Additional retail and retirement-plan demand are expected to broaden distribution of private markets, but they will also bring scrutiny and comparisons to public markets.
Commodities rise; the dollar falls amidst deglobalization.
Both fiscal and monetary stimulus should boost earnings in the U.S. and abroad, with dollar weakness continuing to underpin international stocks.
Sub-investment-grade bonds have outperformed all but emerging market debt.
EQT AB agreed to pay $3.2 billion to purchase the dedicated secondaries firm, which has nearly $50 billion in AUM.
With key inflation and jobs reports delayed, allocators brace for a foggy December—balancing risk, volatility and uncertainty about the Federal Reserve’s next move.
Institutions might be willing to maintain their bet on concentrated markets, if top-performing equities grind higher.