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George Muthoot George: ‘Sustainable practice is at the core of what we do’

February 27, 2023

In an exclusive interview with Campden FB, 19th-Generation family member George Muthoot George of the Muthoot Group talks about living up to family legacy, a passion for hospitality and the ultimate motivation for sustainable investment…

For nearly 800 years, the Muthoot family have been heavily involved in business and philanthropy in and around Kerala, India. Since its formal establishment in 1887, the Muthoot Group has grown into multi-layered conglomerate focussing on financial services, healthcare, agriculture, housing, media, education and more.

Frédéric de Mévius: Doing good and doing well down on the family farm

June 9, 2022

For more than 20 years, Frédéric de Mévius has run his family farm in Belgium based on organic, biodynamic and, more recently, regenerative principles. Here, he talks exclusively to Campden FB about sustainable agriculture and how this ‘passion project’ has influenced his investment strategies.

For more than 20 years, Frédéric de Mévius has run his family farm in Belgium based on organic and, more recently, biodynamic principles.

Octavian Pilati: Lessons from the past

April 4, 2022

With a family line that dates to the year 1000, Octavian Pilati learnt from an early age the weight and importance of legacy. But when a crisis saw him taking over the family business at the age of 26 and subsequently shepherding a successful exit, he saw an opportunity to break out on his own and advise others of the pitfalls of fractured family dynamics and unclear succession planning.

FB Roundup: Builders Vision, Chick-fil-A, Ferrero Group

October 18, 2021

Walmart heir Lukas Walton makes impact investments in food and environment sustainability, Chick-fil-A heiress joins Cathy family’s billionaire ranks, Family-owned Ferrero sweetens investments in US and UK.

Walmart heir Lukas Walton makes impact investments in food and environment sustainability

Lukas Walton, a next generation member of the Walmart dynasty, has launched a new impact investing platform inspired by the all-natural diet he says helped him recover from cancer as a child.

FB Roundup: Olivier Dassault, Exor, Hancock Agriculture

March 12, 2021

French heir and MP Olivier Dassault dies in helicopter crash, ‘Shared family values’ as Agnelli family buys foothold in Christian Louboutin, Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Agriculture goes to market with beef portfolio.

French heir and MP Olivier Dassault dies in helicopter crash

The sudden death of Olivier Dassault, billionaire heir to the French aerospace and software family business and politician, is “a great loss”, President Emmanuel Macron said in tribute.

New year, new investments in latest fund webinar

December 9, 2020

Campden Wealth starts 2021 with a bang with its 7th virtual Fund Manager & Investment Event on 21 January, open to qualifying family offices and private investors.

Campden Wealth starts 2021 with a bang with its 7th virtual Fund Manager & Investment Event on 21 January, open to qualifying family offices and private investors.

A total of four funds or direct investments will present their strategies in the latest interactive webinar. To date these have included impact investments, equities, venture capital, private equity, private credit, private debt, real estate, hedge funds, agriculture, emerging markets, technology and more.

How family investors can reap what they sow in vertical farming with Vertical Future

November 12, 2020

Vertical farming is being planted as the future of agriculture and the blossoming sector’s long-term growth could be a good fit for family investors and their patient capital.

Vertical farming is being planted as the future of agriculture and the blossoming sector’s long-term growth could be a good fit for family investors and their patient capital.

Issues surrounding the increasing population of the world combined with water scarcity in a changing climate and the security of food and supply chains exposed by the coronavirus pandemic have all seeded minds on the possibilities of vertical farming.

Opportunities presented at the 6th Campden Club virtual Fund Manager & Investment Event

November 12, 2020

The popular interactive Campden Club webinar series returns with its 6th Virtual Fund Manager & Investment Event on 1 December, open virtually for global participants.

The popular interactive Campden Club webinar series returns with its 6th Virtual Fund Manager & Investment Event on 1 December, open virtually for global participants.

Campden Club will host a select group of four funds or direct investments who will present their strategies in the next webinar. To date these have included impact investments, equities, venture capital, private equity, private credit, private debt, real estate, hedge funds, agriculture, emerging markets, technology and more.

Fund managers present to family investors in new Campden webinar

September 10, 2020

The popular interactive Campden Club webinar series returns with its new Fund Manager & Investment Event on 22 September, open virtually for global participants.

The popular interactive Campden Club webinar series returns with its new Fund Manager & Investment Event on 22 September, open virtually for global participants.

Will the coronavirus crisis make or break impact investing?

April 27, 2020

The ethos of impact investing for positive change seems tailor-made to tackle the devastating repercussions of the coronavirus crisis as states buckle and a recession looms, but cometh the hour, cometh the family impact investor?

The $502 billion impact space is where investments are made with the aim of generating measurable environmental or social impacts while giving a competitive financial return. The strategy has been increasingly attractive to families of sustainable wealth since the Rockefeller Foundation first coined the term in 2008.