Heron Finance launches new private equity investing strategy for individual accredited investors and family offices

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Heron Finance announced today the official launch of its private equity strategy, giving accredited investors and family offices streamlined access to four ...
Crain's New York Business

As private equity dealmaking percolates, industry awaits clarity on expanded investment choices for 401(k) plans

CRAIN’S: What key trends have shaped the private equity landscape in 2025, and do you see them as being as significant in 2026? REDENTE: Dealmaking activity was down significantly in 2023 and 2024.
Business Insider

StepStone Private Wealth Solutions Launches StepStone Private Equity Strategies Fund

StepStone’s latest evergreen investment vehicle attracts more than $750 million at inception One of the first-of-its-kind pure-play private equity vehicles available to purchase via ticker Newest ...
Business Wire

50 South Capital Closes Two Oversubscribed Flagship Private Equity Funds Totaling Over $2 Billion

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--50 South Capital Advisors, LLC (“50 South Capital”), Northern Trust Asset Management’s global alternatives investment manager, announced the final closings of two of its ...
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St. Charles private equity fund goes into receivership—and stokes fears

The St. Charles suite once leased by Visionary Private Equity is now empty. The main office of the Visionary Private Equity Group, on the third floor of a building in the Streets of St. Charles, was ...
Morningstar

On Second Thought: The Alternate Reality of Secondary Funds’ Returns

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is making it easier for everyday investors to access semiliquid funds like interval or tender offer funds that invest in private equity or other private funds ...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune

What's behind private equity's push into retirement funds? | Retire on Track

Private equity is knocking on the doors of your 401(k), dressed up in slick marketing and lower investment minimums. Supposedly, it’s a breakthrough – “democratizing” returns once exclusive to ...
Morningstar

After history-making investment, private-equity firm Ares is on the hunt for more NFL team stakes

Private-equity firms are now allowed to invest in National Football League franchises for the first time, as the cost of running teams requires ever more cash Ares Management Corp. remains interested ...
Forbes

Inside Private Equity’s $29 Trillion Retirement Savings Grab

Blackstone is partnering with Wellington and Vanguard to bring private assets to the masses. The Trump administration is getting on board and Main Street investors could benefit, so long as they know ...
NerdWallet

Private Equity in 401(k) Plans: Is It Risky?

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 ...
The New York Times

Big money meets women’s soccer: What private equity ownership means for NWSL

The locker room of Bay FC, one of the NWSL teams owned by a private equity firm Lachlan Cunningham / NWSL via Getty Images When Bay FC parted ways with its first CEO, Brady Stewart, the news hardly ...