Wealth advisers made more than $2bn from private capital fees
FT analysis of 16 funds shows extent of fees paid to banks and brokerages
FT analysis of 16 funds shows extent of fees paid to banks and brokerages

Talks with private capital firms have focused on operational hurdles for retail customers

Disparate pricing raises prospect of investors earning unequal returns in the same deal on the basis of who their banker is

Clients with less than £500,000 in assets will be charged £100 a month from June

Private credit groups, hedge funds and other institutions account for more than half of global financial assets

What matters most is how capital was deployed and underwritten

But it relies on a host of rosy assumptions going in investors’ favour