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UK family business sustainability underwritten by inheritance tax

June 7, 2019

Sustainability, growth and jobs are at stake when the issue of UK family businesses and inheritance tax flares up, say sector experts.

Sustainability, growth and jobs are at stake when the issue of UK family businesses and inheritance tax flares up, say sector experts.

Tax Justice UK’s new research released this week said the British government was handing out up to £666 million ($849 million) a year in inheritance tax reliefs on land and business property to families who were already well off.

Three drivers revealed at Campden conference in Miami

April 10, 2019

Growth, innovation, and preservation—the three key themes that drove conversation, networking and thought-leadership at Campden’s 12th Americas Families in Business Conference in Miami last week.

Growth, innovation, and preservation—the three key themes that drove conversation, networking and thought-leadership at Campden’s 12th Americas Families in Business Conference in Miami last week.

More than 100 family members and the executives of their enterprises joined peers, experts and thought-leaders as we discussed what will help propel their businesses forward for the moment and years to come.

Campden Research to study time-limited philanthropy

February 15, 2019

Multi-generational missions in philanthropy are in the fabric of many family businesses. Activities tend to be directed either through a family foundation, directly through the business or in association with the family office. A new Campden Research study will look at wealth holder attitudes towards time-limited charitable giving.

Family businesses dominate list of Britain’s highest taxpayers

February 8, 2019

Britain’s wealthiest families paid $1.2 billion in tax in the last financial year at a time when the state revenue contributions of the world’s richest individuals and corporations are coming under increasing scrutiny.

‘Change the only constant’ as Campden conference helps North American families plan for future

December 10, 2018

After three packed Campden Wealth Conferences in North America, Campden sold out its fourth and final US event for the year, the 13th North American Family Office Conference.

After three packed Campden Wealth Conferences in North America, Campden sold out its fourth and final US event for the year, the 13th North American Family Office Conference.

Held in Boston, the event attracted many of the world’s leading families and predominantly single family offices, for three days of thought-leadership, education, and networking centred around how offices—new and established—can improve operations and maximise efficiency.

Family office growth rockets but succession planning lags in India

December 4, 2018

Family offices are being embraced by India’s wealthiest $2 trillion families, but few families have a robust succession plan in place to secure their fortunes.

Family offices are being embraced by India’s wealthiest $2 trillion families, but few families have a robust succession plan in place to secure their fortunes.

The world’s first study on India’s nascent family office space, released by Campden Research today, found more than half (58%) of Indian families surveyed were interested in setting up, or joining, a family office to manage, preserve and grow their wealth. Half (50%) said they were in the process of establishing their own family office.

Book reviews: Robert Kuok: A memoir, The Wealth Elite, Passing the Torch

November 26, 2018

Our roundup of new and noteworthy business book releases, featuring Robert Kuok: A Memoir by Andrew Tanzer; The Wealth Elite: A Groundbreaking Study of the Psychology of the Super Rich by Rainer Zitelmann, and Passing the Torch: Preserving Family Wealth Beyond the Third Generation by Ilze Alberts.

Robert Kuok: A Memoir

Record billionaire wealth creating new power families

October 30, 2018

A vast increase of wealth among the world’s aging billionaire population is creating a new wave of powerful multigenerational families, according to the new Billionaires Insights 2018 report.

A vast increase of wealth among the world’s aging billionaire population is creating a new wave of powerful multigenerational families, according to the new Billionaires Insights 2018 report.

The world’s 2,158 billionaires collectively increased their wealth by $1.4 trillion last year to $8.9 trillion—the largest absolute increase in billionaire wealth history.

A total of 199 billionaires were created over the year globally, with nearly one-third gaining their wealth through some form of innovation.

Families failing to plan for succession as wealth transfer looms

October 10, 2018

Succession planning among family offices worldwide is moving at a glacial pace despite families standing on the precipice of a huge transfer of wealth, the new Global Family Office Report warns.

Succession planning among family offices worldwide is moving at a glacial pace despite families standing on the precipice of a huge transfer of wealth, the new Global Family Office Report warns.

Book reviews: Rich People Poor Countries

July 14, 2016

Dr Caroline Freund’s Rich People, Poor Countries: The Rise of Emerging-Market Tycoons and their Mega Firms looks at the rise of the newly super rich in the emerging world: who they are, how they got there, and their characteristics compared with the multi-generational wealthy in developed markets, such as America.