Private Equity

Retail Investors

The rise of novel fund types

Whether it’s tenders, intervals, evergreens or hybrids, the private funds industry is seeing a re-emergence of novel fund structures. We spoke to managers and service providers trying to tap a growing base of investors.

10 min read · 12 October 2021

SEC’s AMAC urges opening of private funds to retail investors

The commission's Asset Management Advisory Committee has issued a series of recommendations that would help open up the market even wider to retail investors.

3 min read · 29 September 2021

Secondaries may be the key to democratising private equity

The secondaries market is expanding private equity access to individual investors and defined contribution pension plans.

6 min read · 01 September 2021

Is private equity a good deal for retail investors?

Jeff Hooke, senior finance lecturer at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, says individual investors will get 'milked for fees' accessing PE.

3 min read · 24 August 2021

BC Partners, Crown target Main Street investors for cross-border credit fund

The firm wants to create an institutional-quality product for the retail market, according to BCP Credit head Ted Goldthorpe.

3 min read · 16 August 2021

White paper highlights $7.6trn individual investor market

Western European personal investors hold three times the deposits of North Americans.

4 min read · 04 August 2021

Fund managers must court retail investors as defined benefit schemes wind down

Disclosure, liquidity and operational challenges are among the issues GPs will need to address to tap this new market, according to Intertrust.

4 min read · 22 June 2021

BlackRock eyes at least $100bn of inflows in alts by 2023

The asset management giant outlined large opportunities in private wealth, Asia-Pacific and sustainability during its latest investor day.

3 min read · 14 June 2021

iCapital taps ex-Probitas boss to lead Asia business, launch HK office

The platform joins the likes of Cambridge Associates, Blackstone and Credit Suisse in attempting to capture Asia’s burgeoning HNWI opportunity.

3 min read · 14 May 2021

Why the private equity model needs to evolve – here’s why it won’t, for now

GPs will do well to heed calls for the PE industry to adapt to the shifting needs of institutional investors sooner rather than later.

3 min read · 13 May 2021

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