$50 million differs significantly from $1 million because the investment objectives shift drastically. $50 million of investable assets makes you an institutional investor and the philosophy shifts to achieve more long-term institutional objectives. Whether this is a charity endowment or a family office, there is a bigger emphasis on wealth preservation and a lower emphasis on liquidity.

Given this, I would suggest a 1/3 of the portfolio go towards hedge fund and private equity investments. If it were me, I would also invest in some art as well because I have always been a strong proponent of art market investing...

 
Vancouver Canucks 2011:
$50 million differs significantly from $1 million because the investment objectives shift drastically. $50 million of investable assets makes you an institutional investor and the philosophy shifts to achieve more long-term institutional objectives. Whether this is a charity endowment or a family office, there is a bigger emphasis on wealth preservation and a lower emphasis on liquidity.

Given this, I would suggest a 1/3 of the portfolio go towards hedge fund and private equity investments. If it were me, I would also invest in some art as well because I have always been a strong proponent of art market investing...

calm down pal....

 
MistaBooks:
Vancouver Canucks 2011:
$50 million differs significantly from $1 million because the investment objectives shift drastically. $50 million of investable assets makes you an institutional investor and the philosophy shifts to achieve more long-term institutional objectives. Whether this is a charity endowment or a family office, there is a bigger emphasis on wealth preservation and a lower emphasis on liquidity.

Given this, I would suggest a 1/3 of the portfolio go towards hedge fund and private equity investments. If it were me, I would also invest in some art as well because I have always been a strong proponent of art market investing...

calm down pal....

He answered the question as thoroughly as OP was looking for. I thought it was a quality answer.

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if i had 50 MM to invest, i'd set aside $25MM and open up a hedge fund with $25 MM AUM, with no clients. Then after one year, i put in the other $25MM and advertise that my fund doubled in value. Investors will be impressed and I will increase total AUM to $100 MM. I will then pay those investors with another 50MM from the next investors and then pay next investors with the money from investors after that. I'll probably create some innovative shit like a new trading system more superior to the NASDAQ just to look legit. Oh wait...

 
lookatmycock:
if i had 50 MM to invest, i'd set aside $25MM and open up a hedge fund with $25 MM AUM, with no clients. Then after one year, i put in the other $25MM and advertise that my fund doubled in value. Investors will be impressed and I will increase total AUM to $100 MM. I will then pay those investors with another 50MM from the next investors and then pay next investors with the money from investors after that. I'll probably create some innovative shit like a new trading system more superior to the NASDAQ just to look legit. Oh wait...

I want in on this Ponzi scheme.

 

Vancouver Canucks hit the nail on the head. At that point you shift to a wealth preservation mode. You could invest partially in PE and probably some in dividend producing stocks and then an inflation adjusted annuity like IP said and then just live within your (substantial) means.

Honestly, there would be a chance that I took some of that money say, $2mm-$5mm and purchase a company I can be involved in. Ideally the company would grow and so would my net worth. I don't know what type of company that would be, but it would have to be one that I think I could add value to.

Regards

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SECfinance:
He answered the question as thoroughly as OP was looking for. I thought it was a quality answer.
cphbravo96:
Vancouver Canucks hit the nail on the head. At that point you shift to a wealth preservation mode. You could invest partially in PE and probably some in dividend producing stocks and then an inflation adjusted annuity like IP said and then just live within your (substantial) means.

Honestly, there would be a chance that I took some of that money say, $2mm-$5mm and purchase a company I can be involved in. Ideally the company would grow and so would my net worth. I don't know what type of company that would be, but it would have to be one that I think I could add value to.

Regards

Thanks guys! Appreciate it SECfinance and cphbravo96. I answered the OP's question because it was very interesting / thought-provoking... Unlike every other "how do you invest $1 million?" question, the $50 allotment is a big game-changer and really opens up a lot of different investment strategies. For example, a $1 million portfolio should never consider a highly illiquid and risky investment such as private equity funds but a $50 million one needs to look at the world the way the Yale Endowment fund makes long-term institutional decisions...

I interview a lot of people and will actually use this question in future interviews!

 
Vancouver Canucks 2011:
SECfinance:
He answered the question as thoroughly as OP was looking for. I thought it was a quality answer.
cphbravo96:
Vancouver Canucks hit the nail on the head. At that point you shift to a wealth preservation mode. You could invest partially in PE and probably some in dividend producing stocks and then an inflation adjusted annuity like IP said and then just live within your (substantial) means.

Honestly, there would be a chance that I took some of that money say, $2mm-$5mm and purchase a company I can be involved in. Ideally the company would grow and so would my net worth. I don't know what type of company that would be, but it would have to be one that I think I could add value to.

Regards

Thanks guys! Appreciate it SECfinance and cphbravo96. I answered the OP's question because it was very interesting / thought-provoking... Unlike every other "how do you invest $1 million?" question, the $50 allotment is a big game-changer and really opens up a lot of different investment strategies. For example, a $1 million portfolio should never consider a highly illiquid and risky investment such as private equity funds but a $50 million one needs to look at the world the way the Yale Endowment fund makes long-term institutional decisions...

I interview a lot of people and will actually use this question in future interviews!

Looks like I should get a management fee for starting this thread...

 

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