Big institutional investor moves more into private markets – and here are the ones it’s backing
Baillie Gifford’s Scottish Mortgage, the UK’s leading backer of tech-driven growth stocks worth £11.
Jane Austen, a good fortune, family businesses…and asset management
Family values espoused by novelist Jane Austen have helped to make Michael Crawford a top performer in…
Bechtel scion builds venture business
Darren Bechtel has joined a growing band of young entrepreneurs keen to use technology to make a new…
Are the next gen of a family business better at managing your money? Ask Julien Sevaux
In calling his advisory firm Eighteen48, Julien Sevaux was more than aware of the revolutions which broke…
Family offices probably shouldn’t follow the investment ideas of endowments anymore
US education endowments are the latest group of institutions to come under fire by producing lower returns…
Prime brokers move into digital assets, attracting family office investors
The $270 billion digital assets market has taken a big step towards the investment mainstream following…
Life settlement investments prove popular with family offices
Family offices are gratified by the way stock markets have bounced back in recent weeks, but their volatility…
Tech is God – And the disruption it’s causing is intensifying
The Covid-19 pandemic is set to accelerate the growth of tech companies, as barriers to innovation are…
Cambridge Associates, the pandemic, and the stupidity of liquifying family office portfolios
With stock markets in delicate shape, Cambridge Associates is keen to encourage family offices to stay…
German entrepreneur builds investment business with family office backing
European banks are struggling. Asset management is challenged. Insurance sector is competitive.
Tail risk is something family businesses have been good at – but are they still?
We like to think we can see the future, but it ain’t necessarily so.
The aristocratic family achieve top quartile performance during the pandemic
A branch of the aristocratic Seilern-Aspang family of Austria, also known as Graf Seilern Und Aspang,…
Peace and quiet, options, and portfolio performance during the pandemic
So far this year the coronavirus crisis has led to a distressing range of tragedies and challenges.