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Affluent women take control of family wealth
April 16, 2009

Women of exceptional affluence are increasingly taking control of wealth management in their families, reflecting larger societal shifts that have taken place over the last few decades according to a new study.

Women of exceptional affluence are increasingly taking control of wealth management in their families, reflecting larger societal shifts that have taken place over the last few decades according to a new study.
 

Private wealth is increasing but at a slower rate
September 5, 2008

Private wealth around the globe increased 5% to $109.5 trillion last year, according to a new report on global wealth by Boston Consulting Group.

Private wealth around the globe increased 5% to $109.5 trillion last year, according to a new report on global wealth by Boston Consulting Group.

Most of the growth was centred in developing markets such as the Middle East and China, however, North America remained the wealthiest region with $39.2 trillion assets under management. Wealth in Asia totalled about $25.5 trillion in 2007, with Japan accounting for nearly half of this.

Protecting the family fortune
July 1, 2008

Wealthy families are all too aware of the importance of protecting their wealth. Unfortunately, according to a new survey on this topic, in practice families are failing to do enough

Wealthy families are all too aware of the importance of protecting their wealth. Unfortunately, according to a new survey on this topic, in practice families are failing to do enough

A ground-breaking new study has provided a unique glimpse into how ultra high net worth families around the world are attempting to protect their wealth. And the stark fact is that they are not doing enough.

World’s wealthiest continue rapid rise
June 24, 2008

The overall trend of increased global wealth continues despite the slowdown in the global economy, according to the 2008 World Wealth Report by Capgemini and Merrill Lynch.

The overall trend of increased global wealth continues despite the slowdown in the global economy, according to the 2008 World Wealth Report by Capgemini and Merrill Lynch. The wealth of the world’s richest citizens is up 9.4% to $40.7 trillion, with the average wealth of a high net worth individual surpassing $4 million for the first time.

Top 10 wealthy global families in 2008
March 1, 2008

Members and owners of family businesses are among the wealthiest people on the planet. Families in Business takes a look at the wealthiest top 10 and analyses how they came to be there

1. Carlos Slim Helú (pictured) is the head of Telmex, a Mexican telecommunications empire that he runs with his sons. He is the world's richest family business owner with a fortune, worth an estimated $60 billion, that surpasses even that of Bill Gates. Slim's father was a Lebanese immigrant who started a dry-goods store in 1911. Slim made his first fortune in 1990 when we bought Telmex from the Mexican government.

Releasing the shackles of wealth
November 1, 2006

Increasingly, business families have become enslaved with the role of wealth preservation for future generations. Charles Lowenhaupt asks whether it may be more rewarding to focus on the human issues of wealth, recognising the benefits rather than the burdens it can bring

Charles Lowenhaupt is chairman and CEO of Lowenhaupt Global Advisors, a North American family office based in St Louis, Missouri.

Increasingly, business families have become enslaved with the role of wealth preservation for future generations. Charles Lowenhaupt asks whether it may be more rewarding to focus on the human issues of wealth, recognising the benefits rather than the burdens it can bring

Expanding your family capital
March 1, 2005

To achieve true family wealth there are six forms of capital – together they facilitate family unity and help those involved prepare for the handover to the subsequent generation. But it doesn’t happen overnight, warns Dennis Jaffe

Dennis Jaffe  is a founding member of the Aspen Family Business Group. www.aspenfamilybusiness.com.

To achieve true family wealth there are six forms of capital – together they facilitate family unity and help those involved prepare for the handover to the subsequent generation. But it doesn't happen overnight, warns Dennis Jaffe

How to manage family wealth for the next generation
January 1, 2005

“Any fool can make a fortune. It takes a man of brains to hold on to it after it is made.”

Johan Lambrecht and diane arijs are respectively director and scientific researcher of the Research Centre for Entrepreneurship, EHSAL-KU Brussel in Brussels.

"Any fool can make a fortune. It takes a man of brains to hold on to it after it is made."

How the family office can educate the family
January 1, 2003

Family wealth brings with it responsibility and children should be comfortable with financial issues from the most basic to the most sophisticated. To this end, an increasing number of family offices are focusing on the need to educate younger family members in the care and management of the family fortune

Ian Youngman is a freelance writer based in
the UK.

Family wealth brings with it responsibility and children should be comfortable with financial issues from the most basic to the most sophisticated. To this end, an increasing number of family offices are focusing on the need to educate younger family members in the care and management of the family fortune

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