Business
The UK’s wealthiest individual and a case study on a contemporary family investment group
After opting to move headquarters to Singapore to "future-proof" its business, Sir James Dyson’s Weybourne H…
A multi-family office winning business from single-family offices
In theory, multi-family offices are a great way for families to club together to fund the increasingly…
“Complete unpredictability”: family enterprises and the pandemic – a survey of owners and CEOs
Are family enterprises better able to meet the challenge of the corona pandemic than their non-family…
The continued disintermediation of Swiss private banking
Swiss private banks are fast becoming an endangered species following the 2018 abolition of tax secrecy…
4L Vision – the impact investment trend gathers pace
Germany’s 4L Vision has become the latest in a small, but growing, tribe of single-family offices 100% c…
The pandemic has exposed the lack of portfolio risk management at family offices
Advisers say single-family offices need to make far greater use of risk management tools to deal with…
Family owners look to take back control of listed businesses as stocks plummet
It’s an ill wind that blows no one any good, and plunging markets have presented owners of listed family b…
Europe’s little known family with a network of investment businesses
In mid-February, Thyssenkrupp rejected a bid for its elevator division by its competitor Kone of Finland,…
Family office opens in London, hires big guns
A new family office has opened in London’s West End and has hired a number of senior directors, all s…
Schism emerges at big Norwegian family enterprise and investment office
The death of a patriarch or matriarch at a family business can often cause ruptures and disputes to emerge…
Family capital drives transformative nuclear technology
On the cusp of commercial viability, fourth-generation nuclear technology is being driven by family capital…
The family capital behind the Oscars standout film in 2020 – and how it’s cosying up to other families
Family capital often underpins deals in the showbiz industry and the decision of CJ Group to invest in…