Private credit funds lend to businesses but aren’t bound by rules that govern banks. They've raised trillions, but valuations ...

A few weeks ago, I argued that picking a winning active mutual fund is harder than it looks, and investors can incur hefty opportunity costs when they get it wrong. In this article, I thought I’d ...

The next frontier in investing isn’t a new asset class—it’s a new way of giving people access. The rise of private markets is impossible to ignore, we explain in Morningstar’s 2026 Outlook. Since 2015 ...

Funds are a type of investment vehicle that allows individuals to pool their money together to invest in a diversified portfolio of assets, such as stocks, bonds, or real estate. This pooling of funds ...

Some private equity companies sold portfolio investments in 2025 that could have used more time to mature, but patience is in ...

Many fund managers strive to be transparent with their financial disclosures. Others are so obstructive that they might as well be kicking sand in investors’ faces. While private equity is synonymous ...

Private equity may be available in 401(k) plans in the future. But is it a good retirement investment? Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...

Ordinary Americans are helping throw lifelines to private equity funds. Apollo’s Athene insurance unit alone has pumped roughly $18 billion this year into funding the debts known as NAV loans, in ...