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The direct approach: Family offices and direct investing

December 14, 2016

How should family offices approach direct investing? And what is the more important choice – the platforms or the underlying investments? Alison Ebbage examines this rapidly growing multi-billion dollar market

How should family offices approach direct investing? And what is the more important choice – the platforms or the underlying investments? Alison Ebbage examines this rapidly growing multi-billion dollar market

Luxembourg-based family office launches peer-to-peer asset manager

March 10, 2015

A Luxembourg-based family office has launched a new asset management firm this week in a bid to introduce institutional investors and families of wealth to the peer-to-peer (P2P) finance sector.

A Luxembourg-based family office has launched a new asset management firm this week in a bid to introduce institutional investors and families of wealth to the peer-to-peer (P2P) finance sector.

Shepherd Capital, the family office of Yves Saint Laurent cofounder Pierre Bergé, and Paris-based alternative asset manager Eiffel Investment, launched Eiffel eCapital on Monday, and have committed $50 million to the firm’s strategies.

UK family businesses self-fund growth, research reveals

December 11, 2014

Family businesses looking to raise capital for growth are increasingly turning to self-funded expansion in order to avoid traditional banking services in the UK, new research has revealed.

Family businesses looking to raise capital for growth are increasingly turning to self-funded expansion in order to avoid traditional banking services in the UK, new research has revealed.

Family Business Survey 2014, produced by Charles Russell Speechlys and Family Business Place, found the preference for self-financed growth stemmed from real and perceived difficulties in borrowing from banks, and a general reluctance to take on debt.