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Alternative investing

Meet the big winners of 2026 oil price volatility — and why their strategies are now shifting focus

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Meet the big winners of 2026 oil price volatility — and why their strategies are now shifting focus

The surge in oil prices and ongoing volatility have netted major gains in a corner of the market that rarely captures headlines: quantitative trend-following hedge funds. Quantitative trend-followers — also known as commodity trading advisors (CTAs) or managed futures funds — use complex machine-learning algorithms, statistical analysis and factor-based modelling to identify price trends across … Read more

KKR, Ares, Blackstone tumble as Partners Group caps private equity fund withdrawals

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Meet the big winners of 2026 oil price volatility — and why their strategies are now shifting focus

Shares in KKR, Blackstone and other sector peers tumbled on Wednesday after Switzerland’s Partners Group moved to restrict investor withdrawals from one of its funds, stoking fresh fears over private market valuations. Shares in KKR were last seen 6.8% lower before the open, while Blackstone was down 5.2% and Ares Management dropped almost 6.7%. Blue … Read more

JPMorgan Chase-led bank group reins in credit line to troubled KKR private credit fund as losses mount

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JPMorgan Chase-led bank group reins in credit line to troubled KKR private credit fund as losses mount

The JPMorgan Chase & Co. building before the ribbon cutting ceremony, at the firm’s new headquarters at 270 Park Avenue, in New York City, U.S., Oct. 21, 2025. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters A JPMorgan Chase-led group of banks cut their exposure to a private credit fund co-managed by KKR days before the asset manager announced … Read more

Apollo CEO Rowan warns of market correction, slams ‘egregious’ practices at rival insurers

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Apollo CEO Rowan warns of market correction, slams ‘egregious’ practices at rival insurers

Marc Rowan, chief executive officer of Apollo Global Management LLC, speaks during an interview on an episode of Bloomberg Wealth with David Rubenstein in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apollo Global Management CEO Marc Rowan on Wednesday warned investors that … Read more

Blue Owl shares surge after private credit firm cites 10X gains from SpaceX loan

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Blue Owl shares surge after private credit firm cites 10X gains from SpaceX loan

Blue Owl Capital at the New York Stock Exchange, May 20, 2021. Source: NYSE Shares of Blue Owl, the private credit firm at the center of recent jitters over exposure to software companies, jumped 10% in trading Thursday after executives disclosed sizable gains tied to SpaceX. “We made about 10 times our money on that … Read more

BlackRock says investors need to look beyond the 60/40. Here’s how it is diversifying portfolios right now

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BlackRock says investors need to look beyond the 60/40. Here’s how it is diversifying portfolios right now

With bonds not doing their job as portfolio ballasts, investors need to “diversify their diversifiers,” according to BlackRock’s Gargi Chaudhuri. The correlation between stocks and bonds , which hasn’t been reliable in recent years, weakened meaningfully at the start of the Iran war, BlackRock said in its spring outlook Wednesday. The 20-day rolling stock-bond correlation … Read more

Blackstone’s Joan Solotar says investors should separate ‘signal from the noise’ in private credit

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Blackstone’s Joan Solotar says investors should separate ‘signal from the noise’ in private credit

A version of this article appeared in CNBC’s Inside Alts newsletter, a guide to the fast-growing world of alternative investments, from private equity and private credit to hedge funds and venture capital. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Fears of rising defaults and a systemic crisis from private credit don’t reflect the underlying … Read more

Blue Owl caps private credit funds redemptions at 5% after steep request levels

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Blue Owl caps private credit funds redemptions at 5% after steep request levels

Blue Owl signage outside the Seagram Building at 375 Park Avenue in New York, US, on Thursday, March 12, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Blue Owl is experiencing elevated redemption requests for two of its private credit funds, according to letters to shareholders issued Thursday. The firm’s flagship OCIC, with about $36 … Read more

Boaz Weinstein warns of private credit’s “financial alchemy,” says problems are multiplying by the quarter

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Boaz Weinstein warns of private credit’s “financial alchemy,” says problems are multiplying by the quarter

A version of this article appeared in CNBC’s Inside Alts newsletter, a guide to the fast-growing world of alternative investments, from private equity and private credit to hedge funds and venture capital. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. The problems in private credit are “multiplying by the quarter,” due in part to the … Read more

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