We are launching a series of technical articles in conjunction with some partners that we hope are of interest to family offices. Our second, by Simon Briggs, Consultant, Whitmill Trust Company, looks at Private Trust Companies and their potential application. Most family offices will have experience...
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We are launching a series of technical articles in conjunction with some partners that we hope are of interest to family offices. Our first, by Simon Briggs of Whitmill Trust Company, looks at Jersey Private Funds and their potential application. Family offices will often be managing...
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UBS’s Global Family Office Report 2019 has now been released, featuring insights gathered from surveying of 360 single and multi family offices globally. Below, we’ve extracted three of the most pertinent points for family office executives (i.e. Chief of Staff, Chief Investment Officer, CEO, Chief Operating...
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A range of forces - technological, generational and cultural - are effecting changes in family office recruitment in 2019. Below, we’ve assembled three of the key factors affecting family office executive search strategies for closer analysis: 1. Generational handovers Generational handovers are at the forefront of many private...
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The transfer of a family office from one generation to the next is evolving, driven in part by the increasing age of the generation-in-waiting, and in part by the gulf in investment priorities between family office principals and their children, with the younger generation showing...
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Insightful piece by Alex Wade who heads up Knightsbridge Wealth http://www.knightsbridgewealth.co.uk/ and the dramatic changes the Middle East has experienced from an investment perspective. From our view, it mirrors an increase in activity in the region particularly in relation to family office recruitment in the United Arab...
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The world’s richest families, disillusioned with traditional wealth management, are taking matters into their own hands. Lucy Loewenberg reports on the rise of the family office. In medieval times, royals appointed a steward who was responsible for managing their wealth, domestic staff and household affairs. This...
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What follows is a guide composed by Paul Avon and team as a primer on some of the core differences between single family offices and multi-family offices. Understanding these differences also highlights the value of specialist family office recruitment expertise when dentifying professionals suited to...
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Yes, I was a bit surprised when I read this as well. The above headline was taken from a piece on the BBC website which refers to some research by Dr. Luna Glucksberg from the London School of Economics. The full piece can be found by clicking...
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Compelling article below regarding the growth of family offices. The author argues that the conditions of the recent financial crisis provided a catalyst. "Since the first industrial revolution, man’s ingenuity to create wealth has been unlimited. Apart from periods of war, since the late 1700s with...
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