Insights on key issues, all through the lens of the family office. Family Office Global (FOG) is the biannual Publication from GPFO (Global Partnership Family Offices).
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I am delighted to introduce the latest edition of Family Office Global, the magazine of the Global Partnership Family Offices. GPFO exists to strengthen family offices through collaboration and during these uncertain times we make no apology for an edition with a strong focus on the challenges that investors face. Leading voices from the world of economics and finance share their wisdom to help GPFO members navigate a course to calmer waters.
Spike Hughes, Founder and CEO of Cohesion Investments, is one of the UK’s experts on investment in India. He explains how family offices can capitalise of the hugely exciting opportunities in this fast-growing market.
Gerard Lyons, Jeffrey Cleveland and Russell Napier share their views on the global economic outlook. Has inflation peaked and will interest rates fall? Can the US lead the world away from recession? Are bonds and gold reliable safe havens?
GPFO hosted a fascinating round table discussion about the future of private equity and the implications for family offices, which considered the findings of a private markets benchmark survey that Moonfare conducted in partnership with GPFO. You can read what Antonio Curia, Robert Sears, Blake Shorthouse, Sara Yates and Sweta Chattopadhyay believe is the best approach for family offices.
In addition, GPFO’s own Hugo King-Oakley explains how family offices can manage capital calls, while Elisabetta Basilico and Angelo Calvello share their insight into the best way for family offices to approach investment planning for the next decade. You can also read Hugo’s interview with Steffen Pauls, Founder and CEO of Moonfare.
Niall Husbands shines a light on the hidden costs of holding investment portfolios in Switzerland and Liechtenstein and how family offices can so-called ‘retrocessions.’
The transformation coach Simon Hodges explores the generational conflicts that arise within wealthy families and how these can be managed to ensure that members thrive and lead fulfilling lives.
Our columnist Bruce Anderson samples the delights of Bellamy’s restaurant in Mayfair, once favoured by the late Queen Elizabeth II for informal dinners with old friends. “This is a proper place for proper people,” Bruce writes. “If you are feeling like a treat, the wish will be father to the feast.”
Jeremy Middleton, Founder and CEO of Middleton Enterprises, was once sabbatical president of his students union and led a rent strike. He reveals this and more in our Quickfire Q&A. Our thanks to Jeremy for being a good sport! Next time it could be you.
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Insights on key issues, all through the lens of the family office. Family Office Global (FOG) is the biannual Publication from GPFO (Global Partnership Family Offices).
