Month: January 2012

51: Prudence Versus Returns

Investors strive to act prudently and to generate good risk-adjusted returns. But what happens when these two objectives are in conflict? In this white paper Greycourt discusses the conditions under…
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50: No Gold Digging for Me

This paper examines gold’s history, discusses the myths and facts about gold and considers the reasons (both irrational and rational) why investors buy gold in the first place. Download the…
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49: The Outsourced CIO Model

Over the past decade, and accelerating rapidly in the last few years, the so-called “outsourced Chief Investment Officer” model for delivering financial advice has grown very rapidly. In the experience…
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48: Best Practices Trusts

In White Paper No. 48, we recommend that families who use trusts (or who are considering establishing trusts) evaluate the advantages of “unbundling” the activities that have historically been bundled…
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47: The Real State of Real Estate

White Paper No. 47 describes the current real estate environment and provides investors with a road map to identify and evaluate potential opportunities in the sector. As everyone knows, market…
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43: Credit Crunch Q & A

Presented as a series of questions and answers, we explore what a credit crunch is, why it happened, how it morphed into the mess we find ourselves in today, and…
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