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Lacklustre listed private equity funds bode ill for industry hopes of retail boom

New research raises doubts about retail funds and poses uncomfortable questions

Lacklustre listed private equity funds bode ill for industry hopes of retail boom
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David Wighton is a columnist at Financial News

The private equity industry’s excitement about the potential to sell funds to retail investors prompts a couple of awkward questions. Would these retail funds not look very like the UK-quoted, private equity investment trusts that have been around for decades? And why would the new funds fare any better?

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