Bad accidents, Waymo, and family offices
Bad accidents could blur the vision, but family offices are currently learning to love Alphabet’s Waymo,…
From clogs to clogs, family office, and the steepening rate of decline in private markets
It is an inconvenient truth that families go from clogs to clogs in three generations, as those who inherit…
Family office principals dislike being boxed in when it comes to paying their staff
A clear majority of family office principals are refusing to surrender their cherished executive pay…
As returns for private assets fall, family offices might consider investing in lawyers
Family office advisers keep saying there is massive potential in private assets.
As broken deals mount, family offices need to challenge loan protocols more
When the global economy comes under pressure and deals collapse, family offices need to challenge loan…
Family offices worry about the big uptick in cryptocurrency scams
Cryptocurrency scams jumped 30% to $17 billion in 2025 as bad actors increasingly used AI to deceive…
Using AI to sell the family business
There’s no shortage of families keen to sell their businesses in a challenging economy, with buyers…
Family offices back electro-industrial revolution to help the US compete with China
After years of being squeezed by China, a new generation of US manufacturers is using technology to fight…
Helping family offices manage troubled foreign assets is becoming big business
As global tensions escalate, Emissary Partners has developed a base in Singapore to help family offices…
“2026 is the show me the money year for AI” – should family offices be worried?
Nearly twenty years ago, people came to believe the internet would create a revolution in global communications.
Family offices should brace themselves for the crab effect
For years, family offices have prospered thanks to the bull market.
Backed by family offices, enthusiasm towards geothermal power is growing rapidly
Excitement is reaching fever pitch over prospects for geothermal energy, as investment interest spreads…
How digital twins might help to resolve succession issues for family enterprises
Succession planning is fraught with difficulties.