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Happiness Lunch with Professor Paul Dolan

Professor Paul Dolan joined VAR Capital for an intimate discussion on the nature of happiness, revealing that true fulfilment lies in balancing pleasure with purpose. His reflections offered a timely call for moderation, acceptance, and emotional resilience in an increasingly volatile world. The event was hosted on behalf of VAR Capital by the Chairman of ...

Crypto currency – a summary of latest developments

We got our AI tool to analyse reports from our research providers and summarise the findings. Here’s a more detailed summary of the key points from the provided documents regarding the current state of the cryptocurrency market, particularly focusing on the U.S. Crypto Strategic Reserve and related developments: 1. U.S. Crypto Strategic Reserve Announcement Overview: ...

Update on latest market volatility

Executive Summary Equities are down around 4% on the month and have drawn down around 6% from their highs now. US stocks have underperformed, while economically sensitive sectors have seen relatively more selling. The selloff has been driven by uncertainty around tariffs, with the blanket tariffs introduced by President Trump being met by reciprocal tariffs ...

Amy Stewart on Next-Gen Leadership at Family Office Summit

Amy recently joined a panel at the Family Office Summit in Dubai to discuss how next-gen leaders are reshaping family offices. The panel explored how family offices are undergoing a transformation to adapt to a changing world as the next generation are stepping into leadership roles. Discussions covered how younger leaders are redefining the purpose, ...

VAR Capital organises webinar on the future of the world with AI

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VAR Capital’s Guide to Cash, Fixed Deposits, and Money Markets: Pros, Cons, and Risks

This quick guide provides a comparative glance at the different vehicles available for managing cash holdings, each with its own set of features tailored to varying investor needs and market conditions. Forms and Accessibility Liquidity Risks Returns and Uses Cash – Instant Access Cash – Fixed (time) deposit Money Market Fund Liquidity ...

Understanding the Archegos Collapse: 3 Key Takeaways from VAR Capital

In a tale that echoes the classic warnings of Greek mythology, there once lived a trader dubbed the “greatest of whales.” His venture, a family office launched in 2012 with a modest sum of approximately $200 million, flourished beyond imagination, amassing wealth that soared to over $10 billion. This trader rode the waves of success, ...

Choosing Between Multi-Family and Single-Family Offices: VAR Capital’s Guide

When a Multi-Family Office May be Better Than a Single-Family Office. Read this article to understand the differences between single- and multi-family offices and how to decide which to choose. Creators of great wealth will eventually face the question of how best to transferownership and stewardship of assets and funds to the next generation.Starting a ...

PAM Insight: Q&A with Petra Posnikova,VAR Capital’s Investment Expert

Petra has been an Investment Director at VAR Capital for over 4 years and is responsible for VAR Capital’s portfolio management, investment analysis and equity/fixed income research. Petra recently did a Q&A with PAM Insight, a leading provider of news for wealth managers, to discuss her perspective on the current trends in the industry, how ...

VAR Capital’s Vikash Gupta on Mini-Budget Impact for Buy-to-Let Landlords | The Guardian

The mortgage market faced turmoil following Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget announcement. The number of new buy-to-let mortgage deals available plummeted by 55% in less than a week as lenders frantically pulled products and, in many cases, increased prices. In the article, Vikash discusses how VAR Capital is advising clients to sell out of buy-to-let properties, especially ...

VAR Capital CEO Vikash Gupta on Portfolio Strategies During Inflation | Forbes Advisor

Forbes Advisor spoke to Vikash Gupta, amongst other industry experts, on the impact of inflation on investment portfolios. With inflation reaching a 40-year high of 10.1% in July 2022, and the potential for it to increase even higher, Vikash discussed which investments he feels could withstand this challenging backdrop. Vikash also highlights the investments he ...

VAR Capital’s Petra Posnikova Talks ESG & Greenwashing with Citywealth

Petra Posnikova spoke to Citywealth on ESG investing and the impact of greenwashing on ESG offerings. The interview delves into how different types of investors can navigate their portfolios to be more ESG friendly and how recent greenwashing scandals have damaged company reputations. In addition, Petra highlights current ETFs that are addressing specific sustainability issues ...

VAR Capital’s Vikash Gupta Discusses Talent, Inflation & Challenges with WealthBriefing

Vikash Gupta spoke to Tom Burroughes from WealthBriefing on how VAR capital positions itself in the evolving wealth industry as well as keeping capital protection as a priority for their clients. Vikash also explains the constraints clients face with rising inflation and contrarian views on long-duration bonds. Beyond the market, he discusses plans for expansion ...

Investing: Staying ahead of inflation

Why is inflation high and what does it mean? Inflation has been one of the biggest topics discussed by the investing community in the last two years. While many still debate persistent versus temporary inflationary pressures, or the timing of a potential peak in inflation, consumers, companies as well as investors have had to deal ...

Art Galleries, Restaurants and Bars Recommendations: London, Paris, Dubai, Tokyo and Barcelona

Our Head of Clients, Ashish Vasudeva has a hidden passion. Enjoying the good things in life. And when several clients started asking for recommendations, he created this short guide with a list of favourite Art Galleries, Restaurants and Bars, in cities such as London, Paris and Barcelona London Restaurants: 1. Fine / elaborate dining Ikoyi ...

BREXIT UPDATE – DISCUSSIONS INCONCLUSIVE BUT BOTH SCENARIOS POINT TO POTENTIAL DOWNSIDE

To recap the current state of play – UK left the EU on 31st January and entered a “transition period” over by the end of 2020. There is no change of terms for either the UK or EU during 2020 and this transition period is supposed to give both parties time to negotiate trade terms ...

VAR Capital’s thoughts on this historic election

We have been busy discussing and analysing the implications of the Conservative Party’s biggest election victory since Margaret Thatcher’s win in 1987. With almost all results now declared and the Tories set to secure a majority of 78 seats, everyone’s focus is again shifting towards Brexit and any potential trade deals. The analysts and economists ...

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing – a short guide to implementation

This thought piece by VAR Capital shares the background and challenges of ESG investing and a step by step approach to designing and implementing ESG in client portfolios. ESG Investing_VAR Capital Contact The team at VAR Capital would love to hear from you. You can call us or fill the form and we will get back to ...

Reducing our impact on the environment

On the world environment day, the team stopped using plastic Evian bottles and replaced them with reusable glass bottles. A bit more work for us but we will save c.1000 bottles a year from going waste.. After all, each small step adds up to a big change!! Read more about the issues plastic is causing: https://lnkd.in/ea_2qb4 ...

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) policy

As investment advisers, we have a duty to act in the best long-term interests of our clients. In this role, we believe that environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues can affect the performance of investment portfolios (to varying degrees across companies, sectors, regions, asset classes and through time). We also recognise that applying these Principles ...