Swiss wealth manager Jar Capital has acquired Lyra Capital, a Singapore-based multi-family office founded in 2007, in a cash-and-stock transaction. While financial details remain confidential, the deal is expected to close later this month, according to a statement released on 17 July.
Family networks have become increasingly geographically dispersed and the next generation's priorities have shifted towards a more global outlook. As a result, in recent years, many high-net-worth families have established their family offices in global hubs or offshore locations.
The bottom-line reason the very wealthy are motivated to establish and manage single-family offices is that, when run well, they optimize their financial worlds. Moreover, these single-family offices are very often able to optimize all aspects of a wealthy family’s world.
Earlier this year Union Bancaire Privée, the private banking group, scooped the award for best pure-play boutique private bank at this publication’s Greater China programme. We managed to catch up with Eric Morin, CEO for Hong Kong and head of north Asia at the Geneva-based group, to ask him about its strategy and in particular, the firm’s recently-launched Family Offices Services arm.
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