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Proactive family business succession—the new normal?

February 9, 2021

Now that the Office of Tax Simplification has completed its reviews into both Capital Gains Tax and Inheritance Tax, some of the key recommendations could have a lasting impact on the way family businesses deal with succession.

Bringing forward succession

Inheritance Tax: Reliefs, rates and exemptions for families

February 5, 2021

Statistics from the UK government’s tax office show the amount of Inheritance Tax (IHT) families are paying has soared from £2.9 billion ($3.9 billion) in 2011-12 to £5.2 billion ($7.1 billion) in 2019-20—this in part reflects the rise in asset values since 2008, and in particular skyrocketing property prices in London and the south-east of England.

Prudence urged as families transfer wealth ahead of the Biden blue wave

October 28, 2020

Families have accelerated their wealth transfers to their next generation before a possible victory by Democrat challenger Joe Biden in the US presidential election.

Families have accelerated their wealth transfers to their next generation before a possible victory by Democrat challenger Joe Biden in the US presidential election.

However, families should only consider how much and how to give away funds as part of their longer term multigenerational goals and if they could afford it, warned TwinFocus, a Boston and London based multi family office.

Family offices urged to review inheritance tax affairs during coronavirus crisis

June 8, 2020

The UK tax authority’s suspension of its Inheritance Tax investigations during the coronavirus crisis gives family offices the opportunity to get their affairs in order, family lawyers say.

The UK tax authority’s suspension of its Inheritance Tax investigations during the coronavirus crisis gives family offices the opportunity to get their affairs in order, family lawyers say.

HMRC's new Family Investment Companies team: How family offices and ultra-wealthy individuals can protect themselves

March 10, 2020

In late February, news broke that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has set up a new team to investigate the use of Family Investment Companies (FICS) with a focus on Inheritance Tax (IHT).

In late February, news broke that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has set up a new team to investigate the use of Family Investment Companies (FICS) with a focus on Inheritance Tax (IHT).

Philippe J Weil book extract: “Money is not just money. It is a means of control, a means for extorting love, gratitude and submission”

October 29, 2019

Philippe J Weil, author and family office principal, has drawn from his personal and professional experience of dealing with families of wealth over 30 years to write his new book Woes of the Rich: Seeing Beyond the Money.

CampdenFB presents this extract from the book in which the author considers the real value and consequences of wealth—and what he counselled when money threatened to tear families apart.

Did great, great, great grandpa have an iPad? How to teach your children wealth responsibility

July 1, 2019

Talking to your children about wealth can be enjoyable and preparing them can be fun, but there are serious considerations too. Next gens and family experts Sandy Loder and Evana Lithgow share a host of useful tips and insights

Talking to your children about wealth can be enjoyable and preparing them can be fun, but there are serious considerations too. Next generation and family experts Sandy Loder and Evana Lithgow share a host of useful tips and insights.

Sandy Loder is founder of AH Loder Advisers Ltd, a specialist family consultancy business that focuses on family businesses, family offices, and financial and entrepreneurial education. Loder is a fifth-generation member of the Fleming family and worked in the family business for 18 years.

Letter from the US: Trillions at stake as Millennials settle in

November 5, 2018

Boomers are retiring in droves. Generation X is not far behind. Millennials are taking charge of family fortunes. Now what?

Boomers are retiring in droves. Generation X is not far behind. Millennials are taking charge of family fortunes. Now what?

Over the next 40 years, $30 trillion in financial and non-financial assets will pass from Baby Boomers to their heirs in North America, according to management consultants Accenture.

With so much capital in play private banks are keen to keep the millennial children of wealthy families sweet.

Demand for bespoke structuring popular among ultra-wealthy

June 28, 2017

What are the attitudes of the Middle East and Far East ultra-wealthy at the coalface of financial services? James Campbell, newly appointed partner in Ogier's Jersey private client and trusts team, looks at trends within the international private client space.

Why is bespoke structuring on the rise?

Misunderstood millennials wealth wise beyond their years

June 8, 2017

High net worth millennials are wising up to their financial responsibilities by learning about wealth a dozen years earlier than baby boomers.

High net worth millennials are wising up to their financial responsibilities by learning about wealth a dozen years earlier than baby boomers.

Self-confidence in their self-taught business acumen is the recurring theme in Millennials & Wealth Transfer, a white paper by RBC Wealth Management looking at how HNW Millennials (average net worth - $ 5.8 million) acquire financial knowledge, handle the inheritance process and prepare their financial affairs.