Family office venture commitments fall 20%
The last twelve months have seen a near-20% decline in the value of VC deals directly backed by family…
Gen Z, Sam Altman, family offices and saving the planet
The day after Sam Altman was reinstated as OpenAI chief executive, on 29 November, he was back on the…
Cockroach portfolios, multi-strategy hedge funds, and a Swiss family office
Family offices get too much of a good thing when they invest in equities, according to Dylan Grice, creator…
Murthy sets up investment group linked to his family office
Narayana Murthy, founder of India’s Infosys technology group, is planning to set up an investment office i…
Remuneration hasn’t fallen at family offices, it’s risen
Doubts are circulating over a report on North American family offices sponsored by Royal Bank of Canada…
After a fraught year, venture is springing back to life for family offices
Despite its recent crash, family offices and other limited partners backing VC tech are keen to invest…
Forget Cop28, family offices prefer seaweed
Amid the futile finger-pointing at the Cop 28 climate summit in Abu Dhabi, family offices, spurred on…
Football, Jürgen Klopp’s family office, and the grassroots
Plans by Prematch of Germany to digitise grassroots football have attracted funding from a remarkable…
Problem with private market cost transparency for family offices
As interest in private assets grows, veteran consultant Richard Ennis has beefed up his warning that…
Family offices look for stellar returns in insurance products
Advisers are taking advantage of rising insurance returns to persuade family offices to put money behind…
Gold, gold, gold…all the omens are good
Gold does not pay interest, but its price has not been troubled by rises in interest rates and bond yields…
Succession isn’t discussed as much as it should be, survey
Nearly two-thirds of family patriarchs refuse to discuss their succession plans with the next generation,…