Reflections and predictions: Jonathan Ruffer on investing in 2020
The year of 2019 was one when many of the six impossible things before breakfast remain unresolved—with the shining exception of Brexit, and the wider resolution of domestic politics. We can still feel the political earthquake which struck the UK last month—we cannot yet see the effect of it. Most political earthquakes, when they happen, are scarcely discerned, and even those which are perceived for what they are, do not easily reveal the new pathways created from the changed landscape.
Capital Hub: Investing into the Balkans through a Cyprus alternative investment fund
As a collection of emerging markets with a strong growth potential, the Balkan countries have firmly positioned themselves on the map of attractive investment locations.
Steadily growing numbers of foreign investors have expanded into Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, drawn primarily by the region's favourable location, its affordable workforce and creative tax regimes.
Six ways family firms have evolved
The world was a different place in the 2000s when CampdenFB was launched. While issues of good governance and succession planning are always front of mind for family principals, the new century has opened up the family business space to more pressure on more fronts than ever before. Are these six areas indicative of what's to come?
FB Roundup: Europa-Park, Grupo Bimbo and Kering
Europa-Park founder Roland Mack measures success in succession, Grupo Bimbo spends dough on British bagels, Pinault and Arnault families give $330 million to Notre Dame restoration.
Europa-Park founder Roland Mack measures success in succession
The founder of Germany´s largest theme park has praised his family and hailed the importance of good governance and succession planning as he celebrates his 70th birthday this week.
FB Roundup: Alessi, Sodexo and Rockefeller
Alessi sells sizable share to finance growth, Sodexo scores high on sustainability for 15th year, Rockefeller moves into tech founder succession planning.
Alessi sells sizable share to finance growth
The Italian Alessi family behind some of the most recognisable designer homeware products in the world has sold a 40% share of its business for an undisclosed sum to a UK private equity firm.
The Alessi company was fully owned by the founding family, who were looking for a partner to help them grow the firm, Oakley Capital announced this week. Alessi family members Alberto, Alessio, Michele and Stefano kept 60% of the company and pledged to reinvest in the firm.
What are the hot investment trends families are chasing?
Family offices are adopting the entrepreneurial flair of venture capitalists in their pursuit of bespoke real estate deals, Moonshot startups, sustainability projects and cross-border investments.
The top three trends set to impact family businesses in the future
Family businesses play a significant role in the global economy, and a number of business empires are family-owned. And just like any company today experiencing a tech-driven change, family-run enterprises aren't an exception. To remain competitive, however, these firms should have a clear sense of what they want to accomplish and adjust accordingly.
Family businesses play a significant role in the global economy, and a number of business empires are family-owned. And just like any company today experiencing a tech-driven change, family-run enterprises aren't an exception. To remain competitive, however, these firms should have a clear sense of what they want to accomplish and adjust accordingly. They can't stubbornly oppose change and insist on the same business practices forever, because it could be detrimental for them and cause irreparable damage.
The Dutch family cleaning up sustainable investments in East Africa
A fair-trade plastics recycling company in Kenya is the latest social investment of patient capital by the entrepreneurial investors of a Dutch family of wealth.
Tune out the noise: Toward a strategic asset allocation framework for private wealth investors
How can family office investors identify real growth opportunities in times of increased economic volatility? Multi-Asset Strategist Cara Lafond outlines how to tune out the noise to focus on long-term asset allocation.
Impact generation: Risks and rewards of sustainable investing for new family leaders
Ethically minded, technology savvy and eager to make a positive impact—the next generation are driving family offices' movement into sustainable and impact investing. But are the expectation of returns realistic or are families just following a trend?
Sustainable and impact investing continue to be attractive for family offices and are among the fastest growing areas in the average family office investment portfolio. But uncertainty persists for many interested in the asset class, with fewer expert advisers compared to more traditional classes.
Family offices increased their foray into sustainable investing over the past 12 months, with more than one-third (38%) now engaged in the practice, according to The Global Office Family Report 2018 (GFOR).