The falling tree and the value of an independent advisor

I recently had a falling tree knocking out power of the whole neighborhood. I was puzzled, as it occurred in the middle of a sunny, windless day, but even more so, as I have had an Arborist from a well-known firm checking all our trees just a few months earlier. How was that accident possible? I turned to another tree expert, recommended by a friend. This independent advisor used to work for our previous advisor and shed some light on the mystery.

Entrepreneurs create wealth - failed succession destroys it

Two-thirds of the wealthiest families globally are self-made (1), a proportion that continued to grow over the last decade at the expense of inherited wealth. This trend seems to be largely driven by accelerated wealth creation across the emerging markets, but also by a new generation of risk-taking entrepreneurs in fast-growing sectors such as technology.

Since the beginning of the year we took the view that, despite blustering rhetoric, the US-China trade dispute would be resolved within weeks of its initial deadline. Our optimism was grossly misplaced.