Barclays goes back to its roots and challenges the big US investment banks for family office business
Crippled by the 2008 credit crisis and rescued by its Middle East clients, Barclays, the UK banking group,…
Generation Z is increasingly where the money’s at and the metaverse is the way in
The current generation made the money. The next generation hopes to save the planet.
From providing pilots for WWII to cutting-edge tech in Cambridge – a family business restructures
Family-owned Marshall Group of the UK is out to focus on its core interests by buying a car dealership,…
Specialist family office headhunter plans US expansion and lifestyle/education consultancy
As family offices grow in scale and sophistication, recruitment consultant Tanya Lutyens is out to broaden…
The Agnelli family, an Italian family office, and the latest quest for clean energy – thorium
The Agnelli family has given its blessing to a ground-breaking Anglo-Italian nuclear power venture led…
Family offices like venture but many get burnt in the process
Venture capital deals backed by family offices are growing in number, as they gain confidence to tackle…
Rather than using a bank, billionaires could consider buying one – there are several available in Switzerland
Existential risks are multiplying in the wake of the pandemic and family offices need to take precautions,…
UK family office wants to co-invest with other family offices in convertible loan opportunities
A family office run by David Toplas, a UK entrepreneur, is seeking family offices prepared to co-invest…
Billionaire Kamprad brothers back insurtech/fintech ventures
Hedvig, a Swedish insurer, is the latest in a stream of new ventures offering clients easy terms, and…
The family office perspective on cleantech as energy prices go through the roof
Sorting out climate change seemed difficult, but not impossible, twenty years ago.
A family office bets big on the blockchain rather than cryptocurrencies
A family office owned by hedge fund billionaire Steven Cohen has spent the summer betting on blockchain,…
Swiss venture fund wants to be the world’s most innovative – it’s attracting the attention of family offices
Verve Ventures of Switzerland has won the backing of family offices in its bid to become a top European…
Supply chain problems are intensifying, but family groups are backing innovative solutions
These days, commercial success tends to depend on your position in the supply chain rather than your…