Should retail investors have access to private equity investments? Preston McSwain shares his take. : Josh Brown made this point better than I ever could and now some leading private equity heads seem to agree. “Retail investors [don’t have] access to [private investments and] we want to make sure retail isn’t left behind.” Leaders in Washington, DC, seem to think “retail investors [are] missing out,” and now even Vanguard may be exploring offering private equity (PE) funds.