My first-hand experience trying to buy a Premier League football side
I read David Bain’s article about families investing in football, and memories of my love for the sport…
It’s all mad, exciting and even fun
It’s said that Davos is the place where billionaires explain to multi-millionaires how ordinary people…
ESG, growth, and Europe’s stupidity
When economist Jim O’Neill coined the term BRICS, I don’t think that he imagined that two of the…
Once its biggest fan, family offices are shying away from real estate. Hardly surprising
When demolishing large buildings, developers sometimes use specialist explosive engineers.
Cryptocurrencies: “The report of my death was an exaggeration.”
This comment was later embellished by Mark Twain when a journalist mixed him up with a dying cousin.
AI, paranoia, and seeing the game ahead
Artificial Intelligence is more feared than understood, a bit like a barking dog.
Bankers and regulators remember everything and learn nothing
You can make any rules you like, but a bank cannot keep 100% cash to pay out every depositor, should…
Don’t ditch cryptocurrencies, the blockchain makes so much sense
When $30 trillion was destroyed in 2008, not a single Wall Street CEO saw the inside of a prison.
Armageddon. My plan for survival from a family office principal
My parents were both religious and sent me to bible classes. One lesson was truly scary.
Why this family office principal likes cryptocurrencies – volatility
“I don’t know anything about it, and I don’t want to know anything about it.”
The digital world makes things easier but its purpose is not benign
Before my dad would let me borrow his car he insisted I first pass my driving test and take a course…
Family offices, being woke, and liberty
Family offices were in the vanguard of ESG.
The anathema of LinkedIn for family offices
Social media can be a bit like marmite (that English spread) that is used as a metaphor for likes and…