14 October 2016
Business Founders in Asia delaying succession
Business founders in Asia are delaying passing the reins on to the next generation, despite wanting to keep their company in family hands, a new…
14 October 2016
Private banks limber up to family offices boom in Singapore
Encouraging signs of growth are emerging in Singapore. A year ago, Singapore Management University launched Business Families Institute (BFI) backed…
14 October 2016
First-of-its-kind research on succession in Asian family businesses
Nearly 90% of the business families said that Business Family Management Succession is important to them and 81% of them believe that their Next…
14 October 2016
Business families still need succession planning
Jamie Lim recalled how her dad and founder of furniture retailer Scanteak tried to lure away from her fledging Hollywood career using a business…
14 October 2016
Asian Family Businesses Trust The Next Generation
Global - Asian family businesses consider succession planning as a pivotal step in their management policies. According to the 2013 study "…
14 October 2016
Business families in SEA keen on preserving wealth
Nearly 90 percent of the business families in the region surveyed in a recent poll indicated that management succession is important to them, while…
14 October 2016
In what is believed to be the first study of its kind to be conducted in the region, the Business Families Institute at SMU (BFI@SMU), in…
14 October 2016
Great expectations - raising the next generation of Asian wealth stewards
As wealth across Asia continues to grow exponentially, high net worth individuals (HNWIs) and their families are not only looking for ways to protect…
14 October 2016
With many companies nearing the first-to-second generation transfer phase. Asian family businesses have been forced to learn the art of succession…
14 October 2016
Room to build next generation of clients
Children born with the proverbial silver spoon pose a unique set of challenges for their wealthy parents. Private banks are focusing their attention…