Private equity firms want new investors. Their old investors have questions

Private equity firms want new investors. Their old investors have questions

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Private equity firms are eyeing alternative sources of money from the private wealth industryPhoto: Getty Images

Buyout bosses are facing a swathe of questions from their institutional investors as the flood of retail money raises uncertainty for their traditional backers.

Limited partners have been handed a list of nearly 50 suggested questions by their trade body to ask private equity managers during meetings.