Blackstone Debuts Funds to Bring Private Markets to Main Street

Jul 22, 2026 | Markets, Private Credit, Private Markets

Blackstone Inc. teamed up with Wellington Management Co. and Vanguard Group to create two new funds that will give individual investors access to private assets as it looks to go beyond its roots as a money manager for pensions and institutions to become more of a...

Mark Walter’s Insurers, Guggenheim Probed by Prosecutors

Jul 20, 2026 | Markets, Private Credit

The billionaire Los Angeles Dodgers owner Mark Walter’s sprawling investment empire is facing scrutiny from US prosecutors, who have been investigating potential financial improprieties at two of his insurance companies and at Guggenheim Partners LLC, according to...

Short Bets Against US Equities Hit Record as AI Risks Mount

Jul 20, 2026 | Markets

Bearish bets across US stocks are surging to a record in the face of market gains, reflecting anxiety about the staying power of a rally that has seen the S&P 500 jump 18% from late March. Short interest in S&P 500 Index stocks is sitting steps away from 3.79%...

AI Upheaval Crushes Retail Traders Crowding Into Leveraged Funds

Jul 17, 2026 | Markets

A surprise breakthrough from Chinese startup Moonshot rippled through global markets Friday, sending AI and semiconductor stocks sharply lower and reviving memories of last year’s so-called DeepSeek moment. It was the latest reminder that markets are being reshaped at...

Apollo Likens Risky Private Credit to Mere ‘Sprinkle’ on Cupcake

Jul 17, 2026 | Markets, Private Credit

Apollo Global Management Inc. is using a new confectionary-based metaphor to reiterate its longstanding claim that investors are vastly underestimating how much of the private-credit market carries an investment-grade rating. In a LinkedIn post this week that featured...