One of our client advisers, Chin Yu, got interested in this Financial Times article about private equity. I realize the article was written by Robin Wigglesworth, the author of the book Billions, and knew it will be a long read. I am 100 times a poorer writer than Robin but he is rather evidence-based often as well. The article: Is private equity actually worth it? The article is well researched and I decide to list down the main points as lists so that when I re-read in the future, I can focus better. Why is there an urgency for many investors to add private equity into their portfolio? Investor’s motivation.

1. Companies are staying private longer. They don’t want to list anymore. An investor is missing out on the returns of this smaller segment.
2. Empirical data points to great private equity investment returns.
   • CEM Benchmarking of $15 trillion worth of pension funds, endowments and other SWF. Private equity has

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