Market Moves
Here Come the Mega IPOs
After years of few public offerings, heavyweight private companies such as SpaceX and OpenAI look to list their shares for the first time in 2026 and beyond.
Tag: Private Markets
Newsmakers
Carlyle Taps NEPC’s Bill Ryan as Head of Retirement Solutions
The investment consultant’s defined contribution team leader will join the alts manager in January.
Opinion
The Forces Propelling Direct Lending: As It Scales, Complexity Follows
What CIOs should be watching as private lending moves into the mainstream of corporate financing and institutional portfolios.
Opinion
Unlocking 401(k) Innovation: Litigation Risk Is Stifling Thoughtful Stewardship
How the recent executive order on private assets in defined contribution plans could pave the way for investment committee excellence.
Asset Allocation
Institutional Investors Expect to Raise Risk Tolerance for Private Markets
Private infrastructure is attracting more attention from pensions, sovereign wealth funds and endowments, per a Nuveen survey.
Manager Selection
Illinois Police Pension Narrows Private Markets Consultant Pick to Albourne, Callan
IPOPIF plans to allocate 20% of its portfolio to alternative investments, up from no current allocation to these asset classes.
Newsmakers
Investors Should Understand ‘How the System Works for You,’ per CFA Institute Head Franklin
In a wide-ranging conversation, Margaret Franklin shares ‘essential principles’ and her thoughts on private markets, artificial intelligence, responsible governance and more.
Alternatives
BlueFlame AI Tool Seeks to Aggregate Unstructured Alts Data
Available to BlueFlame clients, Nexus aims to organize data from many sources in a searchable database.
Newsmakers
JPMorgan Chase CEO Dimon Skeptical of Private Markets Growth
The shrinking of the number of public companies is not a good thing, Dimon said at a conference in Brooklyn this week.
Asset Allocation
Troubles Ahead? Allocators Say They Are Ready
In a Mercer survey, asset owners say they feel ‘resilient’ about market risk and inflation.
Asset Allocation
CalPERS Increases Climate-Related Investments by Nearly $10B
Approximately half of the new investments will be in public equity, with the rest going into private markets.
Alternatives
BlackRock to Acquire Alternatives Data Provider Preqin
The $3.2 billion deal is expected to close before the end of the year.
Alternatives
NBIM Denied Private Equity Investing Permission, For Now
The $1.59 trillion sovereign wealth fund of Norway has consistently asked the government for permission to invest in the private markets.
Opinion
Can Private Asset Allocations Lead to Privation?
Strategic asset allocation is not static asset allocation; how are investors managing embedded beta risks in private asset portfolios?
Corporate Moves
Abrdn Sells US Private Markets Business to HighVista Strategies
The Scottish investment giant will transfer $4 billion in AUM and 30 employees to the Boston-based alts manager.