Private equity is heading for a shake-up, experts say: 'This market actually is a good reset'

• Private equity wants a larger piece of the $12.5 trillion workplace retirement plan market

  With the new Trump administration, private equity firms see a greater opportunity in the $12.5 trillion in assets in employer-sponsored retirement plans.
  
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  What next for the NHS after Wes Streeting’s shake-up?

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  Financial Times - 19h

• As Social Security faces an uncertain future, some question whether the program should be privatized

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  CNBC - 31m

• UK minister in ‘active discussions’ with pension funds to invest more in private markets

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  Financial Times - 2d

• When it comes to saving for retirement, here’s something both parties can agree on

  Are ESOPs actually a good idea?
  
  MarketWatch - 20h

• This solid market indicator says to buy stocks now and enjoy double-digit gains

  Gold/platinum ratio has an impressive record. It’s turned bullish on U.S. equities.
  
  MarketWatch - 5d

• Hollywood's DEI commitments were slipping even before Trump. Now they're vanishing fast

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  Los Angeles Times - 6d

• China’s Geely sells Saxo Bank stake to Swiss private bank

  Eight-year joint venture was a bet on Chinese capital markets opening up to the west
  
  Financial Times - 3d

• Private equity could lift UK property out of the bargain basement

  There is not much to impede the assault by nimble buyout firms
  
  Financial Times - 3d

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• BMW posts 37% drop in annual net profit, warns of 'subdued' Chinese demand

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