRock executives presented their comprehensive private markets expansion strategy at their 2025 Investor Day, outlining how the world's largest asset manager plans to double its operating income by 2030 through aggressive growth in private credit, infrastructure, and technology platforms.

Marc Rowan, CEO of Apollo Global Management, sat down with Barron's Andy Serwer to discuss the fundamental restructuring of investment markets. Rowan argues that the traditional view of "private as risky, public as safe" is obsolete, as public markets have become increasingly concentrated and correlated while private markets now offer diversification across the entire risk spectrum.

Private credit faces a capital abundance problem with too much money chasing too few deals, compressing returns from 14.9% to 5.2%. Major themes: university endowments liquidating PE stakes at steep discounts, regulatory push for retail access, systemic risk warnings, and IRR inflation concerns.RetryClaude can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.

Private credit continues to expand rapidly beyond institutional investors to reach retail and 401(k) markets, despite growing concerns about industry risks in the $2.2 trillion asset class.

Partners Group's Q2 2025 Private Markets Chartbook reveals a significant shift in the investment landscape as policy-driven volatility creates strategic buying opportunities for nimble private market investors.

In Brief: Pooja Goyal, Partner and CIO of Carlyle's Infrastructure Group, shared her strategic approach to energy transition and...

Ara Partners' Infrastructure Fund I exceeds $500M target, focusing on mid-market investments in industrial decarbonization assets.

S&P Global Market Intelligence's 2025 Private Markets Playbook reveals private equity and venture capital partners expect improved deal activity and fundraising this year, with megadeals reaching a three-year high in 2024 and AI investments surging 70% year-over-year to $83 billion. Lower interest rates are expected to unlock further deal activity as the valuation gap narrows between buyers and sellers. Venture capitalists have tripled their investments in late-stage AI compa

EQT AB, the global private markets firm, reported a robust Q1 2025 with fee-generating AUM growing to €142 billion (up 7.6% YoY), driven by successful fundraising with Infrastructure VI hitting its €21.5 billion hard cap and BPEA IX securing over $10 billion in commitments. Despite executing €4 billion in both investments and exits during the quarter, management cautioned that market volatility and 90-day tariff negotiations will likely depress exit activity for the remainder

Private equity firm EQT released its Q1 2025 earnings, reporting solid fundraising momentum and investment activity despite increasing global economic uncertainty and concerns about potential impacts from US tariff negotiations.

What's happening:   Blackstone, the world's largest alternative asset manager, released its first quarter 2025 results showing continued...

What's New McKinsey's recent report reveals that as global demand for military and commercial vessels surges past available supply,...

BlackRock reported strong Q1 2025 financial results with private markets emerging as a key growth engine, generating $7.1 billion in net inflows and contributing significantly to the firm's 6% organic base fee growth, according to the company's earnings call and quarterly report.

QuadReal Property Group introduces Archetype, a dynamic mixed-use community in Vancouver's False Creek Flats neighborhood.

Private markets race to embrace tech as individual investors demand public market-like features, creating winners and losers.

ATCO Frontec and Inuvialuit Development Corporation secure $48.4M contract for Polar Over-The-Horizon Radar system in Northwest Territories.

EQT Infrastructure VI fund to acquire Eagle Railcar Services, a leading provider of railcar repair and maintenance services in North America.

Fink's vision: Democratize private markets to fuel a $68 trillion infrastructure boom and reshape investing for everyday people.

Apollo's Wassenaar sees Germany's surprise infrastructure plan unleashing wave of private capital across Europe's power and digital sectors