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Family Office Insights

Family Office Insights

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 for family offices: Balancing risk and reward

Direct investing has seen tremendous growth over the past decade as family offices seek greater…

Simple Team
March 15, 2023
Using Human Rights and a rights-based approach for investor engagement

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…

February 2, 2023
Introduction to alternative investment systems for family offices

Introduction to alternative investment systems for family offices

Alternatives have always been an elusive market for investors. Here, we explore what they are…

Simple Team
December 29, 2022
How private banks assist family offices with digital asset investments

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…

November 30, 2022
Venture philanthropy vs impact investing: How to align impact and philanthropy

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…

November 8, 2022
An introduction to venture capital funds for family offices

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…

November 2, 2022
Funds vs. Direct: what is the best approach to real estate for my family office?

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…

October 19, 2022
Real estate in the digital age: Big data, Metaverse and Blockchain

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…

October 18, 2022
How family offices invest in real estate

How family offices invest in real estate

Right up until the pandemic, many family offices around the world were investing in real…

Simple Team
October 5, 2022
Family offices and venture deal flow – the holy grail

Family offices and venture deal flow – the holy grail

For family offices looking to grow their venture portfolios, generating, and managing deal flow is…

September 22, 2022
6 family office trends in direct and venture capital investments

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…

Simple Team
September 12, 2022
Family office investment: Recurring and new asset classes

Family office investment: Recurring and new asset classes

As new asset classes emerge, the scale of family office investment is expanding and the…

Simple Team
August 24, 2022
Luxury investments: Luxury as an Asset Class

Luxury investments: Luxury as an Asset Class

Beauty, passion and value are often hard to combine but in the context of a…

July 21, 2022
Understanding how VCs and family offices can work together

Understanding how VCs and family offices can work together

The story of family offices has always been closely aligned with venture capital, but VC…

June 3, 2022
Lifestyle management: the new necessity for family offices

Lifestyle management: the new necessity for family offices

The family office landscape is changing as new aspects of the family members’ lives come…

May 27, 2022
Cryptocurrencies as part of the family office asset mix

Cryptocurrencies as part of the family office asset mix

When setting long term strategic asset allocation bands, an increasingly common question is whether crypto…

May 18, 2022
Making the investment case for bitcoin infrastructure

Making the investment case for bitcoin infrastructure

Bitcoin is not just a cryptocurrency – it’s a transformative technology with the potential to…

May 5, 2022
Cryptocurrency’s rise in family office investment considerations

Cryptocurrency’s rise in family office investment considerations

The meteoric rise of digital assets, and Bitcoin in particular, is undeniable. But what role…

March 18, 2022
Why family offices should consider investing in food technology

Why family offices should consider investing in food technology

As the next decade shapes up to be one of disruptive change, one sector seeing…

February 4, 2022
Late-stage venture investing: running with unicorns and tigers

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…

November 3, 2021
Swiss family offices and Sparks: what the SIX segment means

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…

September 1, 2021
Cryptocurrency for family offices: bitcoin’s actual environmental impact

Cryptocurrency for family offices: bitcoin’s actual environmental impact

The headlines are scary, but as with all things, there are two sides to a…

July 22, 2021
The luxury asset market – What does the future hold?

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…

July 15, 2021
An introduction to emerging market investment in Eastern Europe

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,…

June 30, 2021