Investment
How family offices allocate, co-invest, and think about risk — from direct deals to the mandates they give their managers.
Goldman Sachs builds a private markets platform for its wealthy clients
Goldman Sachs has pulled its private-market activities into one unit aimed at family offices who want direct stakes in late-stage private companies, plus a way to trade them.
BlackRock's head of UK family offices leaves without a named successor
Spear's reports that Victoria Matthews, managing director and head of UK family offices at BlackRock, has left the firm, with no replacement announced.
From allocation to direct deals: how family offices invest
From asset allocation to direct deals: how family offices invest, the pull towards co-investment, and the governance that keeps investment decisions disciplined.
Buy to leave: the departing non-doms who are keeping their London houses empty
Non-doms leaving the UK are not selling their London properties. They are holding them vacant, managing tax residency around the 90-day threshold.
Beckham's brand company made $92 million last year. He owns 45 per cent of it.
DRJB Holdings, David Beckham's licensing vehicle, is now generating close to $100 million in annual revenue. The business was partly sold in 2022 and has grown fast since.
84 per cent of family offices say geopolitics is their top concern. They are not changing much.
BlackRock's 2025 survey of 175 single family offices found near-universal concern about geopolitical risk but surprisingly stable portfolio allocations.
J. Safra Sarasin takes 70 per cent of Saxo Bank for €1.1 billion
Months after settling its inheritance dispute, the Safra banking dynasty made its biggest acquisition in years, buying a majority stake in Denmark's Saxo Bank.
What we are reading about family offices
No noise, no selling. A measured note on the advisory landscape.