For some family offices, the allure of investing with a wide range of talented fund managers is less strong than simply doing direct deals and taking satisfaction from the fact
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Family offices should brace themselves for awkward decisions on whether or not to supply their portfolio companies with enough capital to grow – or keep them alive – as capital drains out of the market.
Carvajal, a Colombia-based family-owned conglomerate, has just picked up arguably the most prestigious annual prize for family enterprises - the IMD Global Family Business Award
Capricorn Investment Group, part of Jeff Skoll’s family office and philanthropic group, is boosting its support for sustainable ventures by backing a new generation of tech applications.
14Attempts by the next generation to change the investment stance of family offices in Europe and Asia frequently end in frustration, according to a survey conducted by Credit Suisse
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The last decade saw a triumph of spin over substance as investors fell for growth strategies, boosted by the low cost of energy and manufactured goods, plus subdued inflation and near-zero interest rates
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Invus has invested in Solid Biosciences, a biotech group
Shiv Nadar, worth more than $27 billion, has used his family office/holding group to make what looks like its first direct investment outside of the family's operational business
Emerging markets retain a touching faith in cryptocurrencies, according to newly-published data. But don’t be fooled.
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It looks like the merger through a blank check company of two multi-family offices - London-based Alvarium and New York City-based Tiedemann Advisors - will occur after some delay from the original timeline
Supermarket chains all began as family businesses, but private equity has come calling for two of Britain’s largest.
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