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
The first rule is not to lose money
Risk, return. Simple terms that everyone talks about, but not everyone takes seriously.
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
Investment
A busy week for deals with some notable investments made, including one by a Japanese billionaire’s family office and a newly set up investment group by one of the US’s biggest tech entrepreneurs.
One of Japan's wealthiest people is using his European-based investment vehicle to buy local companies and real estate stakes
Following a newly completed funding round, Fervo Energy has raised a total of $430 million from shale gas producers and family offices, sufficient to produce a commercial supply of geothermal heat by 2026
This week, there were several big investments, including an investment vehicle owned by one of the Nordic region’s wealthiest investors backing a farming group and a Portuguese family office investing i…
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Press Digest Tuesday, 19 March From the world of family capital
citywire.com
24 hours ago
Hong Kong estimates to have over 2,700 single-family offices – Citywire
Bloomberg
26 hours ago
Dubai Royal Nephew Opens $500 Million Family Office in Hong Kong
www.sfgate.com
47 hours ago
This Hawaii family business sells 100 million of these per year – SFGATE
www.zawya.com
48 hours ago
Abdul Latif Jameel tops Forbes Arab Family Businesses list – ZAWYA
finance.yahoo.com
71 hours ago
Billionaire Investor Stanley Druckenmiller Has 40% of His Portfolio in 3 AI Stocks. Are any of …
95 hours ago
Identifying value in family-owned businesses
www.funds-europe.com
119 hours ago
Investor interest in alternative assets is led by a surge in family offices – Funds Europe
www.afr.com
120 hours ago
Besen family-backed PE firm buys majority stake in adtech Sesimi – AFR
www.vccircle.com
124 hours ago
Ranjan Pai’s family office bets more on Kites Senior Care – VCCircle
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
131 hours ago
Infosys Founder NR Narayana Murthy’s Catamaran Ventures is an Investor in Reddit
Viewpoint
Political parties and their supporters have always looked for clever ways to discredit opponents, but today’s technology provides unscrupulous operators (domestic and foreign) with tools that would have b…
Philanthropy is a key priority for many families, but when sitting down and considering where to start, the vast options can be overwhelming
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.
This comment was later embellished by Mark Twain when a journalist mixed him up with a dying cousin. As far as I am aware, there was no further obituary notice until he passed
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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
Following the death of their billionaire father Roberto in August, Matteo (pictured above with his wife) and Michele Colaninno are backing plans to reboot the electric vehicle sector through a simple idea,…
Business
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
In a battle between David and Goliath, most of us would back the little guy
A little-known financier, connected to a German private equity group, has been linked through his family office to purchasing parts of one of the UK’s best-known high street brands.
Once called troubleshooters, interim managers are hired by companies facing difficulties and Somers Partnership, the recruitment consulting firm, thinks family offices should use them too