Family Offices Adding Staff As Direct Private Equity Investments Increase 
Found in FIN alternatives Daily Newsletter www.finalternatives.com
​May 8 2017 | 9:03pm ET

More than half of family offices now have at least two employees dedicated to sourcing and vetting private equity investments, according to a new survey from Family Office Exchange, and four out of five have at least one. 

The data was published in the organization’s 2017 FOX Global Investment Survey, which polled 118 family offices on a number of issues including asset allocation, performance, passive versus active investing in long-only equity, investment trends, current economic outlook, and financial challenges.
Other highlights from the survey:
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• The overall sample reported a 7.2% portfolio return for 2016, which 64% said was a satisfactory result.  For comparison, the MSCI All Country World Index returned 8.2% and the S&P 500 returned 9.5% in 2016.

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