Advisers to President Donald Trump are considering a new directive to pave the way for private equity to become a bigger piece of US retirement savings, according to people familiar with the matter.

When KKR & Co. thought about the future of a unit investing in the most sluggish part of private markets, it turned to a hot sector.

Private equity firms are taking the longest in more than a decade to give investors their money back. Elite college endowments, some of their most dependable clients, can’t wait much longer.

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KKR & Co. is tapping new leaders for its Global Atlantic insurance unit and moving Allan Levine, its CEO and co-founder, into the role of executive chairman.

Blue Owl Capital Inc. gathered at least $1 billion of commitments after pitching an unorthodox incentive to anchor investors in a strategy backing asset-shuffling private equity deals.

Grocery stores are promoting homegrown produce to consumers as 85% of Canadians hunt for alternatives to US goods.

Private equity firms face a sober reckoning on their renewable energy bets. Simply put, a lot of those startups aren’t worth nearly what their sponsors paid for them, and some of those zero-emission v...

KKR & Co. is more than halfway to a $20 billion money-raising goal for its North America buyout fund, a sign of momentum during a difficult environment for the asset class.

President Donald Trump is once again saying he wants to end a tax perk used by private equity fund managers, a policy feat that politicians have tried and failed to achieve for more than a decade.

KKR & Co. hired its first head of defined contribution as the alternative asset manager looks to make its investments a bigger presence in retirement products for individuals.

KKR & Co. is moving its infrastructure and real estate assets under the same leadership as it looks to capitalize on converging opportunities between the rapidly expanding investing units.

Private equity firms’ strategy of shuffling assets to buy more time for investments to pan out is starting to show signs of weakness.

Private equity firms have become enamored with insurance and the stable money it provides for credit bets. Todd Boehly is taking it a step further with Security Benefit Life Insurance Co.

Property owners around Fayetteville, Georgia, are at the front lines of a battle over infrastructure critical to our tech future.

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A booming market to inject fresh money into hard-to-sell energy assets owned by private equity firms is drawing interest from hedge funds and other investors, leading to big wins and steep losses.

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Apollo Global Management Inc. Chief Executive Officer Marc Rowan’s potential next act as US Treasury secretary would thrust the firm he co-founded into an entirely new era of leadership. It may also h...

The biggest US private equity firms anticipate that President-elect Donald Trump’s victory could aid their ambitions to capture some of the $11 trillion sitting in defined-contribution plans such as 4...

A combination of increased deal activity and changes in pay structures has driven big gains in the payouts investment firms made to employees this year.