Franklin Templeton, which has snapped up several private-fund managers in recent years, sells a private-markets fund charging a 1.25% management fee and 12.5% on all profits after the fund returns 5%.

In an ironic twist, an analysis of regulatory filings suggests the Jack Bogle-founded firm is supporting the very "immature ...

Index fund pioneer Vanguard Group, the firm likely behind your retirement savings account, is jumping into private equity. The move by $6.2 trillion in assets Vanguard is a watershed, which will ...

Vanguard Group held discussions with major alternative asset managers in recent months to explore potential tie-ups that would market private assets to individual investors. The talks with Carlyle ...

Vanguard Group will expand its partnership with alternative money manager HarbourVest Partners this summer to give retail investors access to private equity.. The money management giant said in a ...

Vanguard Group held discussions with major alternative asset managers in recent months to explore potential tie-ups that would market private assets to individual investors. The talks with Carlyle ...

In some non-U.S. markets, such as China, where the family recently abandoned plans to launch index funds, Vanguard is focusing on advice. Its joint venture with China’s Ant Financial to offer a ...

Vanguard was not becoming a private equity provider; rather, it was distributing that asset class to its clients. That strategy was far removed from the aggressive expansion that the private ...

Why Vanguard, Champion of Low-Fee Investing, Joined the ‘Private Markets’ Craze Traditional money managers, after years of cutting fees, look to tap in to higher-cost private investments ...