Join a panel of experienced family office investing professionals exploring and explaining the use of different holistic investment processes that family offices can use to drive and achieve success across a broad range of portfolios. From managers to individual securities to direct investments, this session will provide practical "how-to" knowledge for any size office investment professional looking for realistic advice from experienced practitioners.
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A well-defined governance system is what drives a strategy for portfolio investments—all the while increasing a family’s ability to formulate its goals and policies, make decisions, and perform an oversight function. This paper can help families in the development of their own decision-making framework and focuses on three core building blocks of investment governance: (1) people, (2) authority, and (3) process. It also takes a close look at the potential benefits of the investment committee model and presents a set of best practices for families to consider.
It’s no secret the investment world has changed, causing many family offices to re-evaluate the way they invest. During this session, FOX members will share the process they went through to reorganize their investment function. They’ll explain how they managed the restructuring of investment governance, outsourced relationships, underlying portfolio composition, and more.
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.