family office

Jennifer Steans runs a family office based in South Chicago and is looking to tap into Asia’s economic growth via her billionaire connections. FinanceAsia offers a rare glimpse into how the super-rich broker deals.

Bernard Fung, the head of family office services Singapore for Credit Suisse private banking, talks about the emergence of family offices in Asia.

HSBC appoints Ronald Tham head of coverage and family office for Hong Kong, Roger de Basto head of transaction management for equity capital markets in Asia-Pacific and Rajeev Sahney head of the corporate sector group for Asia-Pacific. All three are based in Hong Kong.

The firm appoints Richard Straus to run its family office for North Asia as part of a global drive, and names Steven Lo as Hong Kong head and hires John Wang from Goldman to run Taiwan.

Richa Karpe from multi-family office Altamount Capital discusses India's super-rich, succession planning issues and how philanthropy is evolving.