Transmission Private, a strategic communication agency for successful individuals and their businesses, has launched a new dedicated communications services aimed at helping private investors, family offices, and private equity firms secure competitive deal flow.
The Coury Firm, a privately held multi-family office and strategic business advisory platform serving select ultra-high-net worth individuals, families, and their business interests, has added wealth management industry veteran Clayton G Deutsch to its Board of Advisers.
Family offices in Europe are continuing to review their portfolios in response to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest issue of The Cerulli Edge – Global Edition.
By Matt Braithwaite, Private Client Partner and Jack Martin, Private Client Solicitor, Wedlake Bell LLP – Family offices are increasingly wanting to invest in stocks and funds that are both profitable and reflective of social values. The types of investing fulfil these aims: Environmental, social and governance (ESG); socially responsible (or ethical) investing (SRI); and impact investing. According to The Global Family Office Report 2020 over a third of family offices surveyed intended to allocate most of their portfolios in this way over the next five years.
By Rosalyn Breedy (pictured), Partner, Wedlake Bell LLP – Private equity is an important asset class for family office investors principally because of the potential to earn attractive returns in a low yield interest environment but also because as an alternative asset class the returns tend not to be correlated with the public markets.
Stonehage Fleming, an international Family Office, has appointed Doris Sommavilla as Client Relationship Director in the firm's UK Family Office team.
Family office Stonehage Fleming has appointed Steven Brown as Director of Group Business Development. Brown will be responsible for leading the distribution of Stonehage Fleming’s flagship Global Best Ideas Equity fund, into the UK wholesale market.
AFFO – the French Family Office Association – and AIFO – the Associazione Italiana Family Officer - have launched the International Federation of Family Offices (IFFO), an international alliance that seeks to bring together national family office associations from every country, in order to contribute to the international development of family office activities.