Managers of Wealth

WE Family Offices Shortlisted in Three Categories for the 2021 Family Wealth Report Awards

This marks the sixth consecutive year that WE Family Offices has been considered for the Family Wealth Report Awards.

Using the ‘Anna Karenina principle’ to better understand and operate family offices

“If you’ve seen one family office, you’ve seen one family office.”

International Federation of Family Offices launches to support global family office ecosystem

It was following this last meeting that AFFO and the AIFO decided to jointly create a federation to bring together the existing family office associations of each country, with over 50 family offices as members.

Family offices building up infra and healthtech assets

Economic developments in Asia present investment opportunities and current high valuations may be "an accident waiting to happen", say investors.

Liquefy Launches Liquefy Ventures for Institutions and Family Offices to Navigate the Evolving Cryptocurrency Space

Recognising the trajectory and opportunity presented by the evolving ecosystem, Liquefy Ventures will collaborate with its clients on strategic initiatives and invest in projects that are the backbone of the next-generational financial infrastructure.

Launch of IFFO to support the global Family Office ecosystem

For many years, AFFO has been meeting with its foreign counterparts in order to better understand the way in which they operate and the specific characteristics of the family offices in each country.

The life cycle of a family office

The concept of a product having a life cycle was theorised in the mid-1960s by Raymond Vernon and has since passed into standard economic theory as one of the bedrocks of modern marketing.

Family Office Feature: In Conversation With Mustafa Hussain

Since expertise is a given, not a differentiator, in the Middle East the starting point has to be investment in a meaningful relationship with the family.

The Most Active Dealmakers Among Swiss Family Offices

Family offices in Europe and Switzerland are doing well – and they play a not insignificant economic role thanks to the volume of their investments. In Switzerland, five family offices stand out among active investors.

What Should Family Offices be Focusing on in 2021?

This pandemic poses a different risk, and a realisation of vulnerability has certainly made some of our clients re-assess their priorities.

Proteus Adds Model Portfolios and Sub-Asset Class Pools to Alternative Investments Platform

Advisors and investors can use the models and pools to simplify the creation and management of diversified alternative investment portfolios.

Family Offices: Talking money with your family during Lockdown 3.0

By talking in this manner the family squabbles are less likely to arise and the business of family wealth will remain the featured event.

Cross-border trust planning: More certainty for wealthy Indian families

The tribunal case also highlights the importance of careful planning while implementing trust and asset holding structures in a transparent world where information is automatically exchanged between countries.

Family offices weathered Covid crunch but now want diversification

BlackRock’s first deep-dive into trends finds resilience as a common theme but with many looking to the future.

Only 23 per cent of family offices planning to change asset allocations despite market turbulance

Despite the initial deflationary shock to markets from the Covid-19 crisis, Family Offices are wary of the impact of the extraordinary fiscal and monetary stimulus injected into the global economy and view inflation as a significant medium-term risk.

World’s Super-Rich Families Want More Hedge Funds, Survey Finds

Family offices aim to boost allocations in wake of pandemic

Mack International shortlisted–Best Business Consulting Firm for Family Offices

This is the 9th consecutive selection of Mack International on the shortlist in the category of Best Business Consulting Firm for Family Offices.

Looking back on 2020, Timeless Investment overcame tough times and emerged to expand the Family Office despite difficulties faced

In 2020, the family office of Timeless Investment Management Co., Ltd. has continued to expand, and it has established branches in Singapore, Taiwan and Malaysia.

What Family Offices Can Learn From Pension Fund Investments

This higher allocation to public equities may have driven better returns for pension funds in recent years.

An ideal location in uncertain times for a family office

The prolonged period of inactivity has also given families the opportunity to consider difficult issues around family governance.