Private equity wants the $12 trillion Americans have stashed in their 401(k) plans. A study says the upside temptation might not be worth the risk.

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Private equity wants the $12 trillion Americans have stashed in their 401(k) plans. A study says the upside temptation might not be worth the risk. - Fortune

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Former World Bank executive Jeffrey Hooke claims fund managers can attract capital without proven performance.

As the private markets have boomed, the number of public companies in the U.S.has been halved from about 8,000 in the late 1990s to roughly 4,000 today.“I jokingly say sometimes we levered the entire retirement of America to Nvidia's performance,” Apollo CEO Marc Rowan said last year.“It just doesn't seem smart.

To be sure, regulators stepped up their scrutiny of private equity following the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, which required most fund managers with over $150 million in assets to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission.