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Family business
Professionalising Family Business
PROFESSIONALISING FAMILY BUSINESS APPOINTING NON-FAMILY BOARD MEMBERS Sha is the third-generation director of a mid-sized and progressive medical company. His grandfather started the organisation on a very small scale in a small town in UP. The Board of the...
Family Business Succession in Austria
Love, Power & Wealth - Family Business Succession in Austria The importance of Family Businesses We all know the topic from numerous books, movies and TV series. Thomas Mann's “Buddenbrooks”, HBO's “Succession” or books about real business families such as the...
Succession Planning in the UAE for Family Businesses
Succession Planning in the UAE for Family Businesses Family Businesses (“FBS”) are significant contributors to United Arab Emirates’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), wealth creation and economic stability. However, research demonstrates that the survival rate of FBS...
How is a family Charter drafted?
How is a Family Charter drafted? Drafting a Family Charter The drafting of a Family Charter is not a difficult task, as long as its author is fully aware of what to provide in it. The best Family Charters are those that the largest number possible of Family members...
High net worth family charters, protecting family and wealth
High Net Worth Family Charters. What for? And what are its contents? A Family Charter should not be looked at as a piece of literature to work on, perfect and store in a drawer. It has a specific use and it should address a minimum of critical and important matters of...
Multi-family office diversity
The constantly increasing number of wealthy families has, over the past years, had a strong effect on demand for wealth management services. Ever more wealthy business owners and families that have sold their businesses are considering a family office to support them...
Which opportunities do social businesses offer for venture philanthropy funds?
The innovative, market-oriented but yet not yield-oriented model of social businesses makes a good match for the distinctive approach of venture philanthropy funds. The term social business was coined by the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus. He founded the...
Common Chinese legal obstacles regarding outbound investment by individuals
For Chinese individuals making outbound investment, overcoming the obstacles from the aspects of regulatory and foreign exchange control becomes a priority. As China is now the second largest economy in the world and produces millionaires and billionaires faster than...
What Are the Restrictions for Foreign Accounts of Individuals?
Russian law establishes special regulation for individuals’ foreign accounts. Individuals (Russian currency residents) cannot receive on their foreign accounts the majority of funds transfers. Spending of funds is less problematic, however subject to certain...
