The Complete Family Office Handbook: A Guide for Affluent Families and the Advisors Who Serve Them

This new edition documents changes in a world few will every encounter, but for those who do, is a foundation entity in the world of the most affluent and privileged members of society. It guides them in looking beyond financial wealth into looking at the non-financial impact of who they are, what they have and what they do.

I bought several books to study family offices, and they have all been incredibly bad books. I read about 100 books a year, so I know what makes a good or bad book. But what I don't know is why investment professionals can't seem to write anything clearly or helpfully. It's certainly industry-wide. And this book is no exception. If you make the mistake of spending your time on this book, you will read lots of categoricals, and very little specifics. I estimate close to zero specifics. And those categoricals will be described vaguely and in passive voice. Aka, difficult to read, difficult to understand, and then if you do either of those... There is nothing specific for all of that work in the first place. Another dog.

An exciting subject is made unbearably obtuse by a poor style of writing. Give me the facts - make them concise and to the point. The lack of accurate brevity annoyingly obscures the subject matter, making it virtually unintelligible. After a brief foray, I found this book to be unbearable and will be returning it for something written more professionally. The book itself is made of very cheap, low quality paper and has a faint musty smell. The ultra thin pages had to painstakingly be pulled apart and a highlighter could not be used without bleeding through. This book will not age well. Robin