Family businesses have accumulated large fortunes over the years, going from one generation to another. In the last two decades, the wealthiest families have decided to rely on family offices to manage their fortune. These entities, in exchange for a commission, administer the assets of the affluent families with the aim of achieving both financial and non-financial objectives. Given the recent spread of this phenomenon, the available literature is fragmentary, leaving several points to explore. The purpose of this master thesis is to analyze the variables that characterize the European family offices, with the aim to investigate their relationship, focusing especially on the impacts of Covid-19 and venture capital investments. The creation of a broad database is instrumental for the research, and useful for future researchers, contributing to the results obtained in terms of investments performed by European family offices in the global target companies. In particular, venture capital investments’ strategies have been analysed by comparing them with other types of investments and considering the impact of the pandemic. The results show that VC investments performed by the European family offices are mainly in the technological sector, confirming the entrepreneurial nature of these entities. Moreover, the financial crisis caused by the Covid-19 has proved to have an impact on the investment behaviour of FOs in terms of deal size and geographical distance between the actors involved. To conclude, it is possible to say that family offices are an increasingly widespread phenomenon, influenced by a multitude of variables, proving the importance to further investigate this topic.
Le imprese familiari hanno accumulato grandi fortune nel corso degli anni, passando da una generazione all'altra. Negli ultimi due decenni, le famiglie più ricche hanno deciso di affidarsi ai family office per gestire la loro fortuna. Queste entità, in cambio di una commissione, amministrano i beni delle famiglie benestanti con l'obiettivo di raggiungere obiettivi sia finanziari che non finanziari. Data la recente diffusione di questo fenomeno, la letteratura disponibile è frammentaria, lasciando diversi punti da esplorare. Lo scopo di questa tesi di laurea è quello di analizzare le variabili che caratterizzano i family office europei, con l'obiettivo di investigare le loro relazioni, concentrandosi in particolare sugli impatti del Covid-19 e sugli investimenti in venture capital. La creazione di un ampio database è fondamentale per la ricerca, e utile per i ricercatori futuri, contribuendo ai risultati ottenuti in termini di investimenti effettuati dai family office europei nelle aziende target globali. In particolare, sono state analizzate le strategie degli investimenti in venture capital confrontandole con altri tipi di investimenti e considerando l'impatto della pandemia. I risultati mostrano che gli investimenti di VC effettuati dai family office europei sono principalmente nel settore tecnologico, confermando la natura imprenditoriale di queste entità. Inoltre, la crisi finanziaria causata dal Covid-19 ha dimostrato di avere un impatto sul comportamento di investimento dei FO in termini di dimensione delle operazioni e distanza geografica tra gli attori coinvolti. Per concludere, si può dire che i family office sono un fenomeno sempre più diffuso, influenzato da una moltitudine di variabili, dimostrando l'importanza di approfondire ulteriormente questo argomento.
Mapping the European family offices : an explorative analysis focused on Covid-19 and VC deals
Di LORENZO, MATTIA GIUSEPPE
2020/2021
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Family businesses have accumulated large fortunes over the years, going from one generation to another. In the last two decades, the wealthiest families have decided to rely on family offices to manage their fortune. These entities, in exchange for a commission, administer the assets of the affluent families with the aim of achieving both financial and non-financial objectives. Given the recent spread of this phenomenon, the available literature is fragmentary, leaving several points to explore. The purpose of this master thesis is to analyze the variables that characterize the European family offices, with the aim to investigate their relationship, focusing especially on the impacts of Covid-19 and venture capital investments. The creation of a broad database is instrumental for the research, and useful for future researchers, contributing to the results obtained in terms of investments performed by European family offices in the global target companies. In particular, venture capital investments’ strategies have been analysed by comparing them with other types of investments and considering the impact of the pandemic. The results show that VC investments performed by the European family offices are mainly in the technological sector, confirming the entrepreneurial nature of these entities. Moreover, the financial crisis caused by the Covid-19 has proved to have an impact on the investment behaviour of FOs in terms of deal size and geographical distance between the actors involved. To conclude, it is possible to say that family offices are an increasingly widespread phenomenon, influenced by a multitude of variables, proving the importance to further investigate this topic.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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