Chances are very good that your 401(k) does not currently offer you access to private equity investments, which, as the name implies, are investments in companies that are not publicly traded.

Access to Private Markets Investments: Participants will be able to invest in private equity, private credit and private real estate funds through their workplace plans, gaining access to ...

Investment-management company BlackRock recently unveiled a product that allows 401 (k) retirement savers to include private-equity investments in their portfolios, opening the door to an asset ...

Typically, private equity firms raise funds from various individual and corporate investors and make investments in the private equity of an organization for which they receive a periodic ...

In November 2024, only 2.4% of 401 (k) sponsors said they added a private equity investment option to their plan, according to a weekly poll question from the Plan Sponsor Council of America.