ADVOCACY
The IFB’s key objective in the advocacy arena is to promote the vital contribution that long-term family businesses make to the UK economy...

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EDUCATION
The IFB’s activities focus on networking as a vehicle for promoting best practice and sharing knowledge...

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NEXT GENERATION
The IFB’s Next Generation Forum supports younger members, providing the opportunity to share experiences and concerns...

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RESEARCH
Research underpins all the IFB's activities. Through collaboration with world class research faculties...

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Supporters

The IFB gratefully acknowledges the support of the following companies:

 

 
 
Barclays Wealth
 
 
Barclays Wealth
Barclays Wealth is the UK’s Leading Wealth manager with total assets under management of £42 billion. It provides clients worldwide with international and private banking, financial planning, investment services and brokerage.

Barclays Wealth attributes its success to a combination of the strength of the global Barclays network with the personal service and local understanding typival of a small, private bank. In particular it achieves this by working closely with barclats global investors, the worlds largest fund manager, and Barclays Capital, the Group’s investment banking division.

Barclays Wealth is part of the Barclays Group, a UK- based financial services group which has been operating for more than 300 years with 27 million customers and 123,000 employees in over 50 countries.
 
 
 
J.P. Morgan
 
 
J.P. Morgan
For over 160 years, JPMorgan Private Bank has offered advice, customised solutions and client service to solve the complex needs of wealthy individuals and their families around the world. Its range of capabilities encompasses investment, tax and estate planning, family office management, philanthropy, credit and special advisory services, including access to the services offered by JPMorgan Cazenove, the UK’s leading investment bank.

JPMorgan Private Bank employs an integrated approach to growing and sustaining its clients’ wealth, laying the foundation for a relationship to last through generations. Its multi-disciplinary teams are able to leverage the resources of JPMorgan Chase & Co., a leading global financial services firm with assets of US$1.4 trillion and presence in over 50 countries.

JPMorgan Private Bank is guided by the principles of excellence and integrity. The combination of its heritage, extensive footprint and strong team ethos continues to position the bank as the partner of choice for individuals and family businesses with highly sophisticated needs.
 
 
 
Northern Trust
 
 
Northern Trust
Northern Trust is a leading financial institution - in the worlds top ten for asset administration and asset management. We provide asset servicing, asset management, banking and fiduciary solutions for families of significant wealth and institutions worldwide through multiple locations. The trust and confidence our clients place in us result from our founding principles: integrity, professional expertise, creative solutions and a dedication to quality.
 
 
 
PricewaterhouseCoopers
 
 
PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is a global network of member firms that provide industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services to all types of businesses, including family businesses, their family offices, trusts, partnerships and private individuals on their business and financial investments.

With 140,000 people in 149 countries across its network, PWC is able to draw on the knowledge and skills of its people to help clients succeed. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is a leading UK professional services practice with about 15,000 partners and staff in offices around the country that are renowned for the depth and the quality of their expertise.

In the family business sector, it focuses on family business’ issues through its lines of service and industry specialised groups, providing a fully co-ordinated approach in dealing with business family affairs. Its advice combines industry insight with technical knowledge to help family business owners deliver the right solutions for their family-owned organisation. They provide business families and their private family offices with bespoke advice on issues ranging from governance through to re-organisation and tax planning. 

 
 
 
Withers LLP
 
 
Withers LLP
Withers was founded over 150 years ago and Bergman Horowitz & Reynolds was established in 1962 in the US. The two firms merged in January 2002 to become the first international law firm dedicated to successful people, their businesses and their advisers. The firm has offices in a number of the world’s leading financial centres – London, New York, Geneva and Milan.
Withers has a long history of acting for family businesses and family offices. They advise on a wide variety of business issues ranging from governance, family succession to domestic and international tax matters.
Family businesses and family offices need comprehensive and integrated legal services, and Withers brings extensive experience and resources in all the relevant practice areas. Typically, they work as part of an integrated team with other leading organisations committed to the family business arena, as well as with the non-technical areas vital to the family business
 
 
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