FAMILY OFFICE BUZZ

A weekly collection of family office and related news. Included this week:

  • The greatest financial frauds ever, and the curious role of family offices

  • Multi-Family Offices surging in popularity

  • Pickleball - a goldmine for family offices?

  • Jensen Huang on venture capitalists

  • The White Lotus effect on family office investments

  • Living Large: the car that sold for $3.3 million this weekend

๐• highlights

A look at the evolving CIO role in family offices.

The biggest frauds the world has seen, including how Bill Hwang used a โ€œfamily officeโ€ to avoid oversight

Nobody thinks about the butlers.

CZโ€™s family office is launching a BNB treasury firm in the US.

Billionaires are on the march.

Jensen Huang: โ€œVCs donโ€™t invest in business plans.โ€

in LinkedIn highlights

The latest UBS Family Office Quarterly is out.

The โ€œWhite Lotus effectโ€™ - family offices investing more in high-end hospitality.

The small family office concept isnโ€™t going away anytime soon.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ โ€˜๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅโ€™ ๐…๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ: Now also available in print.๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ๐Ÿ“š

โ€œ๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ 250๐˜”โ‚ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ.โ€ Thatโ€™s a statement that I heard about a lot, ironically, while I was setting up a family office for a group of Berlin-based entrepreneurs, from the very advisors (think private banks and asset managers) from who I was looking for assistance. Today, having set up that family office, and having advised many others on the process, I wholeheartedly disagree with that statementโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ“ฐ family office news roundup

Multi-Family Offices Surge in Popularity. More wealthy families are ditching private banks in favor of multi-family offices that offer a mix of investment advice and concierge-style services. The model is booming, being more personal with costs spread around, all through a single service provider - Financial Advisor Magazine

Key One Big Beautiful Bill Act Implications for Family Offices and High-Net-Worth Investors. How the new OBBBA rules could trip up family offices and wealthy investors if theyโ€™re not careful with compliance - a reminder that reporting and due diligence requirements are set to increase - McDermott Will & Emery

Pickleballโ€™s Global Surge: A Gold Mine for Family Offices in Sports Tech and Real Estate. Pickleball isnโ€™t just a hobby for retirees anymore, itโ€™s exploding worldwide and creating investment angles in clubs, tech, and property. Family offices are piling in, betting this might actually stick around to create some solid returns - AINews

Private Equity Reigns Supreme in Family Office Portfolios.
Family offices keep doubling down on private equity, making it their top allocation by far. The article suggests itโ€™s all about chasing higher returns, even if it means swallowing more risk - Professional Wealth Management

๐Ÿพ Living Large: the finer things in life

The Goodwood Festival of Speed took place this weekend, with supercars, F1 winners and notable classics racing a short hillclimb in front of motorsports collectors and enthusiasts from around the world. It also saw a record-breaking auction, with the highest value car a Mercedes AMG One selling at $3.3 million. This โ€˜57 300SL below only managed $1.16 million.

Last weekโ€™s newsletter on family office recruitment (Algorithms and Intuition) had a lot of interest - read it here if you missed it!

Until Friday, see you on ๐• or LinkedIn.

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