Asia Family Office
Structural reads on Asia's SFO / MFO ecosystem — from Singapore's MAS-tightened landscape to Hong Kong's NCIES recovery, with the practitioner trade-offs that institutional reports don't surface.
India's GIFT City vs Singapore: The Family Office Choice for Indian UHNW
GIFT City is no longer a marketing slogan. For Indian UHNW with onshore operating wealth, the SG 13O vs IFSCA Family Investment Fund choice is now a real decision, not a default. Here's the framework I'm using to read it.
The "13O vs 13U" Decision Framework: Why Mid-Tier Family Offices Are Defaulting to 13O
13O vs 13U used to be a wealth-band sorting problem with a clear table of cutoffs. Post-2023 substance updates broke that table. Here's the decision framework I'd actually use for a mid-tier (USD 30-80M) wealth holder evaluating the choice today.
Singapore's Family Office Boom Isn't What You Think — A Mid-Tier Wealth Practitioner's Read
The 1,400-then-2,000 SFO headline is real, but it isn't the story. Here's the read I'm having on what's actually pulling mid-tier wealth into Singapore — and what the substance updates mean in practice.