Family office governance must become more structured if wealthy families are to achieve successful intergenerational transitions, according to executives speaking at the VCCircle Family Office Summit 2026. Panellists said many family offices are increasingly separating ownership from day-to-day management by appointing chief investment officers and adopting formal investment policy statements, family constitutions and dispute-resolution mechanisms. Younger generations are als

The KWAP eFishery investment has prompted Malaysia's Retirement Fund Inc to pursue legal action and seek recovery of invested capital after the Finance Ministry described the Indonesian aquaculture company's collapse as the result of a "well-planned fraud". In a parliamentary reply, the ministry said KWAP and other investors had begun legal proceedings while reviewing governance, monitoring and investment oversight procedures. Officials stressed that the pension fund had foll

Family offices are increasingly adopting formal wealth-purpose frameworks as they prepare for one of the largest intergenerational wealth transfers in history, according to preliminary findings from the 2026 AlTi Tiedemann Global and Campden Wealth Family Office Operational Excellence Report. The family office wealth purpose trend reflects a growing focus on governance, succession and preserving family values alongside financial capital. The survey of 126 family office princi