Managers of Wealth

Should You Start a Family Office?

Families must consider the costs of running their own family office and weigh the benefits against those offered by traditional wealth management firms.

UBS Group expects family office growth in Asia to continue

Asia's ultra-rich are increasingly looking for more complex and global investments as a record number of patriarchs cede control to the next generation.

UBS eyes family-office growth from Asia’s ultra-rich clans as competition intensifies

The collective fortunes of China’s richest people grew by a staggering 65%, or US$177 billion (RM706.15 billion) last year, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a ranking of the world’s 500 richest people.

Family offices take on alternative investing

“There’s a benefit to being closer to the assets, to being the general partner and investor in an opportunity,” Nolte said. “That’s why Marcus Investments was created.”

Family Offices Support Mexico’s Thriving Startups

A wave of young and entrepreneurial professionals are turning the country’s capital, Mexico City, into Latin America’s Silicon Valley.

David Rubenstein’s Family Office Has Bigger Ambitions

Rubenstein hired a former money manager at MSD Partners, Brian Frank, to run Declaration Partners, Bloomberg writes.

Cents and sensibility women wealth and family office

Money can only give happiness where there is nothing else to give it.

The evolution of family offices

Family Offices are setup with the primary objective of preserving the family fortunes and for other non-financial purposes like philanthropy, tax advising, or anything else that the family may need

Carlyle’s David Rubenstein Builds a Family Office With Ambitions Beyond the Family

The former White House staffer who became a leveraged-buyout legend will directly oversee Declaration Capital.

Jersey-based multi-family office re-brands

In our increasingly digital world, we recognise the need to refresh, update and modernise the way we face the market to ensure that we are better placed to attract the best and brightest talent to join our team.

Family Offices Need Real Estate Due Diligence That's Real

If you were to ask a non-real estate family to examine a deal in their own field, they could size up the opportunity in a matter of minutes.

Co-investment Challenges for Family Offices: Q&A With Rupert Phelps of Smith & Williamson

Headquartered in London, the firm provides financial services to family offices, entrepreneurs, privately-held businesses and mid-to-large size corporates.

Fortis board approves binding offer from Hero-Burman family offices

With the approval of binding offer from Hero-Burman family offices, the Fortis board has set aside bids from a combine of TPG-Manipal Health and IHH Healthcare

Family Office Risk Management in the Digital World

Many family offices manage wealth equivalent to that of a small or mid-size business, and they face similar technology needs.

London & Capital Appoints Executive Director Of The US Family Office

Sports and entertainment clients currently makes up approximately 10% of L&C’s US client base with the objective of increasing this significantly.

Family offices take on higher risk profile

UBS yesterday hosted the Asian edition of the UBS Family Office Summit in Singapore

Family offices see potential in asian fashion

A large part of the investment is for ZAM (Zilingo AsiaMall) which is a B2B platform that helps local retailers to purchase from Asian suppliers directly for minimum quantities

US multi-family offices growth continues to rise: report

“During the past three years, MFOs’ compounded growth rate of 10% has at least doubled that of the traditional high-net-worth (HNW) market leaders, including wirehouses at 5%, trust companies at 4%, and private banks at 2%,”

Family Office Leaders are Eager for Insights

Even executives who run single-family offices are often in the dark about what their peers do.

One Kuwaiti Family Office Says Legacy Is Worth More Than Money

The Al Duaij family started Alea in 1998, managing a portfolio that was focused mostly on real estate in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia and private equity in the Persian Gulf region and Europe.