Investments
Having returned 7 percent in 2016, and just 0.3 percent in 2015, the average portfolio delivered returns of 15.5 percent last year.
Move to illiquid investments
The year saw a continuation of family offices’ drive towards higher risk, more illiquid investments in their pursuit of yield. As part of this, nearly half (46 percent) of the average family office portfolio is now allocated to alternative investments.
