Six years ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission focused on commercial real estate private equity and what it saw as a lack of disclosure on deals between PE funds and their business partners. Today, the climate is changing, at least regarding who gets to invest.
Even as CRE will feel impacts from soon-to-come SEC climate disclosure regulations, an advisory panel says the agency should allow ordinary investors to put money into private equity, reported the Wall Street Journal.
The Asset Management Advisory Committee approved a report that said the SEC "should consider allowing so-called retail investors access to a wider range of private investments." The reasons are supply and demand. There's "a more concentrated supply of public equity investment choices," meaning a harder and more expensive route for most people who are asking for more investment choices.
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