Business
Over time, hedge fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller outperformed by knowing where to follow the money
After 100 years in the diamond trade and a considerable financial war chest, one of Africa’s most storied business dynasties is reinventing itself.
SEC commissioner Caroline Crenshaw has warned that venture capital unicorns need to meet tougher disclosure standards, particularly during fund raisings
The threat remains serious, but cybercrime ransom payments fell 40.3% to $457 million during 2022 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a new survey.
Investment
Japan has taken an early lead in a race to regulate and distribute digital currencies, which may bring more consistent liquidity to their exchanges, recently hit by wild swings in market sentiment
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FO Holding has invested in INERATEC, an energy company. FO Holding was one of seven investors committing an undisclosed amount to the German group
Precision medicine is set to become the biggest beneficiary of the AI revolution, according to VC investor and family investment principal Jim Breyer
Canadian economist William White, who predicted the financial crisis of 2008, is warning of a dark future, as an era of plenty gives way to a future of shortages
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Family offices are changing the dynamic of the longevity of wealth, which will have consequences on how governments tax the very wealthy in the future
From virtually no online presence five years ago, many single-family offices now at least have a website. And some of these websites are indistinguishable from sophisticated institutional investment groups
Creative destruction, the concept put forward by many that should be at the heart of a dynamic economy, might sit uneasily within a multi-generational family enterprise
If there is one prominent theme in the world of family capital in the year ahead, then it is the dominance of the US
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The Top Lawyers in the world of family enterprises, as nominated by Family Capital's readers
One of the world’s wealthiest women appointed the country head of Goldman Sachs as the CEO of her family office after she stepped down from the job.
A former senior partner of Apollo Global Management has set up an investment office to promote “positive technological change in society”.
Business
The head of an ambitious impact-led investment group, co-founded by Howard Buffett and backed by family offices, has left as the group struggles since its listing
An era ended in January, when Dassault Systèmes of France said farewell to the executive services of chairman Charles Edelstenne.
Family offices face constraints over how they borrow and invest due to regulatory action
The great paradox at the heart of all family offices – investments and how much the principal spends
Principals go to great lengths to manage their investments wisely, but they are poor at determining why they spend so much
Switzerland’s attempt to reinvent the future of its private banks through the adoption of cryptocurrencies is under threat.
Around 70% of family offices have pressed pause on raising their risk exposure, according to a survey by legal firm Dentons