BlackRock targets $400B in private markets fundraising by 2030 as platform integration fuels double-digit growth

Q4 2025 Management View Laurence Fink, CEO, opened by stating BlackRock is entering 2026 "with accelerating momentum across ...
Seeking Alpha

Willow Wealth Expands Private Markets Platform With Launch of Evergreen Funds From Carlyle, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, and StepStone

Three funds totaling more than $11.7 billion in assets under management 1 across private credit, private equity, and real estate are now available on the Willow Wealth platform NEW YORK--(BUSINESS ...

CORRECTING AND REPLACING:Pluto Launches an AI-Powered Lending Platform to Unlock Liquidity in Private Markets, Backed by Leading Credit Investors

As an AI-powered lending platform purpose built for private markets, Pluto connects directly to portfolios so investors can access credit on demand, without selling positions or waiting months for ...

Building 'The Machine': How BlackRock Plans To Raise $400B And Democratize Private Market Investing

Investment management company BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) is placing its biggest strategic wager yet on private markets, ...
MarketWatch

Goldslate Launches AI-Native Platform to Transform Private Markets Decision Intelligence

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. New technology addresses data bottleneck as private markets accelerate toward $25 trillion by 2030 LOS ANGELES, Dec.
InvestmentNews

Private market lockups push RIAs toward new lending options

As private-market allocations rise, startups like Pluto are partnering with Apollo and Hamilton Lane to bring AI-backed private-asset lending into the RIA channel.
Morningstar

Schwab muscles its way into private markets, buying Forge Global for a hefty premium

An expected surge in private-market exposure by individual investors is motivating Schwab to pay $660 million for Forge Global, a specialist in trading shares of non-public companies Charles Schwab ...
Wealth Management

Empower Adds Blackstone to Private Market Investment Providers

Empower, the second-largest U.S. retirement plan provider, added alternative asset manager giant Blackstone to its private ...
InvestmentNews

How growing access to private markets is reshaping wealth advisory firms

Private markets are becoming a foundational element of modern portfolio construction for high-net-worth investors. Peter Epstein, managing director at Allocate, says the shift is unmistakable: ...
WealthManagement.com

Pluto Raises $8.6M for Private Market Asset Lending Platform

Backed with $8.6 million in seed funding, New York-based Pluto Financial Technologies has launched an AI-powered lending platform for private markets. The platform is designed to enable investors in ...
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OpenAI, SpaceX shares in demand. Private markets boom as investors chase next Nvidia

Private markets are booming as investors seek equity in buzzy startups like OpenAI and SpaceX while IPOs remain scarce.
Opinion

Private Credit Outlook: A Maturing Market Enters Its Next Phase

Private credit is becoming a durable and indispensable component of capital formation. In earlier phases of private-credit growth, returns were often driven by illiquidity premiums and excess spread.