Should you invest in private equity now?

It may have a bad name in some quarters, but if and when the recession comes, private equity will thrive. So is this new asset class right for you? On Target's Martin Spring has the best ways to invest, whatever your income bracket.

Private equity is attracting increasing political hostility because of job losses in companies subject to aggressive restructuring, tax losses through financial engineering, and ideological hatred.

Private equity is dominated by American and British groups, and is seen by many in Continental Europe as the epitome of ruthless capitalism that ignores local priorities such as job security and social benefits, and leaves behind fundamentally weaker, debt-burdened enterprises. Its profits are seen as excessive, and largely taken out of the country.

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