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Google co-founder Brin’s family office to open in Singapore
Sergey Brin is the world’s ninth richest person, with a net worth of US$86.5 billion.
February 04, 2021
Investing ideas
Whisky brokerage service in Singapore offers investors opportunity to invest in rare whisky
Interested in whisky? Rare Finds Worldwide has launched a brokerage and fund targeted at professional investors and collectors
September 17, 2020
In print this week
Former banker founded Charismatic Capital to offer stock loan financing to underserved companies
Stock loans are nothing new. This form of financing requires borrowers to put up shares as collateral in exchange for a loan. However, the global financial crisis (GFC) in 2008 changed all of that.
June 12, 2020
Company in the news
New IG boss June Felix leads hunt for new growth from family offices and boutique hedge funds
SINGAPORE (Feb 28): IG Group, the UK-listed over-the-counter (OTC) leveraged derivatives provider, is well known for offering retail investors access to its famed contract for differences (CFDs) trading platform.
February 28, 2020
Family business
Family affairs
Billionaires are being minted at a slower pace in Asia, but the demand for professionals to manage their wealth remains strong, as contingencies have to be considered. Are family offi ces able to provide the much-needed service?
December 13, 2019
Hong Kong protests
Family office advisers see rising interest in leaving Hong Kong
SINGAPORE (Oct 10): Service providers to some of Asia’s wealthiest families say they are fielding a rising number of calls about shifting away from Hong Kong, with some already moving money to Singapore-based banks.
October 10, 2019
Family offices target hedge fund clients after taking talent
(Sept 5): They’ve already come for the talent, poaching traders from the likes of Millennium Management LLC. Now Asia’s family offices are going after the hedge fund industry’s clients, too.
September 05, 2018
UBS Family Office Summit 2018 in Singapore attracts world's wealthiest families
SINGAPORE (May 3): Over 120 of some of Asia's wealthiest global family offices and family office executives attended the flagship Asian edition of UBS Family Office Summit on Thursday.
May 03, 2018
In print this week
Can family offices help Singapore churn out more unicorns?
SINGAPORE (Nov 4): Can the tiny island republic churn out more unicorns? Christopher Quek of TRi5 Ventures certainly thinks so, believing that the local start-up ecosystem can produce more winners if local business families take an interest in this space.
November 04, 2016
Tech
Vickers Venture raises $86 mil for first close of VC fund
SINGAPORE (July 21): Venture capital (VC) firm Vickers Venture Partners says it has achieved the first close of its Vickers Venture Fund V L.P at $86 million out of its target fund size of $340 million, with a cap of $540 million.
July 21, 2016