Originally published: The Asset, 27 August 2025
Family offices are strengthening their capabilities to manage increasingly sophisticated investments.
Increased regulation, especially around riskier and more specialist asset classes, is driving risk appetite among family offices, according to a new study.
According to global survey organized by fund services provider Ocorian, three-quarters ( 73% ) of family offices cite improved regulation for the increased risk appetite in their respective organizations, while 60% point to increased transparency.
Just half ( 53% ) say they believe markets are ready to recover, and 39% say family offices have been holding cash too long.
The study was based on a survey commissioned by Ocorian in June and conducted by independent research company Pureprofile. It covered about 200 people in the family office sector, including family members, full-time employees of family offices, and specialist intermediaries such as lawyers, wealth managers, private bankers, and tax advisers working for family offices.
