Tokenization set to widen private equity’s investor base: but at a price

By Justin Pugsley, Group Editor - Financial Services at FT Longitude

There has been quite a buzz recently about tokenisation among private equity (PE) firms in the hope that it could open up a whole new investor base made up of mass affluent investors. PE is still mostly the preserve of institutional investors and very high net worth individuals. This is not surprising given the minimum ticket size to participate can be …