Family office investments

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Family office investments into disruptive technology companies are set to increase as next-generation heirs look to tap into their potentially lucrative returns.

Speaking to CampdenFB, Ian Wallis, co-founder of investment firm Star Tech NG, said it will be the next generation of family office investors, who grew up using well known applications such as Facebook, Spotify and Uber, who will want to invest in the next wave of tech giants.

Global family offices taking advantage of a weak sterling by loading up on poorly performing London real estate are likely to become more wary of investing in the UK as Brexit draws closer, advisers say.

Meanwhile, UK-based family offices are asking a lot of questions ahead of the 29 March, 2019 deadline, but most were yet to take action.

“London is still a magnet,” Philip Watson, Citi Private Bank’s global head of investment lab for EMEA, said this week.

One of the UK’s most prominent families ‘front-footed’ many of the media claims made against it leading up to the Paradise Papers data leak – in the process offering an example of how family-owned enterprises can face up to reputation threats.

In a thorough statement on its website published on 26 October, executive trustee of the Grosvenor Estate Mark Preston, addressed many of the “inaccurate” articles.