Case Studies
Family Office Advisory
Institutional discipline without dismantling the family.
A third-generation family office managed a concentrated portfolio through informal decision-making by two principals nearing retirement.
- Service
- Family Office Advisory
- Sector
- Single Family Office
- Engagement
- 6 months
The Problem
What stood in the way.
- Seventy per cent of net worth sat in two legacy positions.
- No written investment policy existed, and the next generation had no forum.
- Succession would have transferred decisions to people with no decision history.
Our Approach
How we worked.
- 01
Drafted an investment policy statement grounded in the family's stated purpose and liquidity needs.
- 02
Designed a governance structure with an investment committee and defined family assembly.
- 03
Ran a staged diversification plan sensitive to tax and to the family's attachment to legacy holdings.
Outcomes
What the work produced.
- 70% → 34%
- concentration in legacy positions
- 3
- next-generation members on committee
- 1
- written policy governing all capital
The office now allocates against a written policy, and the next generation entered decision-making with several years of governed experience before the transition.
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