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Private Credit Primer
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The private credit asset class has developed and evolved significantly since the Global Financial Crisis. Accounting for $1.6 trillion across a wide range of risk and return profiles, it is cementing its importance and value in investor portfolios. This paper by Cambridge Associates describes why private credit can be attractive in any market, outlines the various sub-asset classes, and discusses the construction of a private credit portfolio and its implementation into a portfolio.

Ten Minute Interview: SEC Enforcement for Family Offices
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In this 10-minute interview, attorney Bryan House of Foley & Lardner joins Brian Lucareli to discuss the SEC enforcement for family offices. During the interview, Bryan explained who is subject to the Investment Advisers Act, and provided a real-life example of the SEC getting involved with a family office.

Investing Globally Across Asset Classes: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities | 2024 FOX Global Investment Forum
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Rick Rieder, CIO of the largest asset manager in the world joins us to share his perspectives across asset classes and global markets. We will cover key topics such as the US & global economic outlook and opportunities across public and private investment strategies, including sectors expected to outperform and an overview of the key macro and geopolitical risks we should be monitoring. We will leave time for questions so please come prepared to engage. Rick Rieder, CIO, BlackRock

Portfolio Management in an Age of Change | 2024 FOX Global Investment Forum
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Real Vision Group CEO, Raoul Pal, will examine how the last 100 years of fiscal and monetary policy are converging with exponential technologies to create one of the most unique and unpredictable investment landscapes since WWII. The discussion will cover the global macro investing backdrop and the outlook on growth vs. value, as well as the investment themes within frontier technology and how to express those in a portfolio. Raoul Pal, Co-Founder & CEO, Global Macro Investor & Real Vision

Reflections on the Real Estate Market: Evaluating trends and the Role of RE in a FO Portfolio | 2024 FOX Global Investment Forum
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Outside of the core operating business, real estate remains the largest holding of family offices and continues to be the sector in which they remain the most comfortable investing and structuring deal-flow. The 2020s have already brought significant challenges from the prior decade, and individual real estate sectors seem poised to change alongside every other industry.

Family Office CIO Panel: Preparing for an Age of Change | 2024 FOX Global Investment Forum
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We will close the day with a forward-looking session featuring three young CIOs shaping the investment strategy of their respective family offices. We’ll address alignment of the family’s objectives with investment strategies to properly account for the liquidity, total return, and risk goals. Guests will share where they see the most attractive investment opportunities and why, managing family stakeholders and internal decision-making frameworks, succession planning, and perspectives on technology integration, deal sourcing and risk.

Investing in AI-What to Expect | 2024 FOX Global Investment Forum
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Founder and Managing Partner of Exponential Ventures, David Blundin is a 23-time serial entrepreneur and 15-year VC who founded MIT’s first Neural Network AI company and who teaches “AI for Impact” at MIT. Dave will bring together his years of personal experience and knowledge along with timely information, to discuss the AI revolution and what our family office community can be doing to prepare.

The Evolution of Private Wealth
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More than $80 trillion of wealth is expected to be transferred within families over the next two decades. Given the rise in wealth and aging populations globally, the number of family offices has surged to help guide succession planning and the transfer of assets. This brief outlook by Asset Consulting Group further highlights the investing trends impacting the path forward for families and family offices that is shifting as the next generation potentially reorients family goals toward qualitative objections (mission-driven) in addition to quantitative metrics (investment returns).

2024 Presidential Election: Comparing Fiscal Agendas
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The 2024 U.S. Presidential election is set as a rematch between current President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. Each candidate’s fiscal priorities have already been on display in their first terms and give insight into second-term agendas. This brief outlook by Asset Consulting Group compares their track records and the market impact, including the growing borrowing costs for the treasury that are putting a greater burden on the federal budget.