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World’s Rich Boost Conflict-Economy Bets Amid Asset Swings
US tariffs and Iran war cited among motivations for the rich to spread risk
Geopolitical upheaval spurs family offices to open global branches
US tariffs and Iran war cited among motivations for the rich to spread risk
Billionaire Coller’s Ex-Family Office CEO Joins Wealth Adviser
Sara Macedo, former head of Jeremy Coller’s family office, has joined Emissary Partners as a managing principal to help expand its relationships across the Middle East and Europe.
Helping family offices manage troubled foreign assets is becoming big business
Legacy assets persist and most institutionalized family offices struggle to manage them. Here are some pointers to diagnose and resolve any issues they cause.
The hidden cost of legacy assets in family offices
Legacy assets persist and most institutionalized family offices struggle to manage them. Here are some pointers to diagnose and resolve any issues they cause.
Ex-Wilmington CEO Doris Meister Builds Next Act at Emissary Partners
Doris Meister gave few hints of where she might land when she retired as chief executive officer of US wealth manager Wilmington Trust a year ago. Now, her next act is rapidly taking shape.
Emissary Partners Welcomes Andrew T. Clarke as Chairman and J. Peter Donald as Principal
London-based Emissary Partners, a global special-situations firm for family offices, has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointments of Andrew Clarke as chairman and J. Peter Donald as principal. “It is our goal to build Emissary Partners as the leading firm at the intersection of family office alternative assets and the impacts of global and…
Family Offices, Legacy Assets and Risk Exposures
As the tide goes out, family offices are fretting over their risk exposures, including investments in their own portfolios, which have failed to perform due to bad luck of flawed decisions.
For family offices, when it comes to investing now, it’s like deal or no deal
With rising interest rates and dampending valuations investors are paying more attention to what is working, or not, in their portfolios. For single family offices, roughly 5% of assets will be in legacy assets – long dated alternatives with an impairment affecting exit. The opportunity cost of not dealing with legacy assets has gone up.
What is the Investment Value of a Dispute?
With the investment world driven by time-value metrics, it is crucial for investors to maintain financial discipline in decision-making for dispute resolution; by looking at disputes through an NPV lens, risk-management and outcomes are improved for financial recovery as well as reputation.
