Rashmi Kumar

Rashmi Kumar is a staff writer for Campden's wealth publications, CampdenFB and CampdenFO. She graduated in 2010 with a Master of Arts degree in International Journalism from Cardiff University.

Email: rashmikumar@campden.com

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Why Chinese next-gens can learn from family business founders

Family businesses in China might not be as old as their western counterparts – Chinese family firms are just nine years old on average – but there is plenty of opportunity for next-gens to learn from founding family members.

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Family businesses and “discontinuous change”

Family businesses are faster to react to “discontinuous change” than their non-family counterparts, but hesitancy to boost investment or allocate more resources when needed can be detrimental to their growth.

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Family business roundup: Profit falls at Heineken and Peugeot polls apart

Automobile-manufacturer Peugeot Citroen has been dragged down by loss in its core division while Dutch brewery Heineken has taken advantage of the booming emerging markets to offset decline in Europe.

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Family business behind Empire State Building to go public

The family behind Malkin Holdings, which controls the iconic Empire State Building, plans to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange to boost liquidity at the family business.

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Wendel targets “same DNA” family businesses

French investment company Wendel, controlled by the eponymous family, is targeting other family businesses in Europe for acquisitions, thanks to a similarity in “DNA”.

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Bettencourt exits family business board

Liliane Bettencourt, heiress of cosmetics giant L’Oreal and France’s richest woman, has quit the board of the family business and will be replaced by her grandson.

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Family business roundup: Sawiris and White families sell company stakes

Naguib Sawiris, who is the former chairman of Egyptian family business Orascom Telecom Holding, has sold most of his stake in the group’s mobile operations to its French partner.

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Head of candy-making family business dies

Nello Ferrara, who took over the American candy-making family business founded by his father, died on 3 February aged 93.

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Former head of publishing family business dies

John Sargent, who led the expansion of Doubleday & Company from a small family business to a publishing giant, died on 5 February aged 87.

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Extending Liechtenstein tax amnesty an “important development”

Giving ultra-high net worth families and individuals in the UK more time to come clean about their assets in Liechtenstein is an “important development”, according to a top legal expert.

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A way of keeping feuds at family businesses away from the public gaze might be by signing a secret pact. At least that’s what Gina Rinehart, the richest person in Australia, seems to think.

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