Opening up the private equity class

With nearly 300 listed private equity vehicles worldwide, most of which offer access to the asset cl...

With nearly 300 listed private equity vehicles worldwide, most of which offer access to the asset class for the price of a single share, private equity is now open to any investor - not just to large endowments like Harvard and Yale. In Europe, all major exchanges play host to private equity vehicles of varying sizes. London's main market has some 20 private equity investment trusts (Peits) and similar vehicles with a combined market capitalisation of around £8.3bn. In 2006, iPeit was formed by a group of London Stock Exchange-listed Peits to provide information and research on listed p...