Family offices

Billionaire Partners Group founder moves to split family office

Wietlisbach is seeking independence over individual investments, sources said

Sophisticated clients including Singapore family offices are selectively investing into the technology space via the public market and equity funds.

Software sell-off: Singapore’s private wealth gets more discerning on AI-era technology exposure

Family offices and allocators are pivoting away from generic softwares towards deep data moats and structural resilience

Source of wealth establishment processes are typically the most time-intensive elements in onboarding ultra-high-net-worth clients.

Battle for Asia’s ultra-rich: ‘Singapore can’t afford to keep losing clients to Dubai, Hong Kong’

The city-state is racing to remove procedural friction as the battle for the ultra-rich intensifies

What Baumoel identified 25 years ago as a niche business idea has been supercharged by the so-called great wealth transfer.

When war breaks out over the family business, they get the call

They are not lawyers or accountants but something more intimate

Nearly a third of top private wealth firms slash US dollar asset allocations, according to UBS report.

UBS family office clients cut US dollar exposure in wealth revamp

About half of the money managers also say they are overexposed to the greenback

Christoph Courth, global head of philanthropy services at Pictet Wealth Management, says there is a push for blended finance in the philanthropy space.

Singapore’s ‘safe-haven’ status, stability attractive for philanthropists setting up foundations: Pictet

Experts say tax incentives are not a big push for wealth-holders, but an added benefit

Standard Chartered’s wealth unit last week posted a record quarterly income of about US$1 billion.

StanChart to expand Gulf wealth operation, boost teams for Taiwan, South-east Asia

The lender is adding about 50 private bankers in Singapore to serve wealthy Chinese clients

A JPMorgan survey of 333 investment firms for the super-rich published in February found one in five rank geopolitics as their top risk, outpacing concerns over liquidity and inflation.

World’s super-rich boost conflict economy wagers amid Iran war

Billionaires are already pocketing outsized gains from the financial shocks

As family offices grow more sophisticated, the setting up of foundations also signals increased focus on governance, accountability and impact measurement.

What’s driving the surge in family office foundations in Singapore – and is it just tax perks?

Governance demands and next-generation priorities are also pushing wealthy families towards more structured philanthropy