Selecting the right investment vehicle often receives less attention than the other more known investment principles such as the value of diversification. Broadly speaking, investors can access four types of investment vehicles—including separately managed accounts—to avert making a wrong decision that can saddle a family with unexpected taxes, increased costs, or limited flexibility.
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In order for two family offices to successfully work out a co-investing deal on a commercial and fair basis, both sides have to understand what the other party cares about. Negotiators need to understand what is ‘market’ so that they can come to a ‘down the middle’ deal without unnecessary haggling. During this webcast, experts will talk through the market for deal terms, what really matters to each side and why, and how the terms get negotiated in real life situations. War stories and case studies will be shared.
In today’s investment environment, family offices require full investment capabilities to achieve the returns required by wealth owners. As there are many non-investment activities happening in a family office setting, the build or outsource approach to investment resourcing should include saving on both the costs and time associated with running an in-house investment company. Other key points should also be considered.
What’s the first step in investing if you’re given the opportunity? How do you collaborate effectively within a committee of family members tasked with investing a portion of wealth? If you already have an investment committee formed, how do you report back to the family governing body or refine best practices? These questions and more will be addressed by seasoned FOX members with deep family investment committee experience.
One of FOX’s invaluable member benefits is the peer perspective gleaned from participating in FOX surveys. Gaby Griffin, the Market Leader for Business Owners and Family Office Executives at FOX, and Jonathan Tunner, the Director of Private Investment Opportunities at FOX, will share the key themes that emerged from this year’s annual Global Investment Survey.
A well-intentioned and deliberate approach to adjusting public equity market structure through regulation can result in positive outcomes for investors, but that approach isn’t always what drives change in global equity markets. The media, investor advocacy groups, and legislators often intervene to influence the trajectory, and the outcome can be more of a mutation than an evolutionary process. We will discuss a range of recently implemented and currently contemplated equity and ETF market changes and how these changes have or could affect the way we invest – for better or worse.
Valerie Mosley, Founder of BrightUP and Chief Executive Officer, Valmo Ventures Moderated by Gaby Griffin, Market Leader, Business Owners and Family Office Executives, FOX
Ben Buettell, Director, Fusion Acquisition Corp. and Co-Founder/Former Partner of R7 PartnersBrent Hill, Managing Partner, Origin VenturesKristen Jones, Partner, Private Equity and Private Credit Research Analyst, Albourne PartnersDr. Wolf von Laer, CEO, Students For LibertyModerated by Matthew Murphy, Director, Business Development, FOX
Alex Gong, CFA, Fonex GroupJonathan Krane, Chief Executive Officer, KraneSharesModerated by Miguel López de Silanes Gómez, International Market Leader, FOX US-China tension is a key market driver in 2021.This session will focus on the family office investment landscape in Asia with a focus on China.
Phil Durst, Chief Investment Officer, Brush Street, a division of Ford Estates, LLCKathleen Vogelsang, Chief Investment Officer, Van Andel InstituteAnthony Waskiewicz, President and Chief Investment Officer, Investment Office Resources, LLC