A weekly collection of news and highlights. Included this week:

  • Rising generation = rising risk?

  • The wealthiest families in Europe

  • When to tell your kids about your wealth?

  • When your embedded family office no longer fits

  • How to choose next gen education

  • Living Large: Electric powerboat racing goes glam

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BlackRock: How family offices are evolving.

Meet the Hunt Family.

The wealthiest family of each European country.

Rising generation = rising risk?

Family office capital continues to flow into AI.

The riches residents of 49 states.

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When do you tell your kids how wealthy you are?

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Family Office news roundup

When your embedded family office no longer fits. RSM identifies eight warning signs that a family has outgrown its embedded family office, from blurred decision-making and overstretched executives to privacy concerns and succession challenges - RSM

High interest rates raise the bar for real estate deals. Higher borrowing costs are making family offices increasingly selective about real estate investments, with deals facing tougher scrutiny on pricing, returns and financing - CNBC

Next gen reshaping family offices. ICYMI, Bank of America's latest report finds that 83% have identified a successor, but just 27% have formal trust distribution policies - Family Wealth Report

The rise of the fractional family office. Fractional family offices are gaining traction as wealthy families seek sophisticated services without the cost of a dedicated team - Wealth Solutions Report

Gen Z and millennial heirs driving boom in sports investing. Latest family office report finds that 20% of family offices have invested in sports teams or franchises, with another 18% holding sports-related investments - Barron's

Living Large: the finer things in life

Together in electric dreams. Powerboat racing has had a deafening and dangerous past, but E1, the all-electric series backed by big names like Tom Brady, Rafael Nadal and Will Smith, believes silence is golden. Read a dispatch from their recent race on Lake Como - The Rake

ICYMI, last week we shared the story of a $300M family office that failed to deliver, and how they decided what to do next: Why Family Offices Close.

Lots coming up this week!

But thatโ€™s all for now - see you on ๐•, reddit or LinkedIn.

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