The Sherpa Update
The Sherpa Update
Family Office Lending - One of the historical uses of a private bank is access to lending at size and for idiosyncratic investments. The balance sheet of banks provides clients with access, usually at competitive rates and with security provided by less vanilla asset classes. And it seems Goldman Sachs may be entering the market in Oz. Now that rates are higher, and the main provider in Oz has been swallowed up by a rival (CS/UBS), providing lower cost debt to this client makes for a very useful lever to pull. And a potentially lucrative revenue stream for those servicing family offices. GS wouldn’t be the only supplier looking to get a license, it will be nice to see some competition.
Endowments – if you’re benchmarking your investments to the US endowment model (or you say you are), this paper from Partners Capital provides an update on SAA and how they fared ($50M - $5bn + schools).
Fairfax Family – The Vincent Fairfax Foundation/Cambooya is seeking a program manager. They distribute approximately AU$11 million per annum in new grants so it’s a pretty meaty role for anyone in that space.
Big book of PE – someone has uploaded the latest big book of PE into a downloadable file. It’s a huge document and provides an excellent overview of current state.
Family Office Advice – EY is producing some quality reports lately, this latest one being a deep dive into wealth management of the future. I’m always a little cynical when it comes to these “you must do this” reports, especially from consulting firms (BCG, McKinsey, EY et al) which are notorious for ideation without the getting dirty with the imperfection of implementation. Some good ideas here, though, for anyone wondering where the big brains are expecting wealth management to be in the next decade.
Risk Parity Funds – seems that the big asset owners have given up on risk parity strategies. It was the holy grail for investors for a while and doesn’t seem to have worked out.
Family Office Investments – iCapital is on a mission lately, having recently hoovered up US based Family Office reporting firm Mirador, the have now launched an alts marketplace in Singapore and HK. The fruits of its relationships with JP Morgan and IQ:EQ.
Family Office Fundraising – Jan Voss has a very cool newsletter (subscribe here). He has a great writing style and provides insider insights into the family office space, particularly in private market investing. His latest on how family offices’ view fundraisers is very helpful in dispelling some of the myths.
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