Capital Club Family Office: Working through Diversification, Acquisitions, and Transitions with Austin Rissler
Austin Rissler is a mathematician and geopolitical scientist, by training, who found his way into commercial banking a decade ago. When he's not working with c-suites to optimize capital strategies, he spends his time hiking outdoors with his wife and three kids.
In this episode, Austin talks about how he and Fifth Third Bank help family offices work through diversification, acquisitions, and transitions. He shares why working through these and making investment decisions come down to the families’ priorities. He also talks about what makes a transition of wealth or decision-making authority in family offices successful. Austin will also talk about what most family offices are worried about right now. Listen in!
[00:01 – 05:33] Opening Segment
- Welcoming Austin to the show
- He shares his background
- Austin’s path to commercial banking
- Austin on being “industry-agnostic”
[05:34 – 20:29] Working through Diversification and Acquisitions
- What compelled Austin to move to Fifth Third Bank
- How he defines a family office
- Fifth Third’s partnership with family offices
- How he helps families work through diversification
- Why it’s driven by priorities
- Identifying potential acquisitions
- What makes a family office successful in uncertain times
[20:30 – 31:16] What Makes Transitions in a Family Office Successful
- Transitioning of wealth and decision-making in a family office
- It doesn’t happen overnight
- Where Austin see bumps during transitions
- The biggest worries in the family office community right now
- Getting smart on potential investments
- Are most families bullish or bearish on their underlying investments?
[31:17 – 37:01] Closing Segment
- Austin and I talk about Vanderbilt Football
- How you can connect with Austin
- Closing words
Tweetable Quotes
“There are going to be some deals out there that are fantastic deals for equity, there are fantastic deals for debt, and then, a lot of them are out there where it sits right in between – that's really the sweet spot that we want to try and work with our family office partners to find.” - Austin Rissler
“What I've seen is that the most successful family offices are those that can maintain their excitement around an investment, around deploying capital, but can also maintain a discipline both through their diligence process and their investments.” - Austin Rissler
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Connect with Austin:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-rissler-a819709/
Phone: 615-687-8068
Email: Austin.Rissler@53.com
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