Hong Kong’s cross-border wealth lead needs a booking map, not a verdict
TL;DR Hong Kong’s cross-border booking-centre ranking is a useful market signal, not a decision about a family’s own assets. Keep booking entity, legal owner, custody
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HLB’s new private-market funds need a terms-first reading
TL;DR HLB Private Bank has announced two private-market vehicles for clients in Malaysia: Global Private Equity Fund-of-Funds II and Private Markets Evergreen Income Fund. The announcement describes
MAS’s valuation paper gives family investment committees three questions for external fund managers
TL;DR MAS’s 29 May information paper sets supervisory expectations for how fund management companies govern, document and control valuations. It does not create a family-office rule.
India’s family-giving boom needs an operating charter
TL;DR Indian families supplied about 42 per cent of India’s private-sector philanthropy in FY25, while family offices and professional giving teams are multiplying. The missing operating
MAPS Singapore Highlights the City-State's Family Office Hub Role
TL;DR The oversubscribed Markets & Allocators Private Summit brought Asian family offices, institutional allocators and vetted private-market managers to Marina Bay Sands on 21 July 2026. Its
Jamie Dimon’s warning is a four-part family-office stress test
TL;DR Jamie Dimon says markets may be underpricing geopolitical and fiscal risks and that he would not buy broad equities or long-dated US Treasuries at current prices.
HSBC’s Q3 playbook gives family offices four ways to position
TL;DR HSBC Private Bank’s Q3 outlook is not just a macro note. It is a portfolio map. The bank wants clients to look at AI, energy