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Market Insight: Protecting your wealth with precious metals

August 14, 2017

A diversified investment portfolio for a family office often includes alternative investments such as precious metals. Having a portion of your wealth in precious metals is not only viewed by many as an appealing long-term investment, but also as a hedge against other assets in their portfolio.

FB Roundup: Rothschild, Espresso House, and Pinault family

July 6, 2017

Rothschild boast “record year”; Espresso House acquires Balzac Coffee; and Pinault family buy into luxury fashion house.

Rothschild boast “record year”

Advising the Arnault family on its €12 billion ($13.6 billion) Christian Dior acquisition was among the headline deals that led to a 15% jump in global merger and acquisition (M&A) revenue at sixth-generation Rothschild Group.

The significant rise in global M&A revenue to €875m, helped its global advisory unit achieve record performance for the second successive year and powered the 200-year-old family business to annual revenues of €1.77 billion – an 11% increase on 2016.

Private equity attracts new investments from family offices

June 1, 2017

Family office executives say skills and resource gaps are the major challenges facing those who choose to invest directly, according to new research.

Family office executives say skills and resource gaps are the major challenges facing those who choose to invest directly, according to new research.

Good behaviour: Value opportunities in global emerging markets

March 27, 2017

Global Emerging Markets are getting out of the doldrums but investors beware the influence of behavioural bias, says Andrew Cormie, portfolio manager at Eastspring Investments.

Global Emerging Markets are getting out of the doldrums but investors beware the influence of behavioural bias, says Andrew Cormie, portfolio manager at Eastspring Investments.

The previous five years of value investing in Global Emerging Markets (GEM) were pretty lack lustre, with 2015 a particularly difficult year for value stocks. This was a result of a weak global economic environment, falling commodity prices and political instability that combined with slowing economic and corporate growth in emerging markets.

Investments advised in strong global economy despite Brexit and Trump

January 17, 2017

Stay invested, stay patient and think long-term are words of advice for family business leaders from Coutts at the launch of its outlook for 2017.

Stay invested, stay patient and think long-term are words of advice for family business leaders from Coutts at the launch of its outlook for 2017.

Family controlled Estée Lauder Companies buy BECCA Cosmetics

October 25, 2016

The family controlled group known as the Estée Lauder Companies has bought BECCA Cosmetics for a speculated $200 million, rescuing its share price.

The family controlled group known as the Estée Lauder Companies has bought BECCA Cosmetics for a speculated $200 million, rescuing its share price.

Investment of the quarter: Market forces

October 10, 2016

Could currency volatility be the first symptom of wider stress in financial markets? William Cainreports

Could currency volatility be the first symptom of wider stress in financial markets? William Cainreports

Currency considerations are never far away from any debate about the economic fortunes of the world’s three largest economies. China’s switch to a freer-floating currency regime in mid-2015 saw the yuan devalue, triggering a bout of market panic in the third quarter of last year.

Unilever goes green with acquisition of Seventh Generation

September 21, 2016

US eco-friendly cleaning business Seventh Generation, owned by the Hollender family, has been snapped up by Dutch rival Unilever for an undisclosed sum.

US eco-friendly cleaning business Seventh Generation, owned by the Hollender family, has been snapped up by Dutch rival Unilever for an undisclosed sum.

The Vermont-based company, which produces sustainable, chlorine-free cleaning and toiletry products, was acquired as part of a drive by Unilever as it looks to increase its portfolio of natural products.

A growing slice of the pie: Private equity and the family office

September 12, 2016

Private equity has a special pull for families used to running operating businesses. But with record levels of assets committed to private equity funds is it the best asset class to drive returns?

Private equity has a special pull for families used to running operating businesses. But with record levels of assets committed to private equity funds is it the best asset class to drive returns?

The plotline is one that has been played out countless times before. A family has made its wealth in an operating business, has exited and is now running a family office. Do they sit back and take a diversified approach to their wealth or eventually get itchy feet and pour their assets back into the sector they know best?

Letter from the US: Pondering family business from New York

April 8, 2016

Family businesses claim superiority due to their long-term orientation. Nowhere is this more evident than their treatment of people

On a cold, rainy February night, I connected through New York’s La Guardia Airport. The plane stopped short of the gate, and the passengers walked down steps to the tarmac to collect our gate-checked bags and walk about 200 metres in the rain to the terminal. This is the airport for America’s greatest city, I thought, yet it is clearly suffering from neglect.