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Global Advisory

Expert M&A and capital markets advice

Wealth Management

Dedicated to helping individuals and families preserve and grow their wealth over the long term

Asset Management

Global investment solutions and services to institutional clients, financial intermediaries and independent financial advisers

Five Arrows

Our alternative assets arm, managing funds dedicated to private equity and private debt

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Over 200 years at the centre of the world's financial markets

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Michel van der Spek

Co-Head of Sustainable Capital

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Experience

Michel joined Rothschild & Co Wealth Management in 2009 from Harcourt, a fund of hedge funds boutique, where he was the Head of Fixed Income and Global Macro research. Before joining Rothschild & Co Michel worked for Lehman Brothers and JP Morgan. He has 21 years’ investment management experience; 14 years at Rothschild & Co.

Education

Michel has an MSc in Econometrics from Erasmus University in Rotterdam and an MBA from the Bocconi School of Management in Milan.

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Scaling climate technology through strategic capital

Entrepreneurs innovating in climate technology face a major challenge when scaling their business. Larger companies are natural partners for these innovators. We believe there’s a multi-decade opportunity to invest in companies enabling the path to a ‘net zero’ economy.

Uncovering behavioural biases when investing

All of us demonstrate bias, even if it’s often detrimental to our lives. This is especially the case with investing, where it can be too easy to make poor decisions because of bias. This piece looks at the most common types of bias and how to minimise the negative impact.