A weekly collection of news and highlights. Included this week:
Chanel opens a family office in Switzerland
Anderson Cooper’s Vanderbilt heritage
Taxman comes for China’s offshore riches
How a family office can drive meaningful growth
Final 2026 UBS Family Office Quarterly is out
Living Large: “Set the table for forty!” at the world’s largest private ski chalet
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The family office approach: relationship building.
Succession challenges in mainland China.
Succession challenges in mainland China.
reddit highlights
What it’s like to work as an EA in a NYC damily office.
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Final 2026 issue of UBS Family Office Quarterly is out.
Capital has gone global, but the family office running it is catching up.
Most family disputes likely boil down to a breakdown in trust.
Family Office news roundup
Family offices show a sharp rise in appetite for distressed and special situations. Share of family offices planning to invest in distressed and special situations rose from 10.0 per cent to 18.2 per cent in the last year according to data from AYU private members’ club - Wealth Briefing
The taxman comes for China’s offshore riches. China is launching a sweeping tax crackdown on its wealthiest citizens, targeting offshore trusts with a 20% tax on dividends and interest, including income earned in previous years. The move has rattled wealthy families in Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo - Financial Times
How a family office can drive meaningful growth. Jean-Pierre Conte, founder of family office Lupine Crest Capital, shares lessons from 30 years in private equity. His advice is simple: invest in sectors you know, back exceptional management teams and use the luxury of patient capital to build businesses for the long term - Forbes
Wealthy investors view rates and yields as the biggest growth risk. At Deutsche Bank's Singapore forum, attended by around 200 family offices and wealthy individuals, 37% identified interest rates and bond yields as the biggest threat to global growth, followed by inflation (23%) and AI risks (17%) - Reuters
Goldman Sachs had its largest class of new private wealth advisors ever. Goldman Sachs recruited more than 120 new private wealth advisors, its largest intake ever and 30% above last year, despite AI increasingly handling traditional advisory tasks - Business Insider
More family offices are turning to Asia-Pacific private credit. Family offices and private wealth are accounting for an increasingly larger share of private-credit assets in Asia, as they seek to participate in global growth and explore private-market opportunities - The Business Times SG
Living Large: the finer things in life
The world’s largest private ski chalet. Swiss developer Byron Baciocchi is building what he claims will be the world's largest private chalet in Gstaad, Switzerland. The 75,000-square-foot property will feature 19 bedrooms, a 21,000-square-foot spa and entertainment area, an F1 simulator, private nightclub, car museum and even a dining table for forty guests. Who would you invite? - Mansion Global
ICYMI: last week’s newsletter looked at family powered private equity.
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