Paine Pacific's Managing Director, Nels Paine, speaks on Family Office presence felt in M&A
May 8, 2023
Article by Bailey McCan - Pensions & Investments
Family offices have been involved in mergers and acquisitions for decades. And their influence, as well as their assets, are growing — with the most professionalized family offices now rivaling traditional money management firms in terms of staff size and investment activity.
Survey data from Campden Wealth and RBC Wealth Management last year estimated that the collective AUM across participating North American family offices sat at $182 billion, with the average North American family office having about $1 billion. Participants were surveyed between March and June of 2022.
Family offices seek to create and maintain multigenerational wealth for their members and where that wealth comes from can take on many forms. Some family offices are centered around operating companies.
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