Nine Investment Must Reads for This Week (Jan. 7, 2025)

Published on January 7, 2025

Private equity industry execs are preparing to lobby the second Trump administration to allow 401Ks to include private assets, reports the Financial Times. Private wealth investors have provided a lifeline to VCs as institutions have pulled back, according to PitchBook. These are among the investment must reads we found this week for wealth advisors.

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