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Opportunities and pitfalls: The Ruffer guide to family investments in 2020

January 27, 2020

How should global business families of wealth navigate the choppy investment waters in the year ahead? Is a global economic recession looming and what does that mean for family investors? Emma Rutter, investment director at Ruffer LLP, urges diversification in portfolios, says environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria should be a prism to view all investments through and explains why “liquidity will be king”.

Where does Ruffer see investment opportunities in 2020?

News analysis: Family businesses return to profitability, but cautious on future

August 11, 2010

Times are better for family businesses. Those reporting their first half results are notching up much-improved profits after the dark days of 2009, when many were losing money

Times are better for family businesses.

Those reporting their first half results are notching up much-improved profits after the dark days of 2009, when many were losing money. But few think a return to profits mean the good times are here to stay.

Recovery for family-controlled businesses has touched most sectors. Businesses in the retail, manufacturing, media and food and drink sectors are seeing strong rebounds.

Time to take a back-to-basics approach to philanthropy

October 26, 2009

With donations dwindling and charities suffering in economic uncertainty, there is a need now more than ever for intelligent philanthropists to lead us away from financial hardship

Globally, donations from the public, whether major donors, people running marathons or trekking in Peru, are falling. Giving USA reports a 5.7% drop in public donations to US charities in 2008, the largest drop since the group began recording donations in 1950. Two thirds of American charities have reported a decrease in their income.

Charting your way to safer waters

July 1, 2008

The current economic climate has meant that businesses all over the world are concerned for the future. But family businesses may be able to find a lot more comfort in the shape of a family charter, says Sam Dunn

As the credit crunch continues to bite, inflation increases and recession looms, family businesses need to be prepared to bend whichever way the wind is blowing in order to prosper. For many, no matter how large they may be, that can be a hard task.

Crunch time for investors?

July 1, 2008

The credit crunch is at the fore of most investors’ minds at present, but how are they and their portfolios coping? Families in Business chaired a roundtable discussion at the Family Investment Workshop in London to find out

The credit crunch is at the fore of most investors' minds at present, but how are they and their portfolios coping? Families in Business chaired a roundtable discussion at the Family Investment Workshop in London to find out

Roundtable panel