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In some respects, yes. I was by no means a slacker. I was in early and left late, working long hours, but the two founders were always in before me, always leaving after. It took some getting used to, and the first six months were perhaps not the easiest, but it was, and still is, a great environment to be in. You once stated that entrepreneurs can have a somewhat indecisive attitude to investment, interested in both the conservative and high-risk ends of the investment spectrum.
As someone who started their own private wealth company, is it easy to understand and respond to these investment interests that can appear contradictory in nature? The profile of entrepreneur that we are very privileged to work with certainly has a different mindset to others when it comes to wealth, due to the way it came about.
Entrepreneurs will generally go through a significant capital event moment rather than a gradual process, as with those who have earned a lot through working for someone else or those who inherited their wealth. They want to make sure that their portfolio is very low risk, that it is highly liquid and highly visible. Of course, we all have skin in the game! We focus on three areas of the market and these niche specialisms separate us from the crowd.
Firstly, we are happy to work with Americans, something not a lot of people will do due to the complexity involved.
When entrepreneurs or finance professionals come and meet with us, I think they can see themselves in us. What is worth noting is how little volatility we consume to achieve our returns, compared to our average peer group. Everything we do is first and foremost about the amount of risk that our clients and their portfolios can consume. We obsess about it. The risk to the business in terms of potential complaints, getting on the wrong side of MiFID, or not keeping up to date with changes to regulation is paramount.
The time we spend on managing business risk and compliance would be entirely unrecognisable from years ago. That means getting to know the children as well, in a sense growing up with the kids a little bit. The family will let us know when the time is right for them to come and join that first meeting and be involved for the first time. For us, it has always been about letting the family make that decision. The US is obviously hugely important, although our main focus is looking after US connected people here in London and in France, where we have recently started visiting on a monthly basis.
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