A beginner's guide to investing in the private markets

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Asset managers are offering more private-market products, but investing in them hasn't reached the same level of ubiquity or ease as opening an app and swiping a finger across a phone screen to trade public stocks, which can also be done without ever having to consult a broker. To invest in private assets, the Canadian Securities Administrators, the overarching body that covers provincial and territorial regulators, said a person must meet minimum requirements of either: alone or with a spouse, owning financial assets that are worth $1 million or more before taxes, minus any liabilities (including cash and securities); alone or with a spouse, owning net assets valued at $5 million minimum (including illiquid assets such as a house); or having a net income, before taxes, of $200,000 for the past two years, and if including a spouse, the threshold becomes a $300,000 net income before taxes for the most recent two years.

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