Family Office

The family office sector is a coveted space as trillions of dollars under management soar across the globe. Increasing numbers of firms labelling themselves as "multi-family offices" have been popping up to grab their share of the market for the better part of the last decade. Yet, one must question whether these entities are what they say they are or if they are just private banks and traditional wealth managers "borrowing" the label to enter this lucrative arena.

Just like the global financial crisis, Australia is emerging from Covid-19 more strongly than the rest of the developed world. Investment banks here have never been busier, raising huge sums of equity from one of the world’s largest asset pools. When borders reopen they will be primed for outbound M&A. But why does almost nobody have a private banking business? In the first of a two-part series on Australian investment banking, we look at the work that came out of a global pandemic.

Creative Planning has bolstered its presence in Kansas with the purchase of Sunrise Advisors for an undisclosed sum.