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The 2024 economic environment presented a complex landscape for family office investments, characterized by heightened global uncertainty and an evolving interest rate backdrop. As central banks, particularly the Federal Reserve, navigate the aftermath of prolonged accommodative policies, family offices are recalibrating their investment strategies...

FOX will review takeaways from the annual investment survey and expectations for risks and opportunities in 2024 & 2025. As a case study, we will also briefly review similar data from family offices in China and assess member sentiment as we close out 2024. Attendees will: Understand and walk away with key findings from the FOX&nbs...

As families of wealth navigate the complexities of their wealth management, it is crucial to remain proactive in building and adjusting their investment infrastructure to help preserve and maintain wealth over the long term. This paper serves as a guide for families who have decided to outsource the investment function of their portfolio by partner...

This session will begin with an introduction to the investment migration industry and current wealth migration trends. Henley & Partners, the global leader in residence and citizenship by investment, will then outline the key differences, primary drivers, and benefits of alternative residencies and citizenships, explaining how wealthy American ...

Byron Trott, Chairman and Co-CEO of BDT & MSD Partners and long-time advisor to business owners and private families, will join Nate Hamilton in a discussion on the landscape of private family capital in 2024 and the trends shaping the distinct needs of business-owning families and long-term investors. The conversation will explore best practic...

Generating positive impact has emerged as a key trend within the Family and Wealth Management space. Investors, families, and society show growing interest in measuring the effects of their actions—and non-actions— with an emphasis on the impact of their investments. We explore current views and provide practical ways families can move forward to b...

While “investing success” can mean different things to different investors, determining its meaning is essential to understanding what path to follow. Toward that end, there are four principles that provide a solid framework for improving the chances of investment success: goals, balance, cost, and discipline. By incorporating these guiding princip...

For many investors, fund-of-funds (FOFs) are the only way to replicate a large, diversified private equity (PE) program and is preferable to constructing a PE program oneself. Another important benefit of a FOF is the ability to aggregate hundreds of potential underlying portfolio capital calls into just a few. On the operational side, FOFs can red...

The unique position of family offices gives them an opportunity to pursue a broad spectrum of investments and utilize different strategies. In this 10-minute interview, Brian Lucareli, director of Foley Private Client Services (PCS) and co-chair of the Family Offices group, joins Kay Gordon, partner, and member of our Fund Formation and Investment ...

Growth is at the top of the menu for finance leaders as Grant Thornton’s CFO survey shows that the uncertainty associated with the U.S. election in 2024 has given way to unrestrained optimism about the U.S. economy and meeting business goals. Other results from the survey were broadly aligned with high growth expectations—and with the transformatio...

Emerging markets (EMs) remain an efficient gateway to powerful secular themes, from technology-driven transformations to consumer growth stories. However, expectations of higher U.S. interest rates and a stronger dollar are likely to challenge EM currencies and investor sentiment in 2025, and the 2024 U.S. election introduced a new layer of uncerta...

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...

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 in...

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 alongsid...

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 invest...