Against the backdrop of a pandemic and market volatility that is expected to continue through 2020, there are key factors that can help investors gain clarity amid uncertainty. No matter what comes, the ones who embrace flexibility and transparency may be best positioned to navigate through the turbulence and move forward.
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Are the potential benefits of premium munis worth the high cost to investors? Find out why avoiding them may lead to missing out on great value, beginning with understanding the relationship between a bond’s yield, price, and coupon rate to make sound judgments.
The Emerging Influence of Social Impact Investing
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As more investors align their investment strategies with their social values, considerable debates have grown too. Can impact investing deliver market-rate returns? What opportunities exist for investing in areas such as gender equality, climate, or a particular community? What practical steps have other family offices taken to realize competitive rates and achieve measurable social impact? Learn about the opportunities and challenges, as well as what’s happening across the social impact industry, during a “fireside chat” with two active social impact investors.
Vertical Approach to Venture Investing
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Technology trends like AI, robotics, blockchain, and cybersecurity are poised to seismically change global industry, what is their true potential for investment impact? Constance Freedman talked about assessing general investment strategies against large vertical opportunities, how you should think about true market sizes, which firms are most likely to succeed, and how an investor can add value and get involved.
The Future of Real Estate Investing
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Several converging factors threaten to upend the status quo in real estate investing, bringing an unprecedented revolution that is forcing both investors and asset managers to reexamine their beliefs, processes, and infrastructure. To position your portfolios well and formulate well-informed responses, it is critical to focus on the emerging trends, opportunities and threats, ESG considerations, and the impact of technology.
Historically, bank loans and high yield have traded off in terms of which protected better in market downturns. But in light of this unprecedented pandemic crisis, it is very sound and well-grounded for investors to ask what the unique advantages and disadvantages are from each. Certain investor situations may necessitate maintaining an overweight to one or the other or holding only one.
As an alternative to ETFs, investors are seeing the value of investing in separately managed accounts (SMAs), which offer diversified, index-like, and customizable exposure. However, what does it mean for investors who already hold a basket of appreciated ETFs but would like to unlock the potential of SMAs? This dilemma is explored through a reasonable set of future scenarios to provide guidance on when it might be time to sell and hold.
The treatment of capital gains and taxes become a little more complicated when considering a mutual fund investment. There are two scenarios where a mutual fund investor may end up paying more in capital gains taxes than expected. And the amount you pay may not depend only on you.
New York Times best-selling author, and technology innovator Thomas J. Anderson will help you connect old currency ideas to new technologies. As billions of dollars pour into blockchain and cryptocurrency - with trillions more depending on the outcome - investors need to form their own conviction hierarchy around this emerging and dynamic ecosystem. We’ll explore the implications of, and use cases for these emerging technologies and currencies, and discuss the potential for a megatrend convergence.
Identifying the trends and issues affecting families of wealth is a large part of our mission at FOX. We explored what’s top-of-mind for members through the latest results of our 2020 Global Investment Survey.Insights and Key TakeawaysWe are delighted to share important highlights from the 2020 FOX Global Investment Survey. FOX produces this annual survey of 120 family offices, and offers insights into what these family enterprises are doing right now around investments.