Is success for a single-family office conversion to a multi-family office?
How to measure success at a single-family office is a challenge.
What happens to a family office when it loses its principal and CIO in quick succession?
Alta Advisers is one of the UK's biggest single-family offices, managing billions of dollars from the…
Ferdinand Piech – Five Reasons why he is a Family Business Icon
Ferdinand Piech, the former chief executive and chairman of Volkswagen, has died. He was 82.
This week’s family/private investment deals
Private Equity
The Rausing family and their top investment advisers
Last week, Tilly Franklin was appointed to oversee Cambridge University's endowment fund.
How can family offices get the best deals? Here is a good example
The competition to buy profitable private assets has never been hotter.
Private equity funds want family offices with expertise
The big private equity houses want family management expertise.
This week’s private/family investment deals
Chicago-based Pritzker Private Capital, Tony Pritzker’s private investment office, has acquired Valicor…
Climate change and family offices – the ones making a difference
Last week, two private investment offices teamed up with seven institutional investors to fund what has…
Staffing, due diligence, and Zuckerberg’s family office
When a member of staff goes rogue, it can be an unpleasant and costly experience for their employer.
The evolution of the family investment model: Pritzker’s committed club structure
To get an insight into the evolution of the family investment model, the various private offices linked…
Family money meets the challenge of climate change
Family capital is playing a big role in developing innovative ways to deal with climate change.
Why corporate venturing makes sense for family businesses
Many might say a family business represents the antithesis of a startup.