Managers of Wealth

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.

Citi Private Bank Shares Critical Insights into the World of Family Offices

The new thought leadership content was inspired by the Private Bank’s interactions with its 1,100 family office clients worldwide.

More Family Office Look Offshore

Jersey is part of the free movement area in the British Isles, and is not part of the European Union.

Morrison Cohen LLP Launches Family Office Group

Morrison Cohen is in position to offer family offices a full complement of services seamlessly among its various practice areas.

This Family Was Amongst the First to Bring Family Offices in India

Patni brothers restructured the company to become the holding company for investment as well as to manage the personal wealth of the family businesses in 2012.

Why the family office is on the rise

Returns from private-equity funds have been flat in recent years, according to a 2016 report by the Washington-based Center for Economic and Policy Research titled "Are Lower Private Equity Returns the New Normal?"

CSOP Family Office: building a benchmark

Talking deeper about what makes CSOP Family Office unique and different, Xiao says that they are firmly on the client’s side.

The Family Office World Grapples With Confronting Big Corporations

In March, Rockefeller & Co. transformed into Rockefeller Capital Management following a transaction led by former Morgan Stanley wealth management chief Greg Fleming, with financing from hedge fund Viking Global Investors.

Sorbus Partners – the multi-family office taking off in the Midlands

The advantage of being placed in London are minimal but the costs – especially in terms of staff time consumed in commuting – are significant.

Upswing Singapore fuels Bank of Singapore family office push

Last year the Ministry of Finance announced the drafting of the Singapore Variable Capital Company

Avoiding the "Michael Fish Moment" Behavioural Finance and the Family Office

That weather event became known as the Great Storm of 1987—the most destructive since 1703—which left 18 people dead and caused damage that when converted into a 2017 equivalent totalled £5 billion ($6.6 billion).