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Meritocracy is under threat, but is that such a bad thing?
As an ideology meritocracy is taking quite a beating at the moment
The 2010s – the decade of the family/private investment office
As the 2010s draw to a close, commentators will write and talk about the big themes of the last ten years
The utopian/dystopian problem for Big Tech billionaires
What makes tech billionaires different - they are convinced they can run the world, universe, everything
Billionaires will solve climate change, not Extinction Rebellion
Environmental movement Extinction Rebellion won't solve climate change. Instead, Billionaires will
If families want to protect their privacy, they must share more information
The family office community is infamously private. This is, of course, fair and justified
Billionaires need a better story…if they’re to stave off the hordes
Last week the BBC hosted a daytime TV discussion on the subject of the super-rich and what they might…
Take the family out of the business and you get Thomas Cook
Former chief executives at travel firm Thomas Cook, giving evidence to a UK Parliamentary probe into…
Private assets, family offices and the Asianized world economy: Notes from the IMF/World Bank Meetings
The International Monetary Fund is worried
Should family offices go easy on venture?
As long as interest rates stay low, there is every chance that venture capitalists backing tech-driven…
Trump tweets, value stocks, and zero interest rates
You may not guess it from market indices, but global stock markets have been having a bad wobble over…
Passive is (Still) Massive as Stock Selection “Sinks into a Swoon”
In January 2015, in an interview in the London-based Financial News, I argued that the 20% allocation …
Business schools target the next gen with sustainable courses
Business schools are now going out of their way to woo an increasingly environmentally aware next generation…