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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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Family Offices

CRYPTO LONG & SHORT: BITCOIN’S QUIET PROGRESS IS POINTING TOWARD A BETTER FUTURE

Just over 11 years ago, bitcoin quietly made its presence known as a defiant workaround to the concentration of financial authority. Clouded in code, it sang as a more muted and less lyrical echo of John Perry Barlow’s “Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace,” unleashed from Davos in 1996 on the widening cracks in the definition of progress.

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