family offices

Seek Capital — the family office of billionaire Simon Nixon — is doubling up on its cryptocurrency investment efforts. What Happened: According to a Bloomberg report, Seek Capital's Managing Director Adam Proctor said that the firm plans to increase its “allocation...

A new survey from Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NASDAQ: GS) found that nearly half of its family office clients want to add cryptocurrencies to their investment portfolios. What Happened: According to a report from Bloomberg, 45% of Goldman’s “ultra-rich” clients sought exposure...

Benzinga recently was at the Nasdaq Marketsite and had the chance to chat with Julio Gonzalez, CEO and CIO of the Gonzalez Family Office, CEO of Engineered Tax Services and Official Member of the Forbes Finance Council. In the first part of the interview, the money manager shared the story of how...

Benzinga recently was at the Nasdaq Marketsite and had the chance to chat with Julio Gonzalez, CEO and CIO of the Gonzalez Family Office, CEO of Engineered Tax Services and Official Member of the Forbes Finance Council. Check out how he got rich by helping keep jobs and, ultimately, grow GDP in the...

Advances in biotechnology, medicine and life sciences traditionally require a lot of time, work and funding. However, much of this effort is being made by small companies and foundations, that struggle to secure capital resources, rather than large pharmaceutical companies like Novartis AG (ADR) (...

“Money is not bad, money is a sign of energy. Where there is a lot of money, there is a lot of energy. The money for itself is only energy, we trade only energy. The people, what they are doing with that… That’s the important thing.” —Thomas Gütermann. Last...

Family offices must stay current with investing trends -- in order to fulfill their missions of protecting capital, generating income and delivering returns that beat the market, or achieve "Alpha." Crowdfunding can allow for family offices to achieve these goals and many more. Here are just...

Family offices are entities established to invest for wealthy families. While each family office has its own goals, a major goal for all is to produce future returns that beat the overall market. If that cannot be accomplished, there is no reason for a family office not to simply place its...

ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) is the world's largest steel company, and it is a mess. It expanded at the worst possible time and its shareholders have paid the price. The company's stock plunged during the Great Recession -- from over $100 in June 2008 to under $18 now. It has started to recover, up...

By beating Wall Street estimates with its most recent quarterly results, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) has again demonstrated why it should be in the portfolio of every family office. A family office is an entity formed to invest for a designated family. Its goals are generally to beat the market...

Family offices are entities that invest and perform other financial duties for wealthy families. The ultimate objective for every family office is profitable long-term investing, the same as it should be for every individual. Stocks in the staffing sector provide growth,value, and income...