. Morgan Stanley WM lanza una unidad para servir a deportistas y figuras del entretenimiento
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management has announced the launch of Global Sports & Entertainment (GSE), a new division that will serve the unique needs of veteran and emerging talent and their advisors in the sports and entertainment industries.
“High net worth earners in the sports and entertainment industries have sophisticated wealth management requirements. Our services are provided by a group of experienced Financial Advisors, backed by specialized training and the full resources of a leading, global investment bank, which we believe will set a new standard in the industry,” said Gregory J. Fleming, President of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management and Morgan Stanley Investment Management.
An inaugural group of Financial Advisors across the country has been chosen for their experience working with athletes, entertainers, directors, writers, producers, owners, agents and business managers. These Financial Advisors recently completed an education program, attaining the title of Sports & Entertainment Director. They provide sports and entertainment professionals with access to customized resources and programs, including asset and liability management, philanthropic and lifestyle advisory services, family governance and advanced financial planning, insurance, investment banking and private equity solutions.
GSE is led by Drew Hawkins, a Managing Director and veteran executive who served most recently as a Wealth Management Regional Director. “Sports and Entertainment professionals have unique financial profiles that do not subscribe to conventional planning. With the resources of the Global Sports & Entertainment division, our Directors are equipped to work with talent and their personal advisors – agents, business managers, family and other spheres of influence – to help make smart choices around how they invest, borrow, protect and give.” Mr. Hawkins said.
To help educate emerging talent on financial basics and issues relevant to those pursuing professional careers in the sports and entertainment industries, Global Sports & Entertainment is developing financial education curriculum to be taught in sports, film and music departments across the nation with pilots beginning in early 2015. According to Mr. Hawkins, “We are committed to cultivating money-smart young adults to help curtail issues that may arise from sudden wealth, unpredictable career spans and unintended consequences.”
Global investors have a restored appetite for risk amid greater optimism over the outlook for profits and the economy, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for November. A net 47 percent of the global panel expects the economy to strengthen in the year ahead, a rise from a net 33 percent in October. Investors have expressed similar positivity over profits – a net 42 percent say that global corporate profits will improve in the coming year, up from a net 27 percent last month.
Investors have signaled that their optimism has been translating into action over recent weeks. In October, a net 16 percent of the panel said they were taking lower than normal levels of risk. This month, a net 2 percent are taking above-normal risk. The proportion taking out protection against a sharp fall in equities in the coming three months has fallen to a net -39 percent from a net -35 percent.
Asset allocators have shifted out of cash and increased their allocations to equities. A net 13 percent of respondents to the global survey are overweight cash in November, down from a net 27 percent in October. The proportion of asset allocators overweight equities has risen by 12 percentage points to a net 46 percent. Hedge funds have also increased their net allocations to equities – 43 percent of surveyed hedge funds are net long equities, up from 35 percent one month ago. Japan is the region most in favor, while investors are sending mixed signals about appetite towards Europe. Real Estate allocations have reached the highest overweight recorded since its inclusion in the survey in 2006.
“Deflation might be in the back of investors’ minds, but taking on risk, especially in equities, in Japan and in the dollar is at the forefront of their thinking,” said Michael Hartnett, chief investment strategist at BofA Merrill Lynch Research. “European stocks were recently boosted bythe best earnings season in three years. However concerns over longevity of growth and deflation continue. Three wise themes of yield, quality, and large cap are the best places to hide in European stocks,” said Manish Kabra, European equity and quantitative strategist.
Japan – most positive outlook since 2005
Japanese equities have seen a second big pick up in allocations in consecutive months, and the trend is likely to continue. A net 45 percent of global asset allocators are overweight Japan, a rise from a net 32 percent in October and a net 23 percent in September. Japan is also the most favored region for the coming year. A net 27 percent of the investor panel says that Japan is the region they are most likely to overweight in the next 12 months. This represents a nine-year high and a rise from a net 14 percent in October.
Conviction over Japan appears to be underpinned by a belief in the profit outlook and a view that the country’s stocks are undervalued. A net 26 percent of respondents identified Japan as having the most favorable profit outlook for the year ahead – a rise of 10 percentage points month-on-month. And a net 17 percent say that Japanese equities are the most undervalued in the world.
As they assess Japan’s outlook, investors are weighing up the prospect of the yen suffering more depreciation in the coming year than the euro or dollar. A net 57 percent of the global panel expects the yen to fall in value on a trade-weighted basis. This, however, could make Japanese exporters attractive. The regional survey highlights how three of Japan’s largest exporting sectors – technology, industrials and autos – are the most favored by local investors.
Risk appetite overcomes fear of tail-risks
Investors have marked out deflation as the biggest risk to the market’s upward trajectory. Twenty-nine percent of the global panel said that eurozone deflation is the biggest “tail risk,” ahead of geopolitical crisis (21 percent). Furthermore, asked in a new question what is the greatest risk in 2015, 71 percent opted for deflation over inflation.
But while deflation is a concern, they don’t appear to see it as the most likely outcome. A net 35 percent of investors have said that they expect global core inflation to pick up over the year ahead.
Confused signals over European equities and concern over France
Investors appear unsure how to treat European equities. Global asset allocators increased their moderate overweight positions slightly this month – a net 8 percent are now overweight the region. But investors have also indicated that they would like to underweight the region in the coming 12 months. Meanwhile, investors inside Europe have indicated optimism over the region’s prospects for improving growth and profits – a net 62 percent of the regional respondents forecast improving earnings per share for the coming year, up from a net 32 percent in October. But, they have increased cash holdings in the past month and have indicated a growing appetite to underweight France and scale back holdings in Italy.
BBVA Compass Houston. Foto cedida. BBVA Compass nombra COO a Rafael Bustillo, quien supervisará las tres líneas de negocio del banco
In a move aimed at fostering deeper ties to both clients and communities, BBVA Compass named Rafael Bustillo as the bank’s Chief Operating Officer to oversee the bank’s three lines of business – Retail, Wealth Management and Commercial.
Bustillo will lead the Consumer and Commercial Bank, working alongside Chief Digital Banking Officer Jeff Dennes, who leads the Digital Bank. BBVA Compass Chairman and CEO Manolo Sanchez said the new structure, which came after a careful review, will allow the bank to be more relevant and responsive to customers and the towns and cities where it operates.
“We’re organizing in a way that is both comprehensive and efficient,” said Chairman and CEO Manolo Sanchez. “Our leadership model will yield superior cross-line-of-business synergies, creating an opportunity for our business and our brand. But the key is that the new organization will allow us to better meet the needs of the people and places we serve.”
Four Regional Executives will report to Bustillo, as will Champions for the lines of business in the bank, including Retail Banking, Wealth Management and Commercial Banking as well as Commercial Real Estate. This new leadership team will be tasked with capitalizing on opportunities and mitigating challenges across the bank’s footprint.
Chief Executive Officers will be named in the major cities in the bank’s footprint, in addition to a Texas border CEO, a New Mexico CEO and CEOs representing the bank’s community markets in each region. These positions will help the bank tap even further into local business opportunities.
Bustillo has been with BBVA Compass since 1987, leading Commercial Banking for the past five years. Prior to that, he was Commercial Banking’s Denver Market President and Western Region Executive, Gainesville Market President and Regional Executive for Northeast Florida and Southeast Alabama Community Markets, and Commercial and Private Banking Manager in Huntsville, Ala.
“Rafael has guided our Commercial line of business through a period of transformation and growth, made all the more remarkable by the prevailing economic headwinds,” said Sanchez. “He’s an excellent choice to help lead the bank to even greater success.”
Irving H. Picard, Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA) Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (BLMIS), filed a motion in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York seeking approval of a settlement agreement with Herald Fund SPC and Primeo Fund, two feeder funds primarily invested in BLMIS.
Under the terms of the agreement, the settlement will benefit the BLMIS Customer Fund by approximately $497 million. The agreement, once approved, will increase total Customer Fund recoveries to more than $10.3 billion.
“By any measure, the settlement terms are highly advantageous, not only to BLMIS direct customers with allowed claims, but also potentially to the indirect investors in the Herald Fund,” said Oren Warshavsky, lead counsel for the matter and architect of the settlement on behalf of the SIPA Trustee. “Every account in the SIPA liquidation must first be brought to a level playing field, so that those entitled to Customer Fund assets may receive distributions. These recoveries – once approved by the Court – will be combined with existing, available funds and distributed on a fair and orderly basis to all BLMIS customers with allowed claims. That will now include Herald Fund SPC.”
The Herald Fund will receive an allowed claim of approximately $1.6 billion in the BLMIS liquidation. With this allowed claim, Herald is entitled to catch-up payments from the four interim distributions to BLMIS victims to date. Out of these catch-up payments, the first approximately $497 million will be used to pay the amount owed by Herald Fund to the BLMIS Customer Fund. As of approval of the settlement, Herald Fund SPC becomes an allowed claimant and will receive further distributions along with all other BLMIS customers with allowed claims not yet fully satisfied.
“These were complex negotiations conducted across international borders. This settlement is a testament to the determination of the SIPA Trustee and the sophisticated asset-tracing and recovery skills of our legal teams, who negotiate on the SIPA Trustee’s behalf for the benefit of all BLMIS customers,” said Geoffrey North, a partner at BakerHostetler LLP, the court-appointed counsel to the SIPA Trustee. “In the filing, the SIPA Trustee noted that the agreement avoids the cost and delay of what could otherwise have been lengthy and contentious litigation.”
Both Primeo and Herald, currently in liquidation in the Cayman Islands, deposited more in BLMIS than they ultimately withdrew before the bankruptcy was announced on December 11, 2008. In accordance with the United States Bankruptcy Code, the SIPA Trustee and his team negotiated a return of the approximately $497 million for equitable distribution to all BLMIS customers with allowed claims whose claims are not yet fully satisfied. To date, the SIPA Trustee has allowed 2,528 claims related to 2,198 BLMIS accounts. Of these accounts, 1,131 accounts – or all allowed claims totaling $925,000 or less – have been fully satisfied.
Additional terms of the settlement with the Funds’ liquidators are as follows:
The approximately $497 million represents the return of the $500,000 SIPC advance to the BLMIS Customer Fund and settlement payments from the Funds consisting of 100 percent of the withdrawals made by Herald from BLMIS within six years prior to the BLMIS liquidation filing date and approximately $29 million from Primeo.
At closing, the SIPA Trustee shall pay Herald approximately $258 million, consisting of the balance of the catch-up distribution owed to Herald under its allowed claim, for distribution to indirect investors. Herald shall continue to have an allowed customer claim of approximately $1.6 billion, representing the net equity of the indirect investors in the Herald Fund. Primeo has forfeited all claims.
One hundred percent of the SIPA Trustee’s recoveries will be allocated to the Customer Fund for distribution to BLMIS customers with allowed claims. To date, the SIPA Trustee has recovered more than $9.8 billion and has distributed almost $6 billion, which includes approximately $816.2 million in committed advances from the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). The costs associated with the SIPA Trustee’s recovery and settlement efforts are paid by SIPC, which administers a fund drawn upon assessments on the securities industry. No fees or other costs of administration are paid from recoveries obtained by the SIPA Trustee for the benefit of BLMIS customers with allowed claims.
Foto: ais58. La población multimillonaria mundial alcanza un nuevo récord y una riqueza combinada de casi 30 billones
The combined wealth of the world’s UHNW individuals – defined as those with US$30 million and above in net assets – increased by 7% to US$29.725 trillion in 2014, almost twice the GDP of the world’s largest economy, the United States as report by the Wealth-X and UBS World Ultra Wealth Report 2014, released today, that shows too that 12,040 new ultra high net worth (UHNW) individuals were minted this year, pushing the global UHNW population to a record 211,275, a 6% increase from 2013.
North America and Europe continue to dominate the global landscape as the regions with the largest UHNW population and wealth. The United States maintains its position as the world’s top UHNW country in 2014 with a population of 69,560 UHNW individuals with a combined net worth of over US$9.6 trillion, a 6% and 7% increase respectively from last year.
The Wealth-X and UBS World Ultra Wealth Report 2014 forecasts that the global UHNW population will reach 250,000 individuals in the next five years. The report also predicts that Asia will be the region that sees the fastest growth in UHNW wealth, overtaking Europe in terms of UHNW wealth in the next ten years.
Below are other key findings from the Wealth-X and UBS World Ultra Wealth Report 2014:
The world’s UHNW population accounts for only 0.004% of the world’s adult population, but controls almost 13% of the world’s total wealth.
North America’s UHNW population grew by 6.2% to 74,865 individuals and their combined net worth rose 6% to US$10.3 trillion.
Europe’s UHNW population expanded by 6.5% to 61,820 individuals and their combined net worth rose nearly 9% US$8.4 trillion.
There are almost twice as many UHNW individuals in Asia than in the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa and the Pacific regions combined. Yet, Asia’s UHNW population grew by only 4.8% to 46,635 individuals and their total net worth rose by less than 6% to nearly US$7 trillion. Only Latin America and the Caribbean had lower growth rates.
Latin America and the Caribbean saw the slowest UHNW population growth of any region. The region’s UHNW population grew by 4.6% to 14,805 individuals and their combined net worth rose 5.5% to US$2.2 trillion. This performance, however, indicates a recovery from last year’s decline.
The UHNW population of the Pacific grew by 5.4% to 4,170 individuals and their combined net worth rose 6.2% to US$515 billion.
The Middle East saw the fastest growth in terms of both UHNW population and wealth for the second year in a row. The region’s UHNW population swelled to 5,975 individuals with a combined net worth of almost US$1 trillion, a 12.7% and 13.1% increase since 2013, respectively.
Africa experienced the second fastest growth in terms of UHNW population and wealth, with an 8.3% increase in the region’s UHNW population (3,005) and 12.9% growth in UHNW wealth (US$395 billion).
There are 183,810 male UHNW individuals as of 2014, and 23.6% are involved in the finance, banking & investment industry, a 3.6% increase from last year.
There are 27,465 female UHNW individuals as of 2014, and 48% of them fully inherited their wealth, a decline from 53% in 2013.
Almost US$13 trillion of the world’s UHNW wealth is held in private company holdings, nearly twice the amount held in public company stakes.
64% of the world’s UHNW population is self-made and only 17% have fully inherited their wealth.
The world’s UHNW population is a significant source of revenue for the luxury industry, accounting for almost 19% of the luxury industry’s market.
The Wealth-X and UBS World Ultra Wealth Report2014 – which looks at the global UHNW population from July 2013 to June 2014 – examines this wealth segment by geographical location, gender, and sources of wealth.
“Wealth-X is pleased to partner with UBS for a second consecutive year to produce the Wealth-X and UBS World Ultra Wealth 2014,” Wealth-X CEO Mykolas Rambus said. “The report underscores Wealth-X’s commitment to conducting groundbreaking research on the world’s ultra high net worth (UHNW) population. Expert commentary from UBS complements Wealth-X’s global intelligence on the world’s UHNW population, producing a report that demonstrates a true collaboration between the global leader in wealth management and the world’s leading UHNW intelligence provider.”
Simon Smiles, Chief Investment Officer UHNW, UBS Wealth Management, said, “The second Wealth-X and UBS World Ultra Wealth Report is the most comprehensive study of its kind and provides unparalleled insights into this sophisticated and global client segment. We believe that wealth concentration is one of the biggest risks facing UHNW individuals. The report finds that UHNW individuals have over two thirds of their wealth in their core businesses. We believe that this could expose UHNW individuals to many unintended risks and so we have been helping them address these concentration biases.
“UBS has one of the world’s largest dedicated teams whose focus is entirely on UHNW clients and we continue to strive to become a strong, effective and trustworthy partner to this valued clientele.” Simon Smiles added.
. Concerns About Frontier Markets Debt? Global Evolution Answers
Global Evolution has been investing in frontier markets sovereign debt for more than 10 years, which gives the asset management firm a solid background and expertise in identifying investment opportunities with attractive risk-return characteristics.
Nevertheless, investors in frontier markets have some questions or concerns about an asset class that, in many cases, is something new for their portfolios. Funds Society has gathered these questions and asked Soren Rump, CEO of Global Evolution, to give us his insight on these issues. Soren Rump, who will be joining Capital Strategies on a road show across Chile and Peru next week, answered the following:
Is liquidity an issue when investing in frontier markets?
Frontier markets have over the recent years developed significantly in terms of size and liquidity. Liquidity in frontier markets is daily, but bid/offer spreads and the size of individual trades are typically smaller than those in traditional emerging markets, but often with a larger pool of price providers than, for example, emerging markets corporate bonds.
How do you manage the different regulations in each country?
Similar to traditional emerging markets debt, we access the individual regulations, such as holding periods, FX restrictions, withholding tax, etc. before entering individual local markets. We gather ongoing intelligence through our local network of market participants, such as local banks, stock exchange, regulatory bodies etc.
What is the presence and characteristics of institutional investor in these markets?
Local institutional investors are dominated by pension funds and local banks, as the two most dominant investors in the primary and secondary government bond market. By regulation, typically pension funds need to invest in local government bonds which provide a natural bid both at the ongoing auctions as well as in the secondary market.
What is the size of the market?
We estimate a liquid market capitalization of US$400bn based on sovereign bonds from 62 countries with daily valuations on Bloomberg.
What different types of bond issues are there in these markets?
You can find Eurobonds (issued in USD, EUR, JPY, CHF), offered to the market both through primary EMTN issuance programs by international banks, and in the secondary market through international banks and brokers. We also have Local T-bills and T-bonds, both offered to the market through primary auctions, and in the secondary market through primarily local market maker banks. Further to this we actively invest through the FX markets using spot FX, FX forwards, cross currency swaps etc.
Global Evolution, an asset management firm specialized in emerging and frontier markets sovereign debt, is represented by Capital Strategies in the Americas Region.
Photo: Dennis Jarvis. Reforms in Asia Will Have a Positive Impact on Dividend Returns
Institutional investors believe the current reforms across Asia (excluding Japan) – from India, Indonesia, China and Korea – will have a positive impact on dividend returns in the region. This is the view of 65% of institutional investors interviewed by ING Investment Management (ING IM).
Nicolas Simar, Head of the Equity Value Boutique at ING IM, comments: “Asia provides an attractive and diverse universe of high dividend-paying stocks. Despite its reputation for growth, dividend investing in Asia has tended to outperform. Over the past five years investors tracking the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Index would have seen a modest decline, with dividends being the only positive contributor to returns.
“We expect dividends to become an increasingly important element of total returns for investors in Asian equities because companies there are increasingly focusing on alignment with shareholders, and more are initiating or increasing dividends.”
In terms of why institutional investors expect reforms in Asia to have a positive impact on dividends, ING IM’s research reveals 43% believe the main reason is it will result in better corporate governance that will lead to companies increasingly looking to reward shareholders with higher dividends. Some 29% believe the key factor will be that reforms will encourage companies there to be more efficient, thereby improving returns.
ING IM says that as a higher proportion of Asian companies pay a dividend than in developed markets, it is possible to build a portfolio that is well diversified across countries and sectors. With Asian company balance sheets in good shape – the least leveraged globally – there are few constraints to increasing payouts, and Asia has delivered significantly stronger dividend growth than developed markets.
ING IM’s Asia Ex-Japan Equity Fund has returned 2.6% annualized since the inception of the strategy (31 March 2013). It invests in stocks of companies operating in the Asian region excluding Japan that offer attractive and sustainable dividend yields and potential for capital appreciation. The strategy combines quantitative screening with fundamental analysis to identify stocks that trade below their intrinsic value and offer an ability to grow their dividend in the future. The fund focuses on finding the strongest dividend payers from a valuation perspective and not the highest yielders.
Barclays has announced the appointments of Josh Crossman and Ginny Neal as Directors and Investment Representatives for Wealth and Investment Management. Based in the Palm Beach office, they will be responsible for implementing Barclays’ global wealth management programs and for providing sophisticated alternative investment strategies to high net worth individuals, foundations, corporations, and not-for-profit organizations.
Mr. Crossman and Ms. Neal will report to John Cregan, Regional Manager for Palm Beach.
“We are very excited to have two talented investment professionals join our team in this rapidly growing region. Josh and Ginny both have the breadth of wealth management and investment expertise that our clients demand,” said Mr. Cregan. “Their appointments underscore our commitment to attracting the very best wealth advisors in order to deliver customized investment solutions that match the financial profiles and risk appetites of our high net worth clients.”
Mr. Crossman joins Barclays with 19 years of industry experience. Most recently, he was a Vice President at JP Morgan Chase & Co., where he was a Senior Leader on the Private Bank Ultra High Net Worth Investment Team. Prior to joining JP Morgan in 2010, Mr. Crossman was the Chief Investment Officer at Frontline Management AS, a family office. He began his career at Bear, Stearns & Co. in 1995.
Ms. Neal brings 15 years of both financial and legal experience to the firm. Prior to joining Barclays, she was a Senior Private Banker at JP Morgan Chase & Co., where she serviced ultra high net worth individuals and family offices. Before joining JP Morgan in 2010, Ms. Neal was General Counsel for GenSpring Family Offices, LLC. She began her career at Greenberg Traurig, PA in 1999.
With 12 offices in the US, Barclays Wealth and Investment Management provides comprehensive wealth management solutions to high net worth individuals and families. The firm focuses on providing highly customized investment solutions to clients in alignment with their long-term risk tolerance, personal aspirations, specific financial needs and personality.
Photo: MFS. MFS Launches MFS Meridian Funds – Diversified Income Fund
MFS Investment Management announced the launch of MFS Meridian Funds – Diversified Income Fund, a fund which seeks current income and capital appreciation. Led by James Swanson, MFS’ chief investment strategist, the strategy takes a disciplined investment approach that combines broad diversification, active asset allocation and bottom-up, fundamental security selection. In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the fund focuses on five income-oriented asset classes: US government securities, high-yield corporate bonds, emerging market debt, dividend-paying equities and real estate related investments.
“We think the fund’s disciplined and flexible approach to broad diversification, active asset allocation and fundamental security selection may help position the fund for favourable risk-adjusted returns”
“Similar to a strategy available in the US, this fund may be appropriate for investors who seek both income and growth potential through a diverse mix of income-producing securities”, said Lina Medeiros, president of MFS International Ltd. “The fund follows a disciplined and flexible approach and is managed by a team of highly-skilled portfolio managers who have managed money over long periods of time through varied market conditions”.
Lead portfolio manager James Swanson manages the asset allocation among the various types of securities in the portfolio. He works closely with co-managers and MFS’ Quantitative Solutions group and draws on insights from his 30-year career to determine the fund’s asset allocation. Working with Swanson is William Adams, co-head of Fixed Income for MFS and portfolio managers Ward Brown, David Cole, Richard Gable, Matthew Ryan, Jonathan Sage and Geoffrey Schechter. The management team has an average of more than 23 years of industry experience.
“We think the fund’s disciplined and flexible approach to broad diversification, active asset allocation and fundamental security selection may help position the fund for favourable risk-adjusted returns”, added Medeiros.
Issued by MFS Investment Management Company (Lux) S.àr.l. MFS Meridian Funds are a Luxembourg registered SICAV with US$27.0 billion in assets as of 30 September 2014. The MFS Meridian Funds are comprised of 31 equity, fixed income and mixed asset class funds. The MFS Meridian Funds are managed by MFS Investment Management, a global asset manager with US$424.8 billion in assets under management as of 30 September 2014.
Foto: urbanfeel. Los multi family offices controlan más de 700.000 millones de dólares en EE.UU.
According to new research from global analytics firm Cerulli Associates, the multi-family office channel controls more than $700 billion.
“We estimate that the multi-family office channel is comprised of more than 200 firms that control more than $700 billion,” states Donnie Ethier, associate director at Cerulli. “Traditionally, the growth has been influenced by the independent registered investment advisor (RIA) segment of the channel. While this is still true, the highly-debated commercial multi-family office segment, which is financially backed by banks, posted the greatest asset growth in 2013.”
“Despite the debate of whether or not these offices are genuine family offices, the high-end wealth management units are paying off for many of their parent banks,” adds Ethier.
“This sizing reflects the total assets controlled by their advisor forces,” Ethier explains. “Although multi-family offices undoubtedly focus on high-net-worth (HNW) and ultra-high-net-worth families (UHNW), many do have a mix of clients that do not meet Cerulli’s HNW criteria. These non-HNW assets are still a massive opportunity for third-party managers.”
“Many executives agree that the phrase ‘multi-family office’ has lost its allure because so many wealth managers use it to explain their services geared to wealthy investors,” Ethier continues. “This has generally watered down the term to a marketing scheme. Evaluating a multi-family office should be based on the practices’ high-touch services and DNA versus its assets under management.”
Cerulli believes that third-party management opportunities will only grow as additional RIAs move upmarket, qualifying for multi-family office status. More national and super regional banks and trust companies will likely follow suit and establish family-office practices of their own. Appeal will grow across the segments as the firm count and assets swell.
