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ARTICLE · 13 DECEMBER 2018

All Your Eggs In One Basket: An Easter Thought?

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Conventional wisdom warns us against putting all our eggs in one basket: portfolios must be diversified, risk spread as thin as possible…

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Jérémie Schaeffer
Jérémie Schaeffer

Conventional wisdom warns us against putting all our eggs in one basket: portfolios must be diversified, risk spread as thin as possible...

However, in our line of work, putting all your eggs in one basket has proven advantages whether it be when structuring investment funds, large group of companies, or dealing with complex transactions. Over the years, we have built an integrated approach of tax advice and corporate implementation services that is designed to bring value in many different ways, where and when it counts most to you.

During the structuring phrase, I definitely view a cross-cultural approach as the ground for a solid foundation. I also like to think that a good adviser is not the one with the right answers (even if these do help at some point!), but the one asking the right questions. In that sense, advice should not be given in small isolated bits, but put into a larger business context and thought of as a turnkey solution. Because our team of tax

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