Investor Commitments

With assets in the trillions, a healthy penchant for private equity and autonomy over their investment strategy, family offices have a lot to offer fund managers.

Bitcoin has more than doubled in value to $4,425 since 16 July.

Market sources claim the fund had stopped new investments into vehicles focused on the country while Brexit negotiations are underway

It was a record-breaking first half - but which investors were behind it?

Large and mega-funds in the sector have, on average, deployed just $111bn of the $572bn raised over the past five years.

In the next 10 years, half of private equity managers will move to charging only on invested capital, predicts Richard Clarke-Jervoise, a partner at family office Stonehage Fleming.

Some board members asked whether it is reducing the investment opportunity set by consolidating its roster of managers.

The world’s third largest pension fund maybe going through turmoil, but its alternatives programme still looks inviting to fundraisers.

Proposals suggest removing limits on unlisted securities and raising exposure to illiquid assets.

The fund is more than double the size of its 2013 predecessor.