Family Office Insider (FOI) | October 2025
📰News, 📑Research & Reports, 📅Events, 👥Jobs Board & Career Moves | Family Office Industry Newsletter
Hello, and welcome to the October 2025 edition of Family Office Insider (FOI). In the Industry Newsletter we share the latest news and developments from the family office ecosystem. Welcome to 122 new subscribers this month!
Sections:
📊 Chart of the Month
📑 Research & Reports
📰 News & Commentary
👥 Jobs Board
📅 Events
📊 Chart of the Month
Powered by GPFO Research - Source: Goldman Sachs Adapting to the Terrain Family Office Insights report.
The use of AI is widespread amongst Family Offices but generally for limited tasks such as data analysis, providing insights and delivering productivity gains. A much smaller number are using AI for tasks with an element of “decision making” such as risk and portfolio management.
📑 Research & Reports.
The latest reports, research and whitepapers on family offices, global wealth and select interest areas. Powered by the GPFO Research & Reports Database.
Research | 2025 Global Family Office Report, Citi
Research | Adapting to the Terrain | Family Office Investment Insights, Goldman Sachs
Review | Navigating the future of Private Capital and the Family Office | Family Office Review 2025, Exante
Report | Redefining Resilience | How family offices are adapting to global
uncertainty and next-generation priorities, TMF Group
Research | Attitudes to Wealth | Exploring evolving perspectives on
wealth, taxation and social responsibility, STEP
Research | Rethinking the Rules for Growth | Global Wealth Report 2025, BCG
Research | 2025 Half Year Report Heli Market Trends, Aero Asset
📰 Headlines
Corient acquires Stonehage Fleming and Stanhope Capital in European push. Citywire
UK investment minister quits just weeks before major summit. Politico
London’s bullion market to trial digital gold. FT
Larry Ellison briefly eclipses Elon Musk as world's richest person, billionaires index says. CNBC
WealthTech platform iPaladin sues Orca over alleged patent infringement. Modus News
Featured Read: The new status game: longevity
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The emerging Ellison empire. status.news
Murdoch, Dell, Ellison involved in TikTik US deal. Reuters
A Texas family office sues its CIO. Modus News
Billionaire VC Mike Moritz slams new H-1B visa fee as ‘brutish extortion scheme’. Techcrunch
Jeff Bezos father, Mike Bezos, is undertaking a “major expansion” of his family office in Florida. The Wall Street Journal
Ray Dalio embraces family office life as CIO. Bloomberg
Chanel owners lean on 38 year old to protect their billions. Bloomberg
This Singapore gaming billionaire is betting AI will upend the entire industry. Forbes
Sinclair media group next gen’s next-gen restaurant group grew from a single ice cream shop, could generate $200m in revenue this year. CNBC
✨ Impact & Philanthropy
Family offices back sustainable investing amid global shift. The Asset
🤝 Private Markets
WealthTech company Arch, used by 180+ family offices, raises $52M. Newswire
Chick-fil-A family office, Magnolia Hill Partners, launches Sports Investment firm. Bloomberg
Robert Langer and son Michael Langer, launch venture capital fund TRx. Newswire
VCBench: Benchmarking LLMs in Venture Capital. arxiv , website
“We introduce VCBench, the first benchmark for predicting founder success in venture capital (VC), a domain where signals are sparse, outcomes are uncertain, and even top investors perform modestly. At inception, the market index achieves a precision of 1.9%. Y Combinator outperforms the index by a factor of 1.7x, while tier-1 firms are 2.9x better.”
💼 Career Moves
Valeria Alberola joins Aurora Borealis, family office of Mike Bezos, as CEO.
Olivia Macdonald joins single family office, Macdoch as CIO.
Helen Weaving joins Spencer West Private Office from London Land Management.
Katy Ho joins Hong Kong based single family office from BCLP.
Stefan Schmautz joins German single family office from Telenova.
Olivia Peters joins US single family office from Mercer Advisers.
Jonathan Canals joins Spanish single family office from Inmobiliaria Espacio.
Karen Choo joins Singapore-based single family office.
Sophie Coleridge joins London based single family office as Chief of Staff.
Simon Hilton Vidal joins Geneva based single family office from Swiss MFO.
👥 Jobs Board.
Full Jobs Board accessible via the industry or members portals. Currently 35 actively recruiting roles in single family offices. 22 new roles listed this month, 24 closed to new applications. Hiring?
President - Single Family Office - Houston, Texas, USA
Tax Director - Single Family Office - Chicago, USA
CFO - Single Family Office - Geneva, Switzerland
Chief of Staff & Venture Builder - Single Family Office - London, UK
Head of Public Markets - Single Family Office - Singapore
Assistant Vice President - Single Family Office - Delhi, India
Senior Finance Manager - Single Family Office - Dubai, UAE
📅 Events.
Request Invite | GPFO European Conference 2025 | 5th November
Investment Trusts Forum | 20th November - London & Online (Request Invite)
Christmas Drinks | 4th December - London, UK (Request Invite)