Managers of Wealth

Archegos, a family office, brings Nomura and Credit Suisse big losses

More bad news may follow. But the episode already raises disquieting questions

2021 Evolution – Family Office Trends

Investment portfolios are where a family’s objectives come alive, and it is clear that portfolios are being shaped by several trends that will be a focal point in 2021 and beyond.

The Explosive Growth of the Family Office in the Twenty First Century

The world has witnessed more stability in the last half century than ever before, despite global pandemics and financial crises.

Raffles Family Office Bolsters Offering with New Board

Members of the independent advisory board will provide external counsel to Raffles Family Office on engagement involving complex family structures as well as identify philanthropic opportunities for clients.

Family offices divided over the appeal of Spacs

Special purpose acquisition companies (Spacs) have gained ground as financing vehicles for companies looking to go public. But Asian family offices have yet to make many investments.

Women more likely to have investment roles at family offices than at asset managers

The research also specifically looked at gender diversity within the Middle East family office sector. It found perceptions of women offering advice on wealth and investing are changing rapidly in the region.

Gold for Crestbridge in Powerwomen Awards

Heather won the top Gold award in the ‘Woman of the Year for a Director in a Financial Organisation’ in the Citywealth Powerwomen Awards.

Wealth connect to bolster Hong Kong’s regional family office hub status

68% of firms in the sector said they will benefit from the launch of the scheme.

Insights from our survey of family offices across the globe

In uncertain markets, family offices have been relatively unflustered, with only 23% anticipating making material portfolio changes.

Plan rewards to retain your family office professionals

While investment bankers pull 100-hour weeks in an attempt to claw back any hope of a bonus this season, family office professionals are walking away with 100%, if not 200%, of their annual salary as bonus season closes a successful year for family office

Hong Kong faces delay to plans to attract more family offices

The city is vying with Singapore to become the family office hub in the region, but experts believe it will take time to amend important tax incentives to support this aspiration.

The Rising Importance of Social Capital For Family Offices

Family offices can draw lessons from big business through their underlying businesses demonstrating their commitment to CSR

Family Offices: This is where the bonus music plays

At its core is the result: family office employees were happy to have 100 to 200 percent of their fixed wages paid out as a bonus for 2020, family office CEOs even 300 percent.

Google cofounder Sergey Brin's family office to open in Singapore

He is the latest tycoon to take advantage of Singapore’s low taxes, high security and generous incentives for family offices, which manage the lives and wealth of the super-rich.

Asia's ultra-rich are piling investments into blank-cheque firms

Sin is seeing a spike in investment interest from rich individuals and private banking money.

European Family Offices face a tricky balancing act

The factors family offices are weighing include the strong likelihood of Covid-19 remaining the dominant market factor in 2021

Founder on family office's 220 banking relations and why he'd die without WhatsApp

The company has now reached CHF 1.6bn in assets under management and works with 14 families.

Ping An Bank No. 1 in Euromoney's Survey for China Family Office Services

The survey to select the most competitive companies is open annually to private bankers and wealth managers.

How can a family office invest in bitcoin?

A recent wave of corporations and HNWI’s have been buying bitcoin as a way of combating the inflation that central banks are currently producing.

The future of family offices as a Middle East investment powerhouse

Rami Cassis is the Founder and CEO of Parabellum Investments, a family office operating as a global private equity firm focusing on enterprise software, IT & business services firms across multiple sectors including pharmaceuticals and banking & f