Business
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Family businesses continue to flourish, even though many operate in old economy sectors. Here are five listed businesses that prove that family capital remains eternal
It may never happen, but the Democrats are getting awfully worked up about scrapping one of the family office sector’s favourite tax perks.
The first rule is not to lose money
Risk, return. Simple terms that everyone talks about, but not everyone takes seriously.
Investment
Leading up to Easter, a less busy week for deals, but some big ones nevertheless, including a €175 million deal for an office block and a biotech group working on pets living longer.
Family offices are important suppliers of liquidity to the market, and the $1.7 trillion private credit market has become a big beneficiary
Notable deals this week include a family business group buying more of its business, a cloud-based kitchen platform and a blockchain trading platform in Amsterdam
BlueNalu has defied the misery haunting early meatless meat ventures by raising money to grow seafood from fish cells in a bid to prevent animal cruelty and overfishing
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Press Digest Friday, 29 March From the world of family capital
www.luxtimes.lu
67 hours ago
Zara billionaire buys Luxembourg office
www.forbes.com
91 hours ago
Meet The Man Trying To Fill The Shoes Of Billionaire Legend Sam Zell – Forbes
Bloomberg
95 hours ago
One of Brazil’s Largest Single-Family Offices Boosts Assets to $11 Billion
www.bloomberg.com
118 hours ago
KKR Appoints Richdale to Tap Asia Institutional, Family Capital – Bloomberg
Bloomberg
187 hours ago
French Family Offices Drawn to Private Equity Over Private Debt
www.wionews.com
212 hours ago
Nordstrom family mulls privatisation amid retail turmoil – Business & Economy News – WION
citywire.com
260 hours ago
Hong Kong estimates to have over 2,700 single-family offices – Citywire
Bloomberg
263 hours ago
Dubai Royal Nephew Opens $500 Million Family Office in Hong Kong
Viewpoint
One of the world's biggest economies might be a bit concerned about how family capital could undermine its success
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We have been proposing reforms to the UK's non-dom regime for some time, and so this week’s Budget Day announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of a simpler regime should have been welcome news.
People
An as-yet-unknown investment group based in San Francisco has signed a $20 million check to acquire a share of a billion-dollar-plus e-commerce manufacturing platform that has grown rapidly since its establishment…
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Sometimes cutting-edge tech meets old-economy family businesses in the form of an individual who gets them both. Tragically, that person has just died in a car accident
Business
One of the Middle East’s biggest family offices has added to its reputation as an emerging powerhouse in corporate activism with its latest target, a struggling US retailer.
Recruitment difficulties facing family offices are not going away, as they struggle to recruit, and retain, talent, in a range of disciplines according to a new survey by global accountants RSM
Profit margins and share ratings in the UK have slumped over in three years, as the country has struggled to reassure investors that it can service its debts
Many family offices seek to recruit senior partners from the big four professional services companies to improve efficiency and professionalism
Recycling doesn’t stop at rubbish.
Real estate consultant Knight Frank has warned in its 2024 Wealth Report that a review of banking rules in Switzerland could make it tougher for family offices to pull money out of its banks in a crisis