The Matthew Effect, passive investment strategies, and ships and shipwrecks
For years, passive strategies have been capturing business from active managers because they are cheap…
Lord Weinstock, the long-term approach, and Troy Asset Management
In his day, the late Lord Arnold Weinstock was a colossus of postwar industrial life in the UK
Hedge fund titans become venture titans through their family offices
Danny Manu, founder of wireless headphone developer CEH Technologies, is hoping to launch a fundraising…
Inflation – it’s only going up says family office CIO; buy protection now with inflation swaps
Robert Sears saw how boom can suddenly turn to bust when he was associate at investment bank Merrill…
The Indian steel dynasty, Bill Gates, carbon capture, and cheap jet fuel
Carbon capture venture LanzaTech is studying its IPO options following a decision by the Mittal family,…
Gold in 2022: “will reclaim its title as a haven for newly-minted billionaires”
Central banks have resisted the lure of bitcoin and lifted their gold reserves to levels not seen since…
Family offices want to by-pass wealth advisers with new wave of trading platforms
Family offices and their advisers are flocking to platforms run by iCapital Network and its peers which…
Building on family ownership – can new family owners revive a legendary department store?
Billionaire families, and their wealthy friends, are set to drive Selfridges, the UK-based department…
The digital asset craze and the links with the late 90s dot-com boom
A record $30 billion of venture capital flooded into digital assets this year, adding momentum to an…
Vertical farming, family dynasties, and the vagaries of food tech
The Bonnier family of Sweden is standing up for vertical farms by participating in a $200 million fundraising…
Family office YardHouse Capital is combining emerging market themes with sustainability
Some might see litter blowing along the beaches of Zanzibar as a problem
Some family offices are looking closer at emerging markets, particularly in private markets
This year brought little cheer to stocks in the MSCI emerging markets index, down - 4