Where there is a high net worth family spread over many generations and each family member has their own businesses as well as numerous staff to look after both their personal and business affairs, it is not surprising that many families are turning to family offices...

What is a Family Office? ‘Family office’ is a term that is now used extensively by a number of financial organisations including major banks, hedge funds, asset managers and others. In essence the term refers to the provision of financial services to wealthy families....

Few single family offices and multi-family office providers were ready for the stress test of the past 18 months.  The sudden changed situations in which families found themselves caused cracks, and even breakdowns, in the manner in which families and their wealth...

What should one expect from a multi-family office? We see it often.  A service provider advertising and publicising itself as a multi-family office. The website looks great, the content is interesting and it explains very well why that service provider should be the...

When is one wealthy enough to join a multi-family office? We are regularly asked by wealth creators about the appropriate time to set up their own family offices. The answer is not as simple as the question. There are numerous factors to be considered and having a net...

Compelling reasons to join a multi-family office Family offices have become increasingly popular. With the added distress of the Covid 19 pandemic, families are being compelled to either join multi-family offices or to set up their own single family offices.  In this...