"Empower has announced a new partnership with Blackstone, adding private equity, private credit, real estate, and infrastructure strategies to its defined contribution platform.... Plan sponsors and advisors should be asking hard questions. How do fees compare? How is liquidity managed? What happens in market stress? How is participant suitability determined? And perhaps most importantly, how do you document fiduciary prudence when offering strategies that most participants have never heard of and don't fully understand?"  MORE >>