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FAMILY-OFFICE INVESTMENT REFERENCE
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Primary-source reference library

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CFA Institute: Principles of Asset Allocation

Conceptual reference for: Strategic Asset Allocation for a Family Investment Committee, Rebalancing Rules That Connect Policy to Trades.

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CFA Institute: Asset Allocation with Real-World Constraints

Conceptual reference for: Strategic Asset Allocation for a Family Investment Committee, Rebalancing Rules That Connect Policy to Trades, A spending reserve before an allocation decision and further references.

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SEC Investor.gov: Asset Allocation and Diversification

Conceptual reference for: Strategic Asset Allocation for a Family Investment Committee, Concentrated Stock Risk and the Family Balance Sheet, Rebalancing Rules That Connect Policy to Trades.

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CFA Institute Research Foundation: University Endowments: A Primer

Conceptual reference for: Spending Policy and the Preservation of Purchasing Power.

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CFA Institute Research Foundation: A Cash-Flow Focus for Endowments and Trusts

Conceptual reference for: Spending Policy and the Preservation of Purchasing Power.

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UBS: How to build a Liquidity strategy

Conceptual reference for: Building a Liquidity Ladder Around Dated Obligations.

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SEC Investor.gov: Money Market Funds: Investor Bulletin

Conceptual reference for: Building a Liquidity Ladder Around Dated Obligations.

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J.P. Morgan Private Bank: The Power of a Resilient Portfolio Maintaining Access to Liquidity Even in Volatile Markets

Conceptual reference for: Building a Liquidity Ladder Around Dated Obligations, Concentrated Stock Risk and the Family Balance Sheet, Illiquidity and Capital Calls in a Family Portfolio.

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UBS: Liquidity strategies and solutions for high-net-worth investors

Conceptual reference for: Cash-Flow Budgeting for Investment Committee Decisions.

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CFA Institute: Standard III(C) Suitability

Conceptual reference for: Cash-Flow Budgeting for Investment Committee Decisions.

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SEC Investor.gov: Private Equity Funds

Conceptual reference for: Cash-Flow Budgeting for Investment Committee Decisions, Combining Public and Private Assets Without Hiding Risk, Illiquidity and Capital Calls in a Family Portfolio.

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J.P. Morgan Private Bank: Worried you may own too much of one stock?

Conceptual reference for: Concentrated Stock Risk and the Family Balance Sheet.

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SEC Investor.gov: Private Placements under Regulation D - Updated Investor Bulletin

Conceptual reference for: Combining Public and Private Assets Without Hiding Risk.

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AQR: Volatility Laundering

Conceptual reference for: Combining Public and Private Assets Without Hiding Risk.

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CFA Institute: Clearer Way to Benchmark Private Equity

Conceptual reference for: Combining Public and Private Assets Without Hiding Risk.

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MSCI: Currency-Risk Hedging in Real Estate Benchmarks

Conceptual reference for: Currency Exposure Across Assets, Liabilities, and Hedges.

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MSCI: MSCI Currency Hedged Indexes

Conceptual reference for: Currency Exposure Across Assets, Liabilities, and Hedges.

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MSCI: MSCI FX Hedge and MSCI Global Currency Indexes Methodology

Conceptual reference for: Currency Exposure Across Assets, Liabilities, and Hedges.

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CFA Institute: Measuring and Managing Market Risk

Conceptual reference for: Portfolio Stress Testing That Leads to Decisions.

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MSCI: LiquidityMetrics

Conceptual reference for: Portfolio Stress Testing That Leads to Decisions.

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CFA Institute: Introduction to Risk Management

Conceptual reference for: Risk Budgeting Beyond Portfolio Weight Percentages.

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AQR: Understanding Risk Parity

Conceptual reference for: Risk Budgeting Beyond Portfolio Weight Percentages.

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CFA Institute Research Foundation: Alternative Investments: A Primer for Investment Professionals

Conceptual reference for: Illiquidity and Capital Calls in a Family Portfolio.

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CFA Institute: Elements of an Investment Policy Statement for Individual Investors

Conceptual reference for: An Investment Policy Statement the Committee Can Use.

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CFA Institute: Elements of an Investment Policy Statement for Institutional Investors

Conceptual reference for: An Investment Policy Statement the Committee Can Use.

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CFA Institute: Four Considerations for Strong Investment Policy Statements

Conceptual reference for: An Investment Policy Statement the Committee Can Use.

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CFA Institute: Investment Manager Selection

Conceptual reference for: Choosing investment models for a family-office portfolio, Manager due diligence with a family liquidity lens, A research model enters the committee process.

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UBS: The role of investment policy statements in family wealth

Conceptual reference for: Choosing investment models for a family-office portfolio, Writing an investment committee memo that supports a decision, Scenario analysis for a family's full balance sheet.

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SEC Investor.gov: Investor Bulletin, Performance Claims

Conceptual reference for: Choosing investment models for a family-office portfolio, Backtests, live research, and actual investment results, Performance attribution and hidden family concentration.

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CFA Institute: Standard V(A), Diligence and Reasonable Basis

Conceptual reference for: Model validation beyond a passing backtest, Evaluating an investment research provider.

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Man Group: Overfitting and Its Impact on the Investor

Conceptual reference for: Model validation beyond a passing backtest, Backtests, live research, and actual investment results, Evaluating an investment research provider.

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AQR: The Replication Crisis That Wasn't

Conceptual reference for: Model validation beyond a passing backtest.

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AQR: About the AQR Data Library

Conceptual reference for: Backtests, live research, and actual investment results, Model documentation a successor can actually use, Data quality, revisions, and point-in-time research.

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J.P. Morgan Private Bank: The hidden balance sheet, finding more liquidity opportunities

Conceptual reference for: Manager due diligence with a family liquidity lens, Scenario analysis for a family's full balance sheet.

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SEC Investor.gov: How to Select an Investment Professional

Conceptual reference for: Manager due diligence with a family liquidity lens, Research inputs versus discretionary investment management.

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MSCI: Index Terms

Conceptual reference for: Research licensing for committee and adviser workflows.

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AQR: Terms of Use

Conceptual reference for: Research licensing for committee and adviser workflows.

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CFA Institute: Standard V(C), Record Retention

Conceptual reference for: Research licensing for committee and adviser workflows, Writing an investment committee memo that supports a decision, Model documentation a successor can actually use.

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SEC Investor.gov: How Fees and Expenses Affect Your Investment Portfolio

Conceptual reference for: Evaluating an investment research provider, Research inputs versus discretionary investment management.

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CFA Institute: Standard V(B), Communication with Clients and Prospective Clients

Conceptual reference for: Writing an investment committee memo that supports a decision, Model documentation a successor can actually use, Research inputs versus discretionary investment management.

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MSCI: Index Methodology resources

Conceptual reference for: Model documentation a successor can actually use, Performance attribution and hidden family concentration.

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CFA Institute: Portfolio Performance Evaluation

Conceptual reference for: Performance attribution and hidden family concentration.

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MSCI: Building Predictive Stress Tests, MSCI's Best Practices

Conceptual reference for: Scenario analysis for a family's full balance sheet.

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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: ALFRED Help and vintage-data definitions

Conceptual reference for: Data quality, revisions, and point-in-time research.

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MSCI: Index Policies, June 2026, including Corrections Policy

Conceptual reference for: Data quality, revisions, and point-in-time research.

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UBS: Family Office Solutions

Conceptual reference for: When the family business and portfolio share the same risk.

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