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Family leaders unveiled for Campden Wealth’s virtual North American Family Office Meeting

November 5, 2020

Campden Wealth’s virtual North American Family Office Meeting will be returning for its 15th year on 16-18 November, 2020—now larger, more important, and more global than ever.

Campden Wealth’s virtual North American Family Office Meeting will be returning for its 15th year on 16-18 November, 2020—now larger, more important, and more global than ever.

FB Roundup: Sodexo, Henkel, Roche

April 3, 2020

Sodexo mobilises and board cut salaries, Henkel makes disinfectants and donates millions, coronavirus-testing Roche hailed by UK government.

Sodexo mobilises globally and board cuts pay to support laid-off staff

The family principal and chiefs of Sodexo, the French family-owned food services and facilities management group, will cut their pay and support their staff made redundant because of the coronavirus outbreak with a $32.6 million fund.

Family business philanthropy in the age of the coronavirus

March 23, 2020

The families behind a British hospitality group, a German automaker and an emirates conglomerate are doing their bit in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic by cancelling commercial rents, providing face masks and donating ambulances.

Fuller, Smith and Turner, the UK’s 174-year-old family-controlled pub and hotel business temporarily closed its entire managed pubs and hotels estate from today until further notice. There have been 5,683 cases and 281 deaths in the UK from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.

FB Roundup: Inditex, Benetton and Frederick Koch

February 14, 2020

Inditex pumps $9.2 million into social welfare; Benetton fires photographer over bridge remark; Frederick Koch, US philanthropist, dies aged 86.

Ortego-owned Inditex pumps $9.2 million into social welfare

The Ortega family-owned Spanish fashion giant Inditex, best known for its high street retail chain Zara, will give €8.5 million ($9.2 million) to the Catholic Church’s charitable organisation Caritas Spain for social employment and circular economy efforts.

Five reasons to join the North American Family Enterprise Conference in Phoenix

January 30, 2020

The Campden Wealth North American Family Enterprise Conference in Phoenix on 24-26 February is the ideal event for significant wealth holding entrepreneurs and multigenerational families and their executives from across the Americas—find out why you need to attend.

How families can make positive impact investments and get results

January 21, 2020

A quarter of family offices are already engaged in impact investing, a sector with assets worth $502 billion in 2019, roughly double the year before, but how can families really make a positive impact and return?

Philanthropists save their legacy but the next generation saves the world

January 20, 2020

Traditional billionaire philanthropists say they want to give back to society, but saving the world is falling to the next generation of ultra-wealth holders, a new Campden Wealth report reveals.

Traditional billionaire philanthropists say they want to give back to society, but saving the world is falling to the next generation of ultra-wealth holders, a new Campden Wealth report reveals.

FB Roundup: Pentland Group, Deichmann and Georges Duboeuf

January 10, 2020

Pentland consolidates global Speedo portfolio ahead of Olympics, Heinrich Deichmann on family-funded growth and philanthropy, and family succeeds Georges Duboeuf, France’s “pope of Beaujolais”.

Pentland consolidates global Speedo portfolio ahead of Olympics

British family business Pentland Group has acquired Speedo North America for $170 million, ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics and the competition of many Speedo athletes.

The second-generation $3 billion group announced this week it had entered into a definitive agreement for the business with apparel company PVH Corp. Speedo International licensed the Speedo trademark to a PVH subsidiary for use in North America and the Caribbean.

How next gens are surfing the wave of impact investment in ocean conservation

October 25, 2019

Families looking to invest in impact vehicles should ensure the impact element of the fund is genuine and it has the right tools to measure impact, says Max Gottschalk, the founder and chief executive of multifamily investment office Vedra Partners.

Funding social impact since 1672

September 16, 2019

While some families have one vehicle for their charitable giving, the 11th-generation Hoare family channel their generosity and financial acumen into a suite of philanthropic ventures. James Beech speaks to Alexander Hoare

The family behind England’s oldest privately-owned bank have been giving to charitable causes for more than three hundred years. Now, both its principal and millennial scion are investing their time and talents into a fresh initiative to support early-stage social enterprises at the grassroots, where the need is greatest.