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Ordinary investors are missing out as private equity takes over

Companies are turning their backs on public stockmarkets and raising more and more money from private equity. Merryn Somerset Webb explains why this is a problem for ordinary investors – and perhaps for capitalism itself.

by: Merryn Somerset Webb
1 Sep 2020
Woman wearing a face mask outside the London Stock Exchange © Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The cost of a public stockmarket listing has risen hugely since the 1990s

Woman wearing a face mask outside the London Stock Exchange © Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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