Alternatives are essential

As allocations grow, alternative investments play an increasingly critical role in portfolios. The need for an approach that is scalable, disciplined, integrated, technology-enabled, transparent and based on fiduciary partnership has never been greater.
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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BlackRock’s latest alternative investing insights

2025 Hedge Fund Outlook: Adapting to the New Regime

27-Oct-2025 | By BlackRock

As markets shift and diversifiers weaken, our Hedge Fund Outlook highlights why we believe investors are enhancing adaptability and scale to seize alpha in today’s opportunity-rich landscape.

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The underestimated edge: machine learning in macro investing

30-Sept-2025 | By Systematic Investing

Can machine learning thrive in macro? Purpose-built approaches show it can—transforming sparse data and local signals into scalable, alpha-driven strategies.

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Seizing the Generational Infrastructure Opportunity

30-Apr-2025 | By Raj Rao, Stacey Mullin

GIP President and COO Raj Rao shares his view of the infrastructure investing landscape, and how BlackRock and GIP are transforming the opportunity set.

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AI: The real estate opportunity

09-Apr-2025 | By Simon Durkin, Chloe Soar

Our investors explore how AI is transforming real estate investing by automating tasks, optimizing operations, and creating new investment opportunities.

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Growth and venture debt

27-Mar-2025 | By Marten Vading, Ross Ahlgren, Mat Pearse

Leading investors discuss the opportunities, risks and changed landscape of this emerging segment of private credit.

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