Blue Pool Capital private equity fund ambitions are expanding as the Hong Kong-based family office of Alibaba co-founder Joseph Tsai launches fundraising for its first private equity vehicle open to external investors, with a target of USD750m. The Riverside fund will pursue majority or minority stakes in mid-sized businesses valued at USD100m to USD1bn across high-end retail, fintech, digital banking, payments, and AI-enabled software. The move marks a strategic shift for Bl

Adams Street Partners Hong Kong office plans are advancing as the USD65bn private markets manager opens a new location to strengthen coverage of institutional, family office, and wealth clients across Asia-Pacific. The office, which will commence operations upon licensing, aims to enhance local deal sourcing and client engagement amid rising regional demand for diversified access to global private markets alongside domestic opportunities. The firm said the Adams Street Partne

Vietnam’s promotion to FTSE Russell secondary emerging market status is pushing global and Asia‑based family offices to shift the country from frontier exposure to core allocation, according to Das Family Office strategist Rainer Michael Preiss. Speaking at the Hubbis Vietnam Wealth Management Forum 2025, he said Vietnam is increasingly viewed as a structural ASEAN growth market alongside China and India. Preiss urged diversified exposure across listed equities, private equit

Family‑office backed Aquilius Investment Partners is expanding into Hong Kong as it steps up its Asia private equity secondaries strategy with the hire of former HarbourVest executive Martin Yung as managing director and head of private equity secondaries. The Singapore‑headquartered firm, founded in 2021, has already invested several hundred million dollars in GP‑led and LP‑led deals and expects to deploy well over USD500m a year in private equity secondaries over the medium

Singapore has cemented its status as a top Singapore wealth hub, ranking alongside Dubai and New York in Savills’ latest index of high‑net‑worth hotspots. The city‑state scored strongly on economic competitiveness, connectivity and wealth infrastructure, underpinned by the absence of inheritance, capital gains and wealth taxes, and a 24% top marginal personal income tax rate. Savills placed Singapore third globally and the leading Asia‑Pacific market, ahead of Shanghai, Bangk

Asia’s family offices and next‑generation wealthy entrepreneurs are fuelling demand for Vista’s private aviation services as the group puts Japan and Southeast Asia at the centre of its 2026 plan. Vista, parent of VistaJet and XO, said Japan is its fastest‑growing market, with membership up 67% year on year in H1 2025, supported by outbound corporate investment and ultra‑rich clients seeking global mobility. Industry data show Japan is set to attract about 600 new high‑net‑wo

Hong Kong is intensifying efforts to market itself as a global family office hub through a new Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) campaign promoting the city as “where money comes to grow”. The four-part short-form series highlights low taxes, free capital flows and a common-law system that policymakers say anchor its role as Asia’s leading financial centre and cross-border wealth-management base. The FSDC projects that Hong Kong could manage about USD2.9tr in cros

Family-owned enterprises are expected to outperform non-family firms over the next decade, despite mounting risks, according to Deloitte Private. Companies with at least USD100m in revenue now represent 22 percent of large enterprises and are projected to grow 22% in number between 2020 and 2030, with turnover rising 84% versus 59% for other businesses. Singapore family businesses are especially optimistic: 54% expect revenue growth above 10% in 2025, more than double last ye

Global accounting firm BDO has resigned from its work for DW Capital Holdings, a Singapore family office sanctioned by the US and UK over alleged links to Cambodia’s Prince Group. Two BDO employees also stepped down as DW Capital’s company secretaries following the US Treasury’s action. The firm had helped incorporate DW Capital in 2018, using BDO’s Singapore office address in filings. Authorities imposed sanctions on 146 individuals and entities tied to what they described a

Family offices and institutional backers have participated in Kaya Founders’ USD25m final close, marking the Philippines venture firm’s first fund to include outside limited partners. The fund drew investors such as Singapore’s Pavilion Capital, Gabriel and Geraldine Sunshine of Bracebridge Capital, Concentric Equity Partners of Chicago, and other family offices and tech operators. Anchor investor AMTI backed the structure, which comprises two vehicles: USD5m “Zero to One” fo

Raffles Family Office (RFO) has appointed Caroline Langston as chief people officer, a newly created role as the Asia multi-family office expands across Greater China, Southeast Asia and new markets. Effective immediately, Langston will oversee people strategy, talent development and corporate culture, including the Raffles Group Academy for workforce learning and reskilling. Having served as an executive coach to RFO for over five years, she brings more than two decades of i

Singapore’s Jaleel family office has purchased the George Williams Hotel in Brisbane’s central business district for AUD34m (USD22.2m) through High Street Holdings, the investment arm of JD Properties. The acquisition adds a centrally located, mid-scale property to a portfolio expected to exceed AUD150m as the family builds its Australian hospitality assets. The move positions the office to capture demand from Brisbane’s infrastructure boom and the 2032 Olympic Games. It also

Munich-based family office Perpetual Investors is shifting its focus towards Asia infrastructure as it trims a historically US-heavy portfolio, according to Infrastructure Investor. Founded in 2015 as the investment office of Bavaria’s Wilsdorf family, Perpetual backs entrepreneurs, other family offices, and institutional investors, with several years’ experience in infrastructure assets. The firm is pursuing broader diversification across Asia, Europe, and the US but notes r

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Franklin Templeton has launched Hong Kong’s first Luxembourg-registered tokenised fund, marking a milestone in the city’s Fintech 2030 blueprint. The Franklin OnChain US Government Money Fund, which invests in US government securities, will be offered to institutional and professional investors with at least HKD8m (USD1m) in assets. The initiative brings tokenisation—blockchain-based representations of traditional assets—into Hong Kong’s regulated wealth market, improving set

Hong Kong could overtake London as the world’s No.2 financial centre next year, according to GCM Grosvenor CEO Michael Sacks at the Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit. He cited the city’s talent depth, international access, and rule of law as major strengths. Hermes Li of Aspex Management said Hong Kong should benefit as Chinese savers shift from property to equities and as more A-share tech firms pursue local IPOs, including CATL’s 2025 debut (stock code 3750). For

The Singapore family office regulation 2025 update shows that 3% of around 1,300 applications for tax-exempt family offices were blocked over the past three years, while incentives were clawed back from two vehicles linked to the Prince Group, sanctioned by the UK and US for large-scale scams. Authorities said police seized more than SGD150m (USD110m) in assets, including properties and accounts. Singapore has tightened scrutiny after a SGD3bn money-laundering case in 2023 th

The Citi family office head Hannes Hofmann will leave the bank about three years after joining, marking another leadership change within Citigroup’s global wealth business. Hofmann, who joined in 2022 from JPMorgan, expanded the firm’s family office coverage and quantitative strategy adoption. His departure follows an earlier private-bank restructuring that saw global head Ida Liu step down and the introduction of four regional heads reporting to wealth chief Andy Sieg, who j

The Lioner Singapore expansion marks a major milestone for Lioner International Group, which has moved its Singapore operations to a larger office at One Raffles Place after tripling revenue in the first half of 2025. The Chinese wealth consortium, providing integrated insurance, trust, and family office services, said the relocation reflects growing demand from ultra-high- and high-net-worth clients for consolidated legacy and wealth-planning solutions. Operating across Hong