AARP Seeks Private Markets Investment Analyst

AARP is seeking a private markets investment analyst at its Washington, D.C. headquarters, according to a job posting on the group’s website.

On January 5, an AARP employee shared a link to the job description via a public LinkedIn post, referring to the role as a “chance to make a meaningful impact on a small and growing investment team.”

According to the description, the analyst will help manage a “broadly diverse portfolio including investments in … public equity, fixed income, hedge funds, private equity, real assets and private credit.” The analyst will also compile data and prepare reports on portfolio valuations and other investment information for use by investment staff, committees and boards.

Meanwhile, AARP—like many institutional asset owners—does include private market assets in its own portfolio and appears to be growing its internal private markets team.

Separately, the organization conducted research in October 2025 among retail investors and retirement plan participation that concluded Americans show “limited interest” and “significant knowledge gaps” in private market investments.

Most adults surveyed said they do not find it important to be able to invest in private markets (61%) or cryptocurrency (73%) within their workplace retirement savings plans.

Among the respondents who said they knew what private market investments were, most reported not knowing the specifics necessary to make well-informed decisions. However, informing respondents of the details of private market investments reduced respondents’ interest in investing those assets in retirement accounts by roughly 10 percentage points and increased participants’ disinterest in doing the same by 28 percentage points.

According to AARP, because overall interest in the asset classes is low, any inclusion in workplace retirement plans warrants a “gradual, limited and carefully considered approach rather than rapid adoption.” The organization added that knowledge gaps about private assets’ risk profiles make default inclusion “problematic.”

An AARP spokesperson declined to comment on the job posting.

At the end of 2024, AARP’s consolidated statement of financial position reflected total assets of $14 billion and net assets of $4.1 billion. On its 2024 Form 990, the organization reported having nearly $113 million in investment income at the start of 2024 and more than $448 million in investment income at the end of that year.

AARP’s 2024 Form 990 reported investments of nearly $7.8 million in “closely-held equity interests” and nearly $1.8 billion in a BNY investment portfolio in 2024. The balance sheet included in the Form 990 reflected nearly $10.5 billion in publicly traded securities at year-end 2024, up from approximately $1.5 billion at the start of the year.

AARP collected responses for its private markets survey from 1,036 American adults from October 23 through October 27, 2025.