The private equity industry's success over the last decade, in terms of its size and the returns it has generated investors, has been unprecedented. That success has not gone unnoticed with the investing public clamoring for access to private equity and U.S. regulators responding in turn by broadening certain parameters of eligible private equity investors.
But as private equity funds have increased their profile with the investing public, they have also found themselves subject to greater political scrutiny.
Notably, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has become increasingly vocal in its focus on private equity.
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