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AI, paranoia, and seeing the game ahead
Artificial Intelligence is more feared than understood, a bit like a barking dog.
Are family business dynasties “bad billionaires”?
In a column for the Financial Times, Ruchir Sharma, the chairman of Rockefeller International, recently…
The making of a family business investment powerhouse
An investment powerhouse is emerging, and no one seems to have noticed.
If there are more than 1,000 family offices in Singapore what are they all doing?
Singapore is the go-to place for family offices.
Are family business heirs the same as celebrity nepo babies?
Around ten years ago, I interviewed the heir to one of America's most famed family business dynasties.
The banking crisis and left/right brain thinking
Over the years, the banking sector has been at the centre of every US financial crisis.
Meet the parents – family business style
He told me not to worry; he had sold our family business shares before meeting me, at a profit.
Only a limited number of single-family offices will prosper in the future
Single family offices are dealing with dud deals, low returns, investments, high costs and the departure…
AI, family offices, and employment prospects for staff
One senior family office advisor reckons AI will be prevalent across the sector in five years' time.
Is venture capital the new subprime? If so, that may concern investors like family offices
For the second time in fifteen years, the global banking system is at risk due to modern financial engineering.
Bankers and regulators remember everything and learn nothing
You can make any rules you like, but a bank cannot keep 100% cash to pay out every depositor, should…
Despite a concerted effort, Hong Kong will struggle to develop a vibrant family office sector
Ten years ago, Family Capital was asked to write a story about China’s family office sector.
