Investing
May 7, 2015
Sector involves wealthy families buying equity stakes in ventures and lending money By Glen Korstrom Beedie Development Group’s (BDG) decision to allow Bond Capital to manage an $85 million private equity fund will make Bond one of Canada&rs...
Investing
April 30, 2015
The issue is not only about environmental destruction, but also the economy and national security The word from Capitol Hill is that Republicans have begun to accept that climate change is real, man-made and a threat to our future. At least in pri...
Investing
April 28, 2015
In Q1, public equity exposure holds steady as many investors anticipate market correction High-net-worth members of the Tiger 21 peer-to-peer learning network increased their allocation to real estate in the first quarter, again making it their hi...
Investing
April 28, 2015
What is the industry that gives you the best chance to produce wealth? Real estate is considered by many to be your best investment. According to Bloomberg and Forbes, direct ownership of residential and commercial properties was the No. 1 investm...
Investing
April 28, 2015
TIGER 21 members favored real estate in Q1 2015, according to anew asset allocation report. That report shows real estate investment jumped by 2% in the first three months of the year, bringing it to 29%-that’s the highest allocation to real...
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April 7, 2015
bySheiresa Ngo Owning a big house and earning a six-figure salary doesn’t necessarily mean you have a securefinancial future. What you might not know is there is a difference between being rich and being wealthy. So what’s the differen...
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March 24, 2015
By Thane Stenner Do you have a written investment policy statement (IPS)? No? Why not? I’m not trying to be flippant here. This is one of the most important financial questions I ask of new high-net-worth clients. And I admit, I catch some o...
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March 19, 2015
Thane Stenner, CIM, FCSI Former managing director, TIGER 21 Canada director, wealth management; portfolio manager StennerZohny Investment Partners+, Richardson GMP, Vancouver FORUM: TIGER 21 is a peer-to-peer networking group for high-net-worth cl...
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March 17, 2015
by Donald Liebenson What can the super wealthy teach us about having a secure financial future? There is a fine line between who is rich and who is wealthy, and according to New York Times columnist Paul Sullivan in his new book, “The Thin G...
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March 10, 2015
by Russ Alan Prince Institutional investors have allocated to private equity for years, but getting access to these specialized opportunities can be a difficult and burdensome process for advisory professionals, family offices and high-net-worth i...
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March 2, 2015
By Mark Fidelman According to Parker Brothers, there were 52 “fundamental errors” in a business board game created in 1933. These errors were due to complexity, understanding economics and game length. In the game, players start as equ...
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March 2, 2015
ByMichael W. Sonnenfeldt Waving the “I’m not a scientist” banner, 169 Republican members of Congress are on record denying the overwhelming scientific consensus that manmade greenhouse gas emissions are harming the environment, w...