Blackstone (BX) is teaming up with retirement services provider Empower to bring private-market investments into the ...

Empower’s private market investment partnership program will offer its customers access to Blackstone’s funds via collective trusts. Blackstone manages $1.2 trillion of assets across private equity, ...

Tie-up seeks to deepen retirement-plan access to private markets as advisors weigh diversification benefits, fees, and ...

Federal Reserve data shows that only about 31% of non-retired adults believe their retirement savings are "on track," even ...

Quick Summary By the numbers, someone in their early 40s with over $500,000 tucked away are ahead of the average for their ...

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

The Massachusetts Democrat previously criticized adding private investments, such as digital assets, to retirement plans.

Discover how 401(k) balances in your 40s and 50s stack up and learn smart strategies to grow savings, such as catch-up ...

For example, Empower noted that as of October 2025, the average 401 (k) balance across all age cohorts was $326,459. But that ...

Financial experts encourage homeowners to fund this retirement account specifically due to the unique benefits.

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The Schwab Short-Term Bond Index Fund (SWSBX) is a solid short-term bond fund. About 70% of the nearly 3,000-issue portfolio ...