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Analysis, opinion, and expert commentary on the trends shaping family offices today.
62 insights for “Investments”
Direct investing for family offices: Balancing risk and reward
Direct investing has seen tremendous growth over the past decade as family offices seek greater…
Using Human Rights and a rights-based approach for investor engagement
A rights-based approach is a conscious and systematic integration of human rights and rights principles…
Introduction to alternative investment systems for family offices
Alternatives have always been an elusive market for investors. Here, we explore what they are…
How private banks assist family offices with digital asset investments
As digital assets continue to form part of many family office portfolios, the need to…
Venture philanthropy vs impact investing: How to align impact and philanthropy
Impact investing and philanthropy are not necessarily on opposite sides of the scale. However, understanding…
An introduction to venture capital funds for family offices
VC funds don’t always receive the same attention as their colleagues in the private equity…
Funds vs. Direct: what is the best approach to real estate for my family office?
Investing in real estate requires analytic and due diligence work and often the continued management…
Real estate in the digital age: Big data, Metaverse and Blockchain
For forward-thinking family offices, governance and ownership in the world of Web3 and Blockchain are…
How family offices invest in real estate
Right up until the pandemic, many family offices around the world were investing in real…
Family offices and venture deal flow – the holy grail
For family offices looking to grow their venture portfolios, generating, and managing deal flow is…
6 family office trends in direct and venture capital investments
Family offices have become a significant agent in global investments and innovation in the last…
Family office investment: Recurring and new asset classes
As new asset classes emerge, the scale of family office investment is expanding and the…
Luxury investments: Luxury as an Asset Class
Beauty, passion and value are often hard to combine but in the context of a…
Understanding how VCs and family offices can work together
The story of family offices has always been closely aligned with venture capital, but VC…
Lifestyle management: the new necessity for family offices
The family office landscape is changing as new aspects of the family members’ lives come…
Cryptocurrencies as part of the family office asset mix
When setting long term strategic asset allocation bands, an increasingly common question is whether crypto…
Making the investment case for bitcoin infrastructure
Bitcoin is not just a cryptocurrency – it’s a transformative technology with the potential to…
Cryptocurrency’s rise in family office investment considerations
The meteoric rise of digital assets, and Bitcoin in particular, is undeniable. But what role…
Why family offices should consider investing in food technology
As the next decade shapes up to be one of disruptive change, one sector seeing…
Late-stage venture investing: running with unicorns and tigers
As many of the world’s fastest-growing companies are waiting longer to go public, late-stage venture…
Swiss family offices and Sparks: what the SIX segment means
SIX recently introduced Sparks, a new SME-focused segment on the stock exchange that appeals to…
Cryptocurrency for family offices: bitcoin’s actual environmental impact
The headlines are scary, but as with all things, there are two sides to a…
The luxury asset market – What does the future hold?
As with every sector, the luxury assets market has been greatly impacted by the Covid-19…
An introduction to emerging market investment in Eastern Europe
It has been 32 years since the transition began in post-communist countries. Despite this transformation,…
