The family office vertical represents a highly diversified section of the private wealth landscape. Given the private nature of these groups, they often allocate capital with fewer restraints compared to their institutional counterparts. A prevalent pattern drawn from our research is the connection between the industry origin of wealth and the industries of investment interest. Throughout this narrative, we explore a specific cross-section of family office entities whose wealth was created in the sports and media sectors, offering high-level data and insight into this particular group.
As the search for predictable rates of return intensifies amid volatile market conditions, family offices continue to focus on non-traditional asset classes such as private equity, direct investments, venture capital, and real estate - hoping to capitalize on their investments.
As outlined above, the most popular asset class of this sample size family offices is private equity at 90%. Next are direct investments at 88%, venture capital at 72%, real estate at 70%, and long-only at 44%. Overall, asset allocation can be a key determinant for total return potential and risk characteristics. Given the structure of family offices, the private equity asset class provides attractive solutions to family offices with long-term time horizons and a high appetite for risk.
As with the industry origin of wealth, geographic location often plays a significant role in the investment preferences of family offices. Research highlights correlations among the percentages of family offices allocating to certain sectors based on where they are domiciled. Here, you can see 83% of family offices with an origin of wealth in sports and media are based in North America, followed by Europe at 15%. The rest of the world makes up the remaining 2%.
Family offices allocate significant capital in meaningful ways when a suitable opportunity presents itself. Below, we outline the assets under management (AUM) breakdown of family offices that have created their wealth in sports and media. The most prevalent are family offices with AUM between two billion and five billion, at 26%, followed by those with AUM between 50 and 100 million, at 21%.
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As you can see, there is a clear tendency for family offices to invest capital in the industries in which they made their wealth, as 18% of all family offices investing in sports made their wealth in sports and media. Sectors that follow include media and entertainment at 11%, human services, at 8%, telecommunications at 8%, and technology at 7%.
Family offices often prefer investing capital in verticals they understand - often in the industries in which they created their personal wealth. This stems from a pure understanding of the space, as well as the industry connections they possess, which ultimately adds value to the allocation.
Roughly 3% of the family office market comprises family offices that created their wealth in the sports and media spaces. This subset of family offices represents more than $75 billion AUM across the globe, with the majority being domiciled in North America. Family offices that made their wealth in the sports and media industry invest progressively and directly, with over half reallocating towards the sports and media sector. Navigating the complex nuances of this highly capitalized pool of capital takes time and patience, but the more you understand, the more likely you are to peel off capital.
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