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Ultra-Wealthy Families Made Tactical, Not Strategic Changes Post-2008

The survey, which was conducted in 2011, involved 40 single-family offices in the U.S. and Europe whose median asset size was $534 million.

Family offices were well prepared for the 2008 financial crisis, report

That’s according to a new study of 40 single family offices, with a median asset size of more than $500 million (€388 million), by asset advisers Cambridge Associates.

UHNW families move to tighten risk management practices, focus on liquidity - study

That's according to a survey of 40 single family offices in the U.S. and Europe conducted in 2011 by Cambridge Associates, the global provider of independent investment advice and research to institutional and private investors.

New family businesses want pros on the job: Barclays Wealth

That's the finding of a survey conducted by Barclays Wealth along with Dun & Bradstreet across 200 high networth individuals (HNIs) with an annual turnover of Rs 200 crore.

Over half of single-family offices now using concierge healthcare providers - study

New Survey Reveals That Over 90 Percent of Ultra-Wealthy Families View Access to Emergency Medical Care as a Top Priority

Andreani partners with Swiss family office to launch new quant managed account

In that partnership, Andreani will implement and develop quantitative models and find investors, and the family office will seed the new programs.

The Family Office holds Global Asset Allocation conference in Dubai

The event was attended by more than 200 people and saw keynote speakers, former US National Security Advisors, Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski and Gen. Brent Scowcroft, speak on the main debate topic “The Middle East in 2020”.

Law firm augments family team

He joins from west London firm Owen White Catlin

US-based family offices starts the regulatory countdown

If any family offices are still unsure about their exempt status, they need to act soon: Nonexempt family offices have until March 30 to either register with the SEC or restructure to conform with exemption requirements.

Family offices turn to security services as wealth gap grows

More than 80 percent of 151 executive directors surveyed in the first half of 2011 indicated that they now provide such support compared with roughly 60 percent in 2009. Results are featured in "Safe & Sound - How Single-Family Offices Are Addres

Family offices to increase collaboration in 2012

The London-based advisory group said structures that allow family investors to share knowledge and co-invest, such as investment committees and roundtables, will become more commonplace this year.

Two former US Secretaries of State keynote speakers at The Family Office Conference in Dubai

The Family Office, the first significant multi-family office in the Arabian Gulf, is proud to announce that two former US Secretaries of State are scheduled to attend as keynote speakers at The Family Office Global Asset Allocation Conference to be held i

Hedge-Fund Millionaire to launch innovative new fund

Stephen Diggle, who co-founded a hedge fund that made $2.7 billion in 2007 and 2008, plans to open his personal farmland portfolio to investors and start a fund that will trade life-sciences companies.

Guggenheim Partners seals Madison Avenue deal

Guggenheim Partners, an investment firm that grew from administering the vast private wealth of the Guggenheim family in the early 1900s to a multifaceted financial firm, has signed a large lease at 330 Madison Avenue for its New York headquarters, source

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