Crain Currency

Crain Communications, a family-owned media company with a history spanning 106 years, is excited to introduce a brand new initiative focused on creating and preserving family wealth across generations. Crain Currency is a digital news and community platform tailored for families managing their wealth and legacies. Launched on June 29, the product features a weekly newsletter, with a comprehensive website and an exclusive networking platform set to debut later this year. Interested individuals can visit www.craincurrency.com to apply for membership. This innovative platform targets individuals who lead family-owned businesses and family offices, which are established to oversee family wealth. Additionally, it will cater to professionals who provide advice to families as well as individual private investors. Given that many families invest directly in businesses, the community will also welcome serial entrepreneurs and leaders from private equity and venture capital sectors.

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Citadel’s Ken Griffin criticizes Trump tariff and tax policies, calls deregulation a ‘godsend’

1 week ago | craincurrency.com | Courtney Degen

Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin criticized the Trump administration’s tariff and tax policies, though he called their deregulation efforts a “godsend.”Speaking at the Wednesday closing session of the Milken Institute Global Conference 2025, Griffin addressed the remarks of U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who opened the conference Monday.
Tom Hoops of New Republic Partners talks about the investing trends family offices are following amid market volatility

1 week ago | craincurrency.com | Marcus Baram

Tom Hoops is the CEO of the multifamily office New Republic Partners, based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He spoke with Crain Currency about the benefits of an MFO for families as well as his investing outlook for what looks to be a volatile few quarters. You started with two families, and now you’re working with several dozen. What are the advantages of having a multifamily office (MFO) of that size? Well, there are certain families that should have a single-family office.
Ariel's new sports fund taps into growth of women's teams

1 week ago | craincurrency.com | Erin E. Arvedlund

Institutional investors now view sports as another potential pocket of growth, said Jason Wright, who leads Ariel’s new women’s sports fund, Project Level, and is former president of the Washington Commanders and the first African American president of a National Football League team. Wright spoke Monday on a panel at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Crewe Advisors multifamily office picks CIO Seth Merrill from Mormon church investment manager

1 week ago | craincurrency.com | Caryl Anne Francia

Seth Merrill has been named chief investment officer of Crewe Advisors, a Salt Lake City-based wealth manager and multifamily office, effective Monday, according to a news release. He will be responsible for leading investment activities at the firm, which has more than $2.5 billion in assets under management. Crewe provides financial, estate, investment, risk and philanthropic planning services for clients, including charitable foundations.
How CAA’s new family office advisory could rewrite the script for wealthy families

1 week ago | craincurrency.com | Marcus Baram

The recent news that the high-powered talent agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) has launched a family office advisory made waves and raised plenty of eyebrows in the sector, representing a new chapter in the dynamic growth of family offices.
Walton family office Builders Vision names Noelle Laing as sole CIO

2 weeks ago | craincurrency.com | Caryl Anne Francia

Noelle Laing has been named the sole chief investment officer of Builders Vision — an impact-investment platform and the family office of an heir to Walmart's founder — according to a news release Thursday. It is a new position, as it consolidates the three investment strategies of the Chicago-based, multibillion-dollar organization: direct investing, asset management and philanthropy. Laing will lead a combined team of close to 30 investors, the news release said.
Jason Britton of Reflection Asset Management on how family offices are rethinking investing in new era of ESG

2 weeks ago | craincurrency.com | Marcus Baram

Jason Britton is the founder and CIO of Reflection Asset Management, a boutique wealth management firm in Charleston, South Carolina, that specializes in thematic investing for high-net-worth families, foundations and trusts. He also is an adjunct professor of impact investing at the College of Charleston School of Business. Britton discussed the state of ESG investing and how family offices are picking up the slack during a pullback by institutional investors.
Why family offices are having a hard time recruiting top talent

2 weeks ago | craincurrency.com | Marcus Baram

As family offices grow and their operations become more complex, many find it harder to attract and retain the top-tier talent needed to manage their expanding wealth. Recruiting challenges — from cultural fit and relatively lower compensation to a wider range of responsibilities — make it difficult for family offices to compete with hedge funds and private equity firms for high-performing professionals.
When a wealthy family should start a family office

2 weeks ago | craincurrency.com | Marcus Baram

The number of family offices around the world has surged, with 68% of the estimated 8,000 single-family offices created since 2000. Yet many families with more than $100 million in assets have not taken that step. Whether to start a family office depends on the size and complexity of the family's assets, its long-term goals and its internal dynamics, say family office executives and wealth management professionals.
Tech-driven losses drive world's largest wealth fund to first-quarter loss

3 weeks ago | craincurrency.com | Sophie Baker

Technology stock-driven losses were the main contributor to a negative investment return for the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund in the first quarter of 2025. The Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) returned minus 0.6% in the first quarter, equivalent to a 415 billion Norwegian kroner ($36.6 billion) loss. The fund returned minus 0.24% in the quarter that ended Dec. 31 and gained 6.3% in the first quarter of 2024. Assets fell by 6.2 % vs. figures as of Dec.