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Shared values, shrewd investments: The world’s top 25 independent multi family offices

April 2, 2018

As family offices continue to grow in structure and wealth, how is this affecting the commercial multi family office industry? How are they managing wealth or is their focus shifting away from investment advice? Alexander Ferguson reports

After 2008, the commercial multi family office (CMFO) industry was anxious. More than a quarter of high net worth individuals (HNWIs) either pulled assets out of their wealth management firms or left them altogether, according to a survey by Merrill Lynch and Capgemini.

A growing slice of the pie: Private equity and the family office

September 12, 2016

Private equity has a special pull for families used to running operating businesses. But with record levels of assets committed to private equity funds is it the best asset class to drive returns?

Private equity has a special pull for families used to running operating businesses. But with record levels of assets committed to private equity funds is it the best asset class to drive returns?

The plotline is one that has been played out countless times before. A family has made its wealth in an operating business, has exited and is now running a family office. Do they sit back and take a diversified approach to their wealth or eventually get itchy feet and pour their assets back into the sector they know best?

Brexit “fear factor” expected to shape family offices

July 1, 2016

Anxious British and European family offices are taking a “wait and see” attitude on investment in the aftermath of the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union.

Anxious British and European family offices are taking a “wait and see” attitude on investment in the aftermath of the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union.

The “fear factor” of a struggling Brexit economy is expected to shape how family offices operate on both sides of the English Channel.