Family Office

Are you or your client looking towards establishing a new family office? Or, is your existing family office experiencing some growing pains or facing a specific challenging decision? We hope you find some guidance in the resources below.

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From Textiles to Multi-generational Wealth: The Shah Family Enterprise

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published on Columbia CaseWorks, Spring 2024 What are the factors that drove a family-owned chemical company’s success, and how can the family balance monetization of the business with the desire to continue the legacy?

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Everything Everywhere All at Once?
Family Enterprises in 2024

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published in Trusts & Estates, January 2024 The  2023  Academy Awards ceremony was quite a sweep for the film Everything Everywhere All at Once,1 which conventions, including genre, casting, plot and the time-space continuum. Looking…

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Virtual Fireside Chat with Leading Family Enterprise and Family Office Experts

The role of family offices in structuring and advising families with regards to liquidity events and family dynamics. Strategies for families to intelligently run and manage the risks associated with private wealth and operating businesses concurrently…

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Guidance for Family Offices: How to approach ESG investing

By Patricia Angus and Camille Korschun – Originally published in Family Enterprise Insights, March 2021 Introduction: Environmental, Social, and Governance investing (ESG investing) is an approach that incorporates factors beyond financial return in an investment decision. Namely, the investor incorporates…

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How Should a Family Firm Approach an Ethical Dilemma?

Family firms comprise between 70 and 90% of economic activity depending on the country or region, so the impact of family business ethics can be dramatic. In this conversation, Columbia Business School Professor Patricia Angus and IAE Professor Pedro Vazquez,…

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House of Redstone: Family Enterprise in Three Acts

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published on Columbia CaseWorks, Fall 2018 What family enterprise, ownership, and governance lessons can be gleaned from the multigenerational saga of the Redstone family?

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Pritzker Family Enterprise: A Family Governance Case Study

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published on Columbia CaseWorks Fall 2013 What does the Pritzker family story, one of the wealthiest and most philanthropic families in the United States, tell us about family governance?

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Reality Trumps Myth: Pritzker family enterprise story

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published in Trusts & Estates, March 2014 Family business, trust and estate planners have been relying on a set of assumptions about client goals, family relationships and the definition of “success” for as long…

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Family Meetings Come of Age: How to create an effective forum for all generations

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published on WealthManagement.com, 2013 As older members of the Baby Boom generation were reaching adulthood, I spent many an hour watching the bevy of TV shows that were focused on the ways that the…

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Sharing the Family Vacation Home

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published in WealthManagement.com July 2015 Five tips for making frolicking more likely than fighting. Ahh, summer. A time to get away to the family vacation home, kick back, bask in the sun and gather…

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From Textiles to Multi-generational Wealth: The Shah Family Enterprise

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published on Columbia CaseWorks, Spring 2024 What are the factors that drove a family-owned chemical company’s success, and how…

Read More

Everything Everywhere All at Once?
Family Enterprises in 2024

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published in Trusts & Estates, January 2024 The  2023  Academy Awards ceremony was quite a sweep for the film Everything…

Read More

Virtual Fireside Chat with Leading Family Enterprise and Family Office Experts

The role of family offices in structuring and advising families with regards to liquidity events and family dynamics. Strategies for families to intelligently run and manage the risks associated with private wealth and operating businesses concurrently…

Read More

Guidance for Family Offices: How to approach ESG investing

By Patricia Angus and Camille Korschun – Originally published in Family Enterprise Insights, March 2021 Introduction: Environmental, Social, and Governance investing (ESG investing) is an…

Read More

How Should a Family Firm Approach an Ethical Dilemma?

Family firms comprise between 70 and 90% of economic activity depending on the country or region, so the impact of family business ethics can be…

Read More

House of Redstone: Family Enterprise in Three Acts

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published on Columbia CaseWorks, Fall 2018 What family enterprise, ownership, and governance lessons can be gleaned from the multigenerational…

Read More

Pritzker Family Enterprise: A Family Governance Case Study

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published on Columbia CaseWorks Fall 2013 What does the Pritzker family story, one of the wealthiest and most philanthropic…

Read More

Reality Trumps Myth: Pritzker family enterprise story

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published in Trusts & Estates, March 2014 Family business, trust and estate planners have been relying on a set…

Read More

Family Meetings Come of Age: How to create an effective forum for all generations

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published on WealthManagement.com, 2013 As older members of the Baby Boom generation were reaching adulthood, I spent many an…

Read More

Sharing the Family Vacation Home

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published in WealthManagement.com July 2015 Five tips for making frolicking more likely than fighting. Ahh, summer. A time to…

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