The Family Office Book: Investing Capital for the Ultra-Affluent: 775 (Wiley Finance) - Hardcover

Wilson, Richard C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1118185366 ISBN 13: 9781118185360

Publisher: Wiley, 2012

Synopsis

Key strategies for running a family office for fund managers Understanding the basics of the family office industry is essential if you want to succeed in establishing a successful fund for a wealthy family. That's where The Family Office Book comes in. Outlining key strategies for family offices, from what a family office is to how the industry operates, and important global differences, the book is packed with interviews with experts from leading family offices. Providing readers with need-to-know tips and tools to succeed, The Family Office Book gives current and future practitioners everything they need to know about this popular segment of the financial industry. * Includes investment criteria, presented as a roadmap showing how several family offices are allocating capita * Outlines strategies for fund managers of all types, including mutual funds, real estate funds, private equity, and hedge funds on raising capital in this field * Features interviews with the most famous and sought after family offices to give real-life examples of successful family offices in action A comprehensive and reliable resource, The Family Office Book details exactly how family offices are choosing investment managers and why, and how, to break into the industry.

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Praise for The Family Office Book

"Packed with information about what high-net-worth individuals want, need, and get from professional money managers. Richard Wilson pulls back the curtain on the almost mystical world of the super-wealthy. For investors who want to learn what the rich expect from the stewards of their money--and for anyone interested in getting into the family office business. Expert interviews serve up details about what makes the family office an important element of the global investment community--and what the future family office will look like."
--Pimm Fox, Bloomberg TV and radio anchor, Taking Stock with Pimm Fox

"Richard Wilson works with family offices and ultra-wealthy clients on a day-to-day basis. The Family Office Book provides a unique perspective into exactly how those with $20M, $100M, or $1B are using family office wealth management vehicles to manage their capital."
--Russ Alan Prince, President, Prince & Associates, Inc.

"The Family Office Book is unique as the most comprehensive study of the family office world. It provides important perspective to families, family office management, and clients of family offices. A must-read."
--Charles B. Grace Jr., Director, Threshold Group; founder, Ashbridge Investment Management; and grandson of the former president of Bethlehem Steel Company

"Anyone who wants to be in the family office space needs to read this book. It has countless bits of valuable advice. It will be required reading for everyone that joins my family office team."
--Noah B. Rosenfarb, CPA, ABV, PFS, Managing Director, Freedom Wealth Advisors

"The Family Office Book is one of the few books covering the subject matter with a global scope. The real-life interviews with leading family offices from all over the world are amazing and a terrific testament to the superb network Richard has within this taciturn industry. The book is a treasure chest of insight and a one-of-a-kind resource for anybody who is regularly working together with family offices or high-net-worth individuals in general anywhere in the world."
--Michael Hartmann, Esq., LLM, private banking lawyer

About the Author:

RICHARD C. WILSON works with single and multi-family offices and the ultra-wealthy on a daily basis. Richard's team at the G.T.C. Institute, LLC operates the 40,000 member Family Offices Group association, a newsletter called Family Office Monthly, and the Qualified Family Office Professional (QFOP) training program. Richard also has a team that is laser-focused on connecting family offices to best-of-breed fund managers. Richard is a global speaker on family offices having spoken at and chaired more than 50 industry conferences and summits in Zurich, Monaco, Singapore, Moscow, New York, Liechtenstein, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, and the Cayman Islands.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1118185366
• ISBN 13: 9781118185360
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336