Winds of change: Private markets access for retail investors

Investing fads can come and go. At some point, every investor will find themselves awestruck with the eye-watering returns they could have achieved if only they had invested in what at the time seemed like a gimmick, but with a historical back lens turned out to be a stellar opportunity missed.  As at the end of January 2025, the $Trump Meme coin was up about 400% since its launch on 17 January. Not one for me personally, but those sorts of returns (some liken these sorts of investments as akin to buying a lottery ticket) make financial headlines and at the very least grab investors' att...