Investment
This week’s family/private investment office deals
Private Equity
L Catterton has invested in Alliance Animal Health, a veterinary group.
Wealthy Swedes families back origami-like metal bending venture
A tech-driven manufacturing venture called Stilride has raised seed capital from a string of wealthy…
Peugeot Invest gears up to increase private equity exposure
When it comes to investing in private equity, there is no sign of the Peugeots, one of France’s best…
Family offices should forge partnerships with venture capital firms, says former FO senior manager
Research by former family office executive Brian Laung Aoaeh has said investors can benefit from forging…
Is space investing the final frontier for family offices?
Family offices led by Louis Bacon's Moore Strategic Ventures have played a key role in raising $1.
This week’s family/private investment office deals
Real Estate
Pontegadea has bought the Royal Bank Plaza skyscraper in Toronto for a reported $1.2 billion.
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.
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…
This week’s family/private investment office deals
Private Equity
Eldridge has invested in Accelerant, an insurance platform.
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…