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 is expanding its partnership with HarbourVest Partners to give retail investors access to a private equity strategy. ... private equity market. ... Vanguard HarbourVest 2020 Private ...

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 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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...