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Alternatives

Championing a new era of alternatives

Growing demand and complexity in private markets calls for a new era of alternatives to overcome long-standing hurdles for investors. We are helping to evolve the industry to overcome those challenges and defining a new kind of partnership for our clients.

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Private Markets Outlook: A New Continuum

In 2026, private markets are transforming how societies build infrastructure, how businesses finance growth, and how investors achieve diversification in their portfolios.

BlackRock is tomorrow’s alternatives platform

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Alternative investment strategies

Private Debt

Discover leveraged finance, multi-strategy and credit solutions

Opportunities include: direct lending, opportunistic, special situations, distressed

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Hedge Funds

Solutions across equity, event driven, relative value global macro and risk

Opportunities include: long/short equity, event driven, relative value, global macro, risk premia, hedge fund solutions

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Infrastructure

Learn about BlackRock's infrastructure platform

Opportunity include: infrastructure equity, infrastructure debt, infrastructure solutions, listed infrastructure

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Multi-Alternatives

Meet BlackRock’s multi-alternative portfolio management team

Opportunities include: diversified alternatives, alternatives solutions

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Private Equity

Explore direct, co-investment, primary and secondary private equity

Opportunities include: direct co-investments, primaries, secondaries, open-end direct, direct

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Real Estate

Learn about BlackRock's real estate platform

Opportunities include: real estate debt, real estate equity, real estate securities

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Many macro strategies are more concentrated than they appear. Learn why breadth—the number of truly independent sources of return in a portfolio—may be one of the most overlooked drivers of macro resilience.

May 29, 2026|
BlackRock Hedge Fund Solutions

Diversification is becoming less reliable. Learn how hedge funds and disciplined portfolio construction can prepare portfolios for a wider range of outcomes.

May 13, 2026

Supply-driven shocks, higher yields and global uncertainty are changing fixed income, making income more important and selectivity key.

May 8, 2026|
Systematic Investing+1

Systematic investing is evolving through data, technology, unlocking new opportunities for alternative investments.

Apr 20, 2026|
Systematic investing

Our latest research reveals why global macro hedge funds deserve a fresh look—and given the differentiated diversification benefits—can likely play a larger role in sophisticated portfolios.

Mar 30, 2026|
Systematic investing+1

Explore how portable alpha strategies can potentially increase returns by separating the beta and alpha components of a portfolio.

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