The easy money era for private equity is over. : We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Adventurous Investor news every morning. Over the past few years, I’ve written about why private investors might want to invest in private assets and especially equity, usually through a listed investment trust. At its very simplest, there are more high-growth businesses that are choosing to avoid the public markets and opting to stay private for longer, aided by private equity funds.