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Up close and personal: Perspectives on Asian family offices

July 4, 2017

The world’s financial centre of gravity is shifting to Asia and Asian family businesses are a major factor. But the family office concept is in its infancy compared to Europe and North America and western wealth managers struggle to forge enduring business relationships. Azlinda Ariffin-Boromand, partner at WithersWorldwide, says it all starts with chopsticks.

Fine tuning family wealth

July 3, 2014

By their very nature single family offices are unique. So how do you go about establishing a bespoke structure for your family when there is no one else to compare yourself to?

Families face a dizzying array of concerns and choices when deciding the details of how to structure their family offices. When families look at the multi family office model, the services, fees and the funds on offer can be easily compared like-for-like. But single family offices (SFOs) are a bespoke bundle. They can be totally unique in their goals and how they are structured to achieve these goals. So how should families ensure they have the best set-up for their SFO?