Despite employing investment professionals, principals make most deal decisions
The principal makes investment decisions at 56% of US family offices, according to a survey published…
Profile: A humanities approach to investment helps with stellar returns
In the 1849 gold rush, the reliable way to make money was by selling picks and shovels to prospectors
Top UK family investment group cuts its venture capital deals down to zero
Grosvenor Group cut its backing for new venture capital deals to zero in calendar 2023, against £45 …
South Dakota – the home of American family businesses
With the help of generous tax breaks, South Dakota has emerged as the US state with the largest proportion…
Family offices risk future without investment policy statements
More than a third of family offices are putting their future at risk by failing to create Investment…
Profile: Family business Dr Schär: “We’re driven by our actions, not our financial results”
You can’t accuse family businesses of rushing things.
Family offices and the perils of liquidation preference stock
As VC values droop, family offices risk discovering that their capital return could be even lower than…
Family offices should look again at active managers in public markets
Over the last twenty years, active managers have lost business worth trillions to passive funds, after…
Asian competition for family offices gets hotter
Malaysia is the latest Asian country to start developing a family office hub, like its arch-rival Singapore,…
The commodities super cycle, family office allocations, and the big trading houses
Geopolitical tensions have fuelled a surge in commodity prices this year, reinforced by an Asian economic…
How anxiety, insomnia and depression are rife at family enterprises
Cross-generational disputes at family enterprises crop up with depressing frequency
Quantum computing and can family offices make any money from it
Quantum computing company Quantinuum recently raised $300 million from investors led by JP Morgan Chase,…
Surge in private credit by Grosvenor underlines importance of family capital to the sector
Family offices are important suppliers of liquidity to the market, and the $1