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    • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
      FT WealthRhymer Rigby
      Would you run a background check on your child’s new partner?

      Investigation firms will carry out the due diligence on potential kin to ensure there are no skeletons lurking in the cupboard

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      Media
      Les Echos journalists protest over removal of editor by billionaire owner Bernard Arnault

      Staff say ‘forced departure’ of Nicolas Barré is breach of deal to ensure editorial independence

    • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
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      Family business and the succession trap

      The changes afoot at C&A owner Cofra show how families are having to adapt in order to invest and attract talent

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      Special ReportWomen in Business
      Italian women cultivating a life in winemaking

      A former male preserve in Italy is under pressure to adopt sustainable practices

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      Special ReportWomen in Business
      How mothers shape their daughters’ careers

      Has working life changed for women? Two generations compare differences, similarities and what they learn from each other

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
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      Dave Robertson to join 87-year-old Charles Koch in heading powerful US private company

    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
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    • Saturday, 18 February, 2023
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      As president of Toyota, he turned the carmaker into a global success story

    • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
      Rothschild and Co.
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      Peugeots and Dassaults look at financing deal taking Rothschild & Co private

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
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      Media tycoon in talks to sell stake in digital property group instead

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      Wealthy oil dynasty were shareholders in collapsed crypto group after previous investments turned sour

    • Saturday, 14 January, 2023
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      Delphine Arnault, an LVMH heir steps up at Dior

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      Luxury group set to be run by Andrea Guerra who will eventually pass the baton to heir Lorenzo Bertelli

    • Monday, 9 January, 2023
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      The proposed Fox-News Corp merger could portend a realignment of the interests of Rupert Murdoch’s children

    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      FT Wealth
      Split decisions: how siblings succeed — and fail — in business together

      Family relationships can be a source of both solidarity and tensions, so the ability to define boundaries is crucial

    • Monday, 21 November, 2022
      FT Wealth
      Carmignac shows faith in family business mindset as key to growth

      Asset manager’s Portfolio Family Governed fund seeks to exploit potential of thinking that looks beyond short term

    • Friday, 18 November, 2022
      John Gapper
      How to succeed with a family business succession

      Red Bull appears wiser than Tyson Foods in deciding how to hand power to the next generation

    • Friday, 28 October, 2022
      FT Wealth
      Engaging the young in family business culture

      ‘A shared culture creates the basis on which a company can continue to prosper as control passes from one generation to the next’

    • Thursday, 20 October, 2022
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      Dell-backed investment group merges with Buffett’s favoured advisory firm

      MSD Partners combines with Byron Trott’s BDT merchant bank to advise billionaires on deals

    • Wednesday, 19 October, 2022
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      Merger of Fox and News Corp would build scale but ‘raises more questions than answers’

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      Asian art and luxury buying boom

      While some of Hong Kong’s rich leave, others buy art and pledge to stay put

    • Thursday, 22 September, 2022
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      Lord Rothermere to become chief of Daily Mail publisher

      Great-grandson of newspaper’s founder and chair of DMGT will take charge at end of the month

    • Friday, 9 September, 2022
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      The understated billionaire was known for his long-running dispute with one of India’s biggest conglomerates

    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      FT WealthDavid Kamenetzky
      How family businesses survive hard times

      Creating value for their customers and themselves has been a key component in ensuring they outlast listed companies

    • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
      Lex
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      Candy and pet food group is in its 111th year of business

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