03/08/2012
Threshold Group Creates Private Family Forum to Address the Human/Social Challenges of Wealth
The forum will be launched this fall with a private event for client families in Chicago, Illinois.
Regulation, Risk & Compliance
03/06/2012
Family Offices seek to re-shape the property market
A group called FORE - Family Office Real Estate - is to launch a platform through which family offices can invest together and directly in commercial real estate.
03/06/2012
Silver Bridge appoints family office entrepreneur
In addition to these duties, Mr. Fisher will serve as a Faculty Advisor for the Silver Bridge Institute, bringing educational content to families and family office professionals, and helping to support the expansion of the Silver Bridge Center for Family
02/28/2012
Grosvenor plans to raise $492m to invest in Japanese real estate
The new fund will finance about half of the assets with loans, a ratio that will allow it to buy as much as 100 billion yen of properties, he said.
02/28/2012
Al-Rajhi Group joins Pearl Initiative
The Pearl Initiative is a private sector-led, not-for-profit initiative set up in cooperation with the United Nations Office of Partnership.
02/21/2012
UBS Sees 25 Asia Family Office Clients This Year
UBS AG’s Global Family Office division aims to begin serving 25 clients in Asia this year, with assets of at least $200 million each, Amy Lo, managing director and head of ultra-high net worth, Asia-Pacific, told journalists in Singapore today.
02/16/2012
European family offices invest in India
Family offices in Europe are increasingly focusing on investment opportunities in India, in a bid to take advantage of the country’s rapid economic growth.
02/13/2012
US-based wealth boutique bolsters family governance services
Reporting directly to Founder and Chief Investment Officer Kevin Harris, Day is responsible for coordinating governance efforts for client families through heir preparedness, financial literacy education, family meeting facilitation, and constitution and
02/08/2012
Boutique equity management firm appointed by Northern Trust
"Northern Trust is a premier asset manager and we are thrilled to have earned a place on their Multi-Manager Solutions platform," said Brian Beitner
02/08/2012
Marquee Belgian family office picks stake in Cuisine Asia
Cuisine Asia controls restaurant assets with revenue of about Rs 300 crore making it a leading player in a still emerging industry .
02/07/2012
Rothstein Kass Family Office Group Recruits Director for Western Region
Ms. Schultz began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where she was a tax partner in the entertainment and media group.
02/03/2012
SGSS Italy secures custody mandate from BSI Wealth Family
SGSS was retained by BSI SIM for its recognised expertise and efficiency, in particular its ability to rationalise and optimise post-trading services related to custody and settlement, as well as for its flexibility in adapting its services to clients&rsq
01/30/2012
Deadline Approaching for Family Office Compliance
One of the many regulatory changes brought about by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, this new “family office rule,” provides a broad exemption from SEC registration for many family offices.
01/27/2012
Kovner Hires Exec to Run New Family Office
Kovner is setting up Caxton Alternative Management to invest his personal wealth, which Forbes magazine recently estimated at $4.3 billion.
01/22/2012
Ultra-Wealthy Families Made Tactical, Not Strategic Changes Post-2008
The survey, which was conducted in 2011, involved 40 single-family offices in the U.S. and Europe whose median asset size was $534 million.
01/22/2012
Ultra-Wealthy Families Made Tactical, Not Strategic Changes Post-2008
The survey, which was conducted in 2011, involved 40 single-family offices in the U.S. and Europe whose median asset size was $534 million.
01/20/2012
Family offices were well prepared for the 2008 financial crisis, report
That’s according to a new study of 40 single family offices, with a median asset size of more than $500 million (€388 million), by asset advisers Cambridge Associates.
01/19/2012
UHNW families move to tighten risk management practices, focus on liquidity - study
That's according to a survey of 40 single family offices in the U.S. and Europe conducted in 2011 by Cambridge Associates, the global provider of independent investment advice and research to institutional and private investors.
01/17/2012
Andreani partners with Swiss family office to launch new quant managed account
In that partnership, Andreani will implement and develop quantitative models and find investors, and the family office will seed the new programs.
01/16/2012
Law firm augments family team
He joins from west London firm Owen White Catlin