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Operations

The unglamorous machinery that keeps a family office running: technology, reporting, cybersecurity and day-to-day process.

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Family offices are closing. The families are richer than ever.

Running a single family office costs $6.6 million a year for a $1 billion portfolio. Some families have decided the numbers no longer work.

Technology

Family offices are investing in AI. Most of them are not actually using it.

Two thirds of family offices say AI is a priority investment theme. Fewer than a quarter use it internally. The gap between allocation and adoption is wide.

3 February 2026
Operations

The unglamorous backbone: operations, data and cyber risk

Operations, data and cyber risk are the unglamorous backbone of a family office, and the area wealthy families most often neglect until something breaks.

9 December 2025
Talent

Staffing a family office: the traits that matter most

Who to hire first in a family office, the traits that matter more than the CV, and how to avoid the key-person risk that quietly threatens small teams.

15 July 2025
Costs

The true cost of a single family office

The real cost of running a single family office goes well beyond salaries. What families underestimate, and the point at which an SFO stops making sense.

11 March 2025
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