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With valuations rising and PE joining in, investment in pro sports grows at the family office

Owning professional sports teams—or a stake in one—has long been an exclusive club. But with an increasing role for institutional investors and the universe expanding to include more leagues, more Canadian family offices and ultra-high-net-worth individuals are seizing the opportunity to own a piece of this changing asset class.

Several developments have opened the door for more family offices to invest in professional sports, says Robert Janson, co-chief executive officer and chief investment officer at Westcourt Capital in Toronto. Among them are the exponential increase in major league franchise valuations over the past 10 years, the involvement of private equity in the space and the diversification and expansion of the sector.

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The Iran conflict’s silver lining for global ex-US Stocks

Markets don’t move on what happens alone—they move most on the gap between what happens and what investors expected. When reality beats depressed expectations, prices tend to rise to close that gap. Our research suggests the Iran conflict created exactly that dynamic for non-US developed markets. While the Iran war reset sentiment lower everywhere, it hit professional expectations for Europe and Asia particularly hard—harder than reality warrants. We think this makes the case for non-US leadership even more compelling than at 2026’s outset.

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Technology is a big generator of global billionaire fortunes, and many of those entrepreneurs hold Canadian citizenship. From Tobias Lutke and Christopher Olah to David Cheriton and Michelle Zatlyn, we list 10 of the ones who have hit it biggest.

Renewed curb appeal: Where to invest $1 million in real estate today - Canadian Family Offices

Opportunity is knocking, four advisors say, with low global supply, attractive valuations for REITs, and rising demand.

Next-gen investing: ‘Our generation is really starting to rethink how family offices work’

Younger family members want to talk about better technology, higher risk and new advisory relationships.

Families seeking outside advice want investment diversification, ‘octane for their portfolio’

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