Category Archives: Alternative Investments
Mega-Managers Pull Away: Why Scale Is Now the Deciding Factor in Alternative Investments:
(HedgeCo.Net) For much of the modern era of alternative investments, performance was the ultimate differentiator. Hedge funds lived or died by alpha. Private equity firms built reputations on exits. Private credit managers marketed underwriting discipline and yield stability. Size mattered—but […]
Data Centers are Powering Blackstone’s $1.3 Trillion Investment Engine:
(HedgeCo.Net) In reporting fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results on January 29, 2026, Blackstone highlighted $71.5 billion of inflows in the quarter (its highest in more than three years) and $239.4 billion for the year, pushing total AUM to $1.2749 trillion. The numbers confirm that, while investors […]
Millennium Pivots: Adding Credit Trading Unit:
(HedgeCo.Net) Millennium Management’s latest move—creating a dedicated credit trading unit carved out from its fixed-income business—underscores one of the most important shifts in U.S. hedge funds right now: credit is no longer just a sleeve; it’s becoming a strategic vertical […]
Blackstone, Apollo, and Ares Push Private Markets Into 401(k)s:
(HEedgeCo.Net) The alternative investment industry has reached a defining moment. For decades, private equity, private credit, and other alternative strategies were designed almost exclusively for institutional investors—pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, and ultra-high-net-worth individuals. Illiquidity, complexity, and regulatory constraints […]
J.P. Morgan Unveils Its 2026 Global Alternatives Outlook:
(HedgeCo.Net) J.P. Morgan Asset Management has released its eighth annual Global Alternatives Outlook, a 12–18 month forward view across major alternative asset classes—real estate, infrastructure, transportation, timberland, hedge funds, private equity, and private credit—framing 2026 as a year when private markets […]
BlackRock’s Alternatives Surge: Record AUM,
(HedgeCo.Net) BlackRock is often framed as the symbol of public-markets scale—ETFs, indexing, and global beta. But what’s trending in early 2026 is the firm’s accelerating push into private markets and alternatives, highlighted by record total assets and material private markets […]
Point72’s 2026 Playbook: Expand New Credit Strategies, AI Focus and Structural Reinvention
(HedgeCo.Net) As Steven Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management enters 2026 with roughly $41.5 billion in assets under management, the firm is evolving far beyond its traditional hedge fund roots. Across strategy lines from equities to private credit, systematic trading to macro, Cohen is orchestrating […]
3) Apollo: Why Private Credit Is Reshaping the Firm’s DNA
(HedgeCo.Net) At Apollo Global Management, private credit is no longer one pillar among many — it is the firm’s defining identity. Origination at Industrial Scale Apollo has built one of the most sophisticated credit origination platforms in the world, sourcing loans […]
Carlyle’s Reset: Governance, Focus, and the Push for Performance Consistency
Carlyle Group enters 2026 in reset mode, following leadership changes and a renewed emphasis on accountability. Governance Comes to the Fore Carlyle has streamlined its investment platforms, clarified decision-making authority, and tightened performance benchmarks. The goal: reduce dispersion and rebuild investor […]
Brookfield’s 2026 Signal: Infrastructure, Data Demand, and the Institutionalization of “AI Real Assets”
(HedgeCo.Net) If 2025 was the year investors talked about AI, 2026 is looking like the year they underwrite what AI needs—power, cooling, fiber, logistics, and long-duration infrastructure. Brookfield Asset Management announced it will host its Q4 and full-year 2025 results call on Feb. […]