Governance
Succession: a family business morality tale for our times
With such implicit dramatic possibilities, it’s odd that family business hasn’t often been the subject for…
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…
Do family firms care more about corporate social responsibility? Depends on the generation
Companies owned by families pay more attention to issues of corporate social responsibility (CSR), such…
Family businesses get succession, family offices don’t. Does it matter?
Last year, Family Capital wrote about the longest continuous running single family office in existence…
Family offices – It’s time to get interested in your data before someone else does
Fame and publicity often accompany significant wealth
The world’s oldest single family office is 79 years old. What does it say about the sector?
William A. M. Burden & Co is the oldest continuously running single-family office in the world
Developmental Stages of a Single Family Office
The relationship between an ultra-high net worth family and its single family office is a complex partnership…
Viewpoint: HBO’s Succession series is required viewing for family businesses
The first season of HBO’s series Succession looks to be a big hit.
IKEA: The private investment business modelled on one of its stores
Underneath all the very convoluted ownership structure is a multilayered private investment business…
Why the senior generation should matter more at family enterprises
The 100-year life is becoming the reality for an ever increasing number of people
Two studies show the growing value – and shortages – of outside managers for family businesses
Family businesses reckon that recruiting and retaining talented staff is their biggest issue..
The next gen – how well prepared are they to inherit huge portfolios?
Families need to better understand the capabilities of the next generation and the senior generation,…