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…
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 "…
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…
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…
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…
With many companies nearing the first-to-second generation transfer phase. Asian family businesses have been forced to learn the art of succession…
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…
Outlook for Family Businesses in Asia
Asian business families say that Asia has the most significant impact on their businesses with almost 70% of them unequivocally choosing Asia over…
Building sustainable family businesses
In 2012, the Singapore Management University (SMU) established Southeast Asia’s first regional institute to specifically serve the needs of…
What’s the big deal with Big Data?
Big Data does not necessarily cost big bucks, and smaller companies can benefit from it too. On 23 April 2013, at 1:07pm U.S. Eastern…