The business of predicting outcomes didn’t go so well in 2016 - Donald Trump won the US presidential election and the UK voted to exit the European Union, despite what pretty much all mainstream commentators and pollsters predicted before these events. OK, some of the more micro-predictions about equity, currency and bond markets might have been more successful, but forecasting more than a few months ahead with any certainty today is a mug’s game more than ever. So why discuss themes for family offices in 2017?