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Asia’s family enterprises use SPACs for back-door listings on Nasdaq
Vietnam’s top entrepreneur has added billions to his wealth in a fortnight, following a seven-fold r…
Subway and Wilko show family businesses can fall in love with private equity
Family businesses have mostly had an unsettled relationship with the private equity industry
Family offices move closer to the endowment model, says adviser
Encouraged by past performance, family offices have been moving closer to the US endowment model, which…
The Adams curve, utopia, and why the relative of two US presidents got it wrong
Henry Adams, a man of letters burdened with descent from two US presidents, was born in 1838 when the…
This week’s family/private investment office deals
Post-IPO Funding
M.B. Finmart and Puran Associates have invested in Religare, a financial group
Profile: A German family dynasty – from foundries to outer space
Maximilian Winter, the grandson of Fritz Winter, who founded one of Germany’s biggest foundries in 1…
Three great restaurants owned by family dynasties
Family dynasties often acquire businesses with little relation to the operational enterprise that made…
Family offices look to create something from thin air…are they mad?
Family offices are among investors who see a big future for companies which seek to create something…
Cyber attacks hit a raw nerve with family offices/private investors
Film director Jeffrey Katzenberg has renewed his love affair with cybersecurity to invest in Socket,…
Wildlife parks, family offices, and rhino bonds
A team chaired by a former head of the UN global wildlife programme is seeking seed capital from family…
This week’s family/private investment office deals
Post-IPO Funding
Exor has invested in Philips, the consumer electronics group. Exor committed €2.6
The revival of the advisor/family office relationship
Over the years, family offices have learned to be wary of advisers peddling investments which pay them…