EXCLUSIVE: Treasuries Above 5% Create a New Problem for Private Equity: Why Buy Risky Assets?
"At a 5% risk-free rate, private equity has to work much harder to justify locking up capital for years," a Pilot Wave exec told Benzinga.
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Why It Matters
When safe investments like government bonds pay 5 percent, private equity firms struggle to convince people to invest in riskier deals. Investors now ask: why take the risk when safer money already pays pretty well?
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