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Family Offices

Family Offices are Joining the Fight Against COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for the global economy and businesses have been compelled to cope with challenges that a mere few months ago were simply unimaginable. Asset and Wealth Management firms are no exception to this economic anomaly. So how is this industry, that excels at problem solving, coping now that it is no longer ‘business as usual’ and as it faces ‘once in a generation’ economic challenges?

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Impact Investment

Covid-19 Crisis Unlikely to Affect Impact Investing

Most impact investors recently surveyed by the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) expect to maintain or boost their commitment to impact investments this year in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and most plan to stick to strategies focused on addressing the U.N.’s sustainable development goals.

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Investment

Investor Evolution in Commercial Litigation Finance

As with any new industry, there is much risk and trepidation with respect to whether (i) the concept will work, (ii) the concept will be profitable, (iii) the concept will be scalable and (iv) the concept will attract investment support. Oh, and in the case of litigation finance, (v) whether the concept is in fact legal.

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Family Offices

WHY EVERYONE DESERVES A FAMILY OFFICE

Picture this, the average HNW Client has five different Wealth Management Providers. (EY 2019) Each provider gives the client isolated advice based on the portion of wealth in their control.

What does this mean? With no overlap, that client will never get to see a composite view of how all their wealth is performing and never get to plan or implement long term financial objectives.

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Family Offices

China: Governance Considerations For Family Offices

In February 2020, we published the third in a series of articles that explore the value of family offices for high-net-worth Chinese families. In this fourth article, we will provide an overview of the different governance considerations that high-net-worth families should consider when establishing family offices.

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