Private equity involves investing in companies that are not publicly traded, with investments that are typically medium to long-term. Here's what investors should know.

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.

Some asset managers—BlackRock among them—are eager to add private-market investments to retirement plan products, such as target-date funds. Morningstar’s senior principal for multi-asset strategy ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am the Executive Chairman of Diversified, a CFP and author. Private equity has been having a moment. Over the past several years ...

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 ...