Private Equity Giants Target Retail Investors With Lavish Events Despite Significant Investment Risks
Private equity firms like Blackstone, Apollo, and Blue Owl have begun marketing to retail investors. With many institutional investors backing out, they have resorted to selling their product at beach parties and sporting events. These types of products come with many risks. Low liquidity, high asset prices, capital calls, and exposure to bad private credit deals are just a few.
Investment fraud lawyer Jake Zamansky discusses some of the techniques these private equity companies have used to sell their products to retail investors in his newest TalkMarkets article. With regulators looking to open up more products to the retail investor, make sure you know what you’re getting into before you buy in.
Read Jake Zamansky’s latest TalkMarkets article to learn why private equity investments may be far riskier than their marketing suggests.