The commodities super cycle, family office allocations, and the big trading houses

Interest in direct and co-investing has slumped, according to a survey of 120 family offices managing $243 billion by BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager.

Scottish family office Souter Investments has invested in Amey, one of the best-known brands in the UK construction sector, as part of a syndicate that bought the business from family business Ferrovial

Backed by UK hedge fund pioneer Lord Stanley Fink’s family office, Danny Manu is raising funds to get a commercial hearing for his real-time language translation technology.