Global Single-Family Office Migration and Regional LP Activity Trends (2025)
A data-driven analysis of global family office migration and limited partner activity trends in 2025 across the U.S., Latin America, Asia-Pacific (Singapore), Dubai, and Europe. Explore how tax-driven moves (New York to Florida, UK to Spain), new SPV formations, digital-first “virtual” offices, and cross-border capital flows are reshaping the private capital landscape – and why real-time regional intelligence is now critical for fundraisers.
Family offices worldwide are on the move – literally and figuratively. In 2025, single-family offices (SFOs) are shifting domiciles and deploying capital across borders at an unprecedented pace. New regulatory filings, entity registrations, and investment reports reveal live signals of this migration. This article examines five key regions – the United States, Latin America (Brazil/LatAm), Asia-Pacific (Singapore), Middle East (Dubai), and Europe (UK to Spain) – to uncover how tax policies, new investment vehicles, and global deal opportunities are driving these trends. All insights are grounded in recent open-source intelligence (OSINT) data and public filings, highlighting patterns like tax-driven relocations, the rise of digital-first family offices, and surging cross-border LP activity. We also illustrate how platforms like Altss are capturing these real-time signals faster than legacy databases (PitchBook, Preqin, FINTRX), giving capital raisers an informational edge.
U.S. Family Offices: New York-to-Florida Migration Accelerates
The United States continues to witness a notable shift in family office geography. High-tax states in the Northeast are losing ground to the Sun Belt, with New York-to-Florida being the headline migration route. In Q2 2025 alone, 23 New York–registered single-family offices formally switched their principal office address to Florida. This southward push includes not just small outfits but multi-billion-dollar dynastic offices (the average AUM of these movers was $1.8 billion). Florida isn’t just getting branches – it’s getting headquarters and new launches. In late June 2025, for example, Rockefeller’s Global Family Office announced a new Fort Lauderdale affiliate, and a law firm advising many SFOs opened a private-wealth team in Naples. These filings and expansions underscore that Florida’s family office boom “is not a pandemic blip – it’s accelerating.”
Tax Arbitrage and Policy Drivers: Why are wealthy families heading south? The obvious answer is tax arbitrage. Florida imposes zero state income tax, and its trust and estate laws are famously favorable, which remains a primary draw. But 2025 introduced fresh catalysts. Policy uncertainty in New York gave many families pause – notably when a leading NYC mayoral candidate floated a 2% city income tax hike on top earners. That proposal spooked financial circles; realtors in Palm Beach and Miami reported a sudden rush of relocation inquiries from New Yorkers after the primary election. One high-end broker quipped, “My number-one job will be moving people from New York to Florida – again.” In short, even the whiff of higher taxes up north is tipping relocation decisions.
Florida’s Investment Ecosystem: Crucially, Florida is no longer seen as just a retirement haven – it’s a serious investment hub. In the first half of 2025, Florida-based investors deployed over $5 billion in venture and growth capital, up 28% year-over-year. Deals are happening on Floridian soil, and family offices want proximity to that deal flow. Founders are exiting companies in Miami; new funds are forming in Tampa and Palm Beach. Family offices are moving to “where the action is” – gaining boots-on-the-ground access to direct deals and co-investments. Indeed, many of the transplanted chief investment officers (CIOs) in Florida are leaning into local opportunities: coastal real estate developments, Latin American logistics companies, maritime infrastructure, and specialty finance deals they can oversee more closely. These families aren’t downsizing or cashing out – they’re staying as active as ever, just doing so from Brickell or Boca Raton instead of Park Avenue.
Verified Surge in Florida Family Offices: Traditional data sources long underestimated Florida’s family office scene, often citing only a few dozen known offices in the state. In reality, the number is several times higher. Altss – using proprietary OSINT sweeps – has verified 245 Florida-based family offices as of Q1 2025, including 30+ in the Miami area alone. Many operate under the radar (often absent from PitchBook, Preqin or FINTRX listings), but they’re very much present and writing checks. Florida now ranks among the top five U.S. cities for family office concentration when accounting for private investment activity. It has truly evolved into what one commentator calls “a nexus of wealth migration, international deal flow, and direct investment activity”. In other words, Florida isn’t just where family offices live – it’s where capital lives and moves.
Latin America: Brazil’s Rising Family Offices and Cross-Border Flows
Latin America is experiencing its own family office growth story, with Brazil at the forefront. A combination of economic shifts and venture market maturation has led wealthy families to take on a larger role in private markets. In fact, high-net-worth families and family offices now account for the majority of commitments to Brazil’s private equity and venture funds, a sea change from a decade ago when pensions and banks dominated. Recent analyses note that family offices made up roughly 70% of venture fund commitments in Brazil over the last three years, up from just ~5% historically, as they capitalized on the country’s venture capital boom (and low interest rates in the late 2010s). This means Latin American family offices have effectively become the LP base powering local VC/PE – a dynamic virtually unseen in other major markets.
Growth of Brazilian SFOs: Brazil’s elite families are formalizing and scaling their investment operations. A prime example is the Moreira Salles family office (BW Gestão de Investimentos Ltda.), which manages one of Brazil’s largest fortunes. As of early 2024, that single family office boosted its assets under management to nearly $11 billion, adding about $1.1 billion in 2023 alone. It also expanded its staff from 69 to 78 to support new markets and strategies. The drivers of this growth are telling: the family raked in hefty dividends from banking and mining holdings (they co-own Itaú Unibanco and a niobium mining giant) and chose to reinvest those profits via an expanded family office platform. In short, Brazil’s top families are doubling down on professionalizing their family offices – hiring investment teams, diversifying assets, and even venturing overseas.
Regional and Global Plays: Latin American family capital is increasingly cross-border. Many affluent families from Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, and beyond seek safety and opportunities abroad, often via the U.S. and Europe. A significant number use Florida as a gateway – establishing U.S.-based entities or second offices in Miami to access American deal flow and dollar-denominated assets. South Florida’s international banking infrastructure and direct flight connectivity to Latin America make this a natural extension of their operations. Additionally, Latin American family offices are making headlines with outbound investments: for instance, Brazil’s Moreira Salles family recently made a strategic move to acquire a majority stake in France’s glass packaging firm Verallia, leveraging their $11 billion office to expand into Europe. This kind of deal signals a two-way street – not only are LatAm families bringing wealth into stable markets (U.S., EU), they are also confident enough to be buyers of global assets.
Tax and Stability Factors: Several Latin countries have flirted with new wealth taxes or faced political volatility, nudging ultra-wealthy families to restructure holdings. Brazil’s interest rate rollercoaster (from record lows to high levels again) has also played a role: when local fixed-income became less attractive, families poured more into private equity and tech ventures, and now even with higher rates, that allocation shift has momentum. Moreover, jurisdictions like Uruguay, Portugal, and Spain have attracted Latin American plutocrats seeking safe havens. A notable pattern is emerging: multi-jurisdictional family offices. A wealthy Colombian or Argentine family might keep an office in São Paulo, another in Miami, and perhaps a holding entity in the Cayman Islands or Panama – all coordinated to optimize tax exposure and investment reach. The net effect is Latin American LP capital is more globally mobile than ever, invested through a mix of local funds, U.S. funds, and direct deals spanning from Silicon Valley to Madrid. Any GP raising capital in 2025 would be remiss to overlook these LatAm family investors, who often act faster and with more flexibility than institutional LPs.
Asia-Pacific: Singapore’s Family Office Boom and ASEAN Trends
If one region epitomizes the recent explosion in new family offices, it’s Asia-Pacific – with Singapore as the crown jewel. Singapore has aggressively positioned itself as a global family office hub, and the results are evident in public records. The island nation surpassed 2,000 single-family offices by the end of 2024, up from around 1,650 a year prior. That remarkable 21% jump in a single year, confirmed by Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister, reflects the influx of wealth from across Asia (China, Southeast Asia, India) into Singapore’s stable, low-tax environment. In fact, fresh data indicates that nearly 675 new family offices were registered in Singapore in just the past few months of 2025, under the Monetary Authority’s 13O/13U exemption schemes. This pace is unprecedented – Singapore is averaging well over 50 new family office entities per month, signaling robust confidence in its regulatory regime.
Why Singapore? A few key factors are driving Singapore’s family office boom. Tax incentives are paramount: Singapore offers significant tax exemptions on investment income for qualifying single-family offices, in exchange for commitments like local hiring or philanthropy. Essentially, it’s a bargain many wealthy families are eager to accept. The city-state also grants ease of residency for principals and family members under its Global Investor Programme, making it attractive for those looking to relocate from places like Hong Kong or mainland China. Political stability, top-notch financial services, and strict rule of law round out the appeal. One hedge fund founder succinctly put it: Singapore combines “Swiss-level asset protection with a tropical lifestyle”. The result is an influx of Chinese tech billionaires, Indian unicorn founders, and Western expats alike setting up their family capitals there. Notably, even U.S. and European families have opened Singapore offices to tap Asia-Pacific deals and diversify geopolitical risk.
ASEAN Investment Pulse: Singapore’s family offices are not just parking wealth; they are deploying it dynamically, often with an Asia-Pacific focus. A significant trend is the Gulf-to-Asia investment corridor: capital from Middle Eastern families (GCC countries) is flowing into Southeast Asia via Singapore partnerships. Altss’s real-time deal monitoring captured 23 first-time co-investments between Gulf-based investors and ASEAN fund managers in the past quarter. These were instances where, for example, a Dubai family office teamed up with a Singapore VC or private equity fund on a deal – signals that Middle Eastern money is chasing Asian growth opportunities even before they hit press releases. Conversely, many Singapore-based family offices are investing abroad as well, from Silicon Valley tech stakes to Australian real estate, reflecting Singapore’s role as a launchpad for global portfolios.
Digital-First and Virtual Offices: The Asia-Pacific region is also seeing the rise of virtual family offices (VFOs) – lean, “digital-first” setups favored by newly wealthy tech entrepreneurs and crypto founders. Singapore’s ecosystem encourages this through outsourced CIO firms, fintech platforms, and concierge services. Often, a 30-something founder who netted, say, $100 million will opt not to build a large in-house team, but instead hire a fractional CFO, use a cloud-based portfolio dashboard, and operate with minimal fixed staff. This “zero-real-estate” model is gaining traction. Notably, Singapore’s timezone and professional services also allow families to run a virtual office that coordinates with Europe in the morning and California by night – truly harnessing the global connectivity. As we’ll discuss later, this phenomenon of digital-first family offices is mirrored in other hubs like Dubai and Miami, rewriting the traditional family office playbook.
Middle East: Dubai Emerges as a Global LP Hub
The Middle East – especially Dubai in the UAE – has staked its claim as a new center of gravity for family offices and global capital. Long known for oil wealth and sovereign funds, the region is now home to a burgeoning class of private family investment offices, many of which have international reach. In Dubai’s DIFC (Dubai International Financial Centre) alone, over 800 family-owned or related investment entities are active, a 33% jump year-on-year. Altss data further shows about 145 new family office registrations in Dubai’s DIFC during recent months, echoing this growth spurt. Across the UAE, the numbers are striking: more than 6,900 active licensed entities were operating in financial free zones as of 2024 – many of them set up to manage ultra-high-net-worth family wealth. By some projections, Middle Eastern family offices collectively will control over $500 billion in assets by 2025, rivaling the scale managed by major global asset managers.
Attraction of a Low-Tax, High-Convenience Locale: The surge in Dubai can be attributed to its deliberate efforts to attract the world’s wealthy. The UAE imposes no personal income tax, has investor-friendly regulations, and offers long-term residency (like 10-year “golden visas”) for those bringing substantial business or funds. The legal frameworks in DIFC and Abu Dhabi’s ADGM were tailored to family offices – including specialized SFO license categories and common-law courts – giving families confidence in governance and dispute resolution. Add to that world-class infrastructure, a high-end lifestyle, and strategic geography (a midpoint between Europe and Asia), and it’s clear why Dubai is “rapidly emerging as a global hub for modern family offices.”
Notably, Dubai has become a magnet not just for local Gulf billionaires but also for expatriate wealth from around the world. British, European, South Asian, and even Chinese millionaires have relocated to the UAE in droves since 2022, seeking a combination of tax relief and personal security. Henley & Partners’ data confirms the UAE is the world’s top destination for migrating millionaires, on track to net about 9,800 HNWIs in 2025, the highest of any country. Many of these arrivals either establish new family offices or plug into existing ones as co-investors or partners. Dubai’s family office scene thus reflects a cosmopolitan blend – old merchant family dynasties from the Middle East operating alongside newly arrived tech and finance entrepreneurs from London, Mumbai, or Moscow.
Cross-Border Investment Reach: Middle Eastern family offices have historically been significant international investors (think of Kuwaiti and Saudi families funding London real estate or American PE funds). What’s new is the speed and visibility of their deal-making. According to Altss’s deal radar, Gulf-based family offices are striking partnerships across Asia (as noted with Singapore co-invests), and also increasing allocations to U.S. and European alternative assets. For instance, one trend is GCC families backing Asia-Pacific venture funds early, effectively getting a first look at high-growth startups in India, China, and Southeast Asia. Conversely, Western fund managers are flocking to Dubai to court these LPs at events and forums – the city now hosts regular family office conferences that draw participants from four continents. The real-time signal here is that capital is moving in both directions: Dubai-based capital finding global deals, and global opportunities finding Dubai-based capital.
Digital-Forward and Next-Gen Leadership: Similar to Singapore, the UAE is at the forefront of digital-forward family office operations. Many second-gen leaders in Gulf families are tech-savvy and pushing their offices to invest in fintech, AI, and crypto – sectors that align with Dubai’s smart-city ethos. We also see some families setting up virtual offices in Dubai – for example, a European family might establish a small Dubai entity to benefit from the regime, effectively running it remotely with local service providers. Dubai’s professional services firms report high demand for outsourced CIO and family office administration solutions, indicating that not every family setting up shop is moving dozens of staff; some are lean setups complementing a base elsewhere. In essence, the Middle East’s family offices are blending tradition with modernity: they retain their multi-generational perspective and network-based deal sourcing, but increasingly utilize global talent and tech tools to manage portfolios spread from Silicon Valley to Singapore.
Europe: UK Outflows and the Lure of Southern Europe (UK–Spain Corridor)
Europe’s family office landscape in 2025 is defined by both continuity in its traditional hubs and new shifts in wealth geography. London (UK) remains one of the world’s largest family office centers, yet the UK as a whole is experiencing a noteworthy wealth exodus. According to the Henley Private Wealth Migration Report, Britain is forecast to lose a net 16,500 high-net-worth individuals in 2025, the highest outflow of any country this year. This marks a dramatic inflection point: for the first time in a decade of tracking, a European country (the UK) tops the global list for millionaire departures. The reasons are multifaceted – looming tax increases, Brexit aftershocks, and a sense among some wealthy folks that opportunities and personal freedoms might be greater elsewhere.
Where is this British (and broader European) wealth going? A significant share is headed to classic low-tax refuges: the UAE (Dubai), as mentioned, as well as places like Switzerland, Monaco, and new programs in Italy and Portugal. But an interesting intra-Europe trend is the draw of Southern Europe, especially Spain, for lifestyle and targeted tax benefits. Spain is not traditionally tax-light (it has wealth and inheritance taxes for residents), but it offers the “Beckham Law” – a special expat tax regime that caps income tax at ~24% for several years and exempts foreign income for newcomers. This, combined with sunny climate and lower living costs, has made cities like Madrid surprise contenders for affluent relocations. In late 2024, Forbes noted that “affluent families from both coasts of the U.S.” – accustomed to high taxes and costs – were “looking to Madrid as a tax-friendly lifestyle haven.” While Americans were highlighted, Brits and other Europeans have also increasingly inquired about moving to Spain post-Brexit, as evidenced by surges in golden visa applications (until Spain paused its golden visa for property earlier in 2023).
UK-to-Spain Wealth Moves: The phrase “UK to Spain” is emblematic of a broader phenomenon: wealthy individuals and some family offices shifting from financial centers like London to more relaxed (and sometimes tax-advantaged) European locales. Whether it’s a hedge fund retiree moving to Marbella or a next-gen family member setting up a satellite office in Lisbon or Madrid, the lifestyle arbitrage is real. Spain itself is seeing a net outflow of about 500 millionaires in 2025 (meaning more rich Spaniards leaving than arriving), but it’s simultaneously gaining as a destination for foreign wealthy. In effect, Spain and Portugal have become second homes or family office branch locations for Northern Europeans and Latin Americans. For example, a British family office might keep its main operations in London (to maintain proximity to UK deal flow and advisers) but have the principal reside in Spain under the Beckham Law, with part of the investment team making regular trips to a Spanish base.
European Family Office Activity: Despite these movements, Europe’s family offices remain powerhouses in global investing. Many European SFOs, especially in the UK, Switzerland, Germany, and the Nordics, have deep experience in private equity and real estate. They continue to invest heavily across borders – e.g. UK offices into U.S. tech funds, Spanish offices into Latin American infrastructure, etc. A recent survey of Spanish family offices (by CaixaBank’s OpenWealth) found their portfolios still heavily weighted to real estate (24% on average) – significantly more than the European average of 18%c – but also a growing intention to increase allocations to equities and private equity vehicles. This aligns with global trends identified by BlackRock’s 2025 Global Family Office report, which noted almost one-third of family offices plan to boost allocations to private credit and infrastructure in the next 18 months. In Europe, as interest rates peaked, families began rotating from bonds to equity and private markets, anticipating future rate declines.
Governance and Generational Change: Another theme in Europe (exemplified in Spain and Italy) is the pending generational wealth transfer. A large portion of European single-family offices are on the cusp of handing reins to the next generation, as founders age. In Spain, roughly 35% of sizable family offices expect a generational transition within a decade. This is pushing European family offices to professionalize management and governance, sometimes hiring outside CEOs or CIOs and implementing more rigorous investment processes. For fundraisers, this means the key decision-makers may be changing. A long-cultivated contact in a London family office might retire, with a tech-savvy heir or an institutional-trained advisor taking charge – often with a new outlook favoring real-time data and transparency over old-school club deals. This generational shift further underscores the need for updated intelligence when approaching European LPs.
The Rise of Digital-First “Virtual” Family Offices
Across all regions, one disruptive pattern is the rise of digital-first family offices – lean operations that leverage technology and outsourcing instead of the traditional brick-and-mortar, multi-department office. These are often referred to as Virtual Family Offices (VFOs). The archetype VFO might be a single-family office for a tech entrepreneur or second-generation wealth creator with ~$50–150 million in assets – historically below the threshold at which families would build a full-service office. Instead of hiring 10+ full-time staff and renting office space, these families are “going virtual”: hiring fractional CFOs or CIOs, using cloud-based portfolio management platforms, and relying on external lawyers and accountants on demand.
Why now? Two enablers have converged: fintech and remote work normalization. Powerful investment platforms and reporting tools allow a tiny team (even one person with an iPad) to oversee a complex global portfolio, from private equity funds to crypto wallets, with on-demand data. Meanwhile, the talent to support family offices is increasingly available “as-a-service” – you can contract experienced investment consultants, tax specialists, or even concierge CIOs on part-time bases. This lowers the barrier to entry for establishing a family office and appeals to those who value privacy and low overhead.
Key Hubs for VFOs: Notably, Miami and Dubai have emerged as leading hubs for virtual family offices, thanks to favorable time zone overlaps and professional networks that cater to roaming wealth owners. In Miami, for example, a number of cryptocurrency founders and Latin American tech unicorn sellers have opted for a minimalist office setup – perhaps just one or two trusted associates – while tapping Miami’s deep bench of private bankers, lawyers, and family office service firms for everything else. Dubai similarly offers a timezone bridge between Asian and European markets and has law firms and fiduciaries experienced in quickly setting up compliant family office entities that can be run remotely. These VFO-friendly locations also offer lifestyle perks (nice weather, social scenes) that appeal to younger wealthy individuals who don’t want to be tethered to an old-school office in London or New York.
Implications: The virtual family office trend underscores a broader cultural shift: family offices are becoming more tech-driven and nimble. Even large, established SFOs are adopting some VFO principles – for instance, rolling out real-time portfolio dashboards and collaborating via secure digital channels rather than endless in-person meetings. Heirs apparent often demand this; as one next-gen member quipped, quarterly PDF reports “feel prehistoric”. For those raising capital, engaging a digital-first family office might look different – expect Zoom calls with principals dialing in from different countries, and a due diligence process that could be both faster (decisions made on WhatsApp) and slower (more independent verification since there’s no big staff). The key is to recognize that lack of a physical office ≠ lack of sophistication or firepower. A virtual family office with $100 million can be just as influential an LP as a traditional office with a marble foyer, if not more so, because they often have a high conviction mandate and less bureaucracy.
Real-Time Intelligence: How Altss and OSINT Are Changing Family Office Coverage
Underpinning all the above trends is the increasing value of real-time intelligence. Family offices traditionally operated in relative secrecy, and legacy data platforms would update information on them infrequently – often quarterly or annually, if at all. That’s no longer sufficient in 2025. The quick pace of migration (offices moving jurisdictions), new SPV formations, and deal-making means that LP data can go stale within weeks. This is where open-source intelligence and platforms like Altss come in, harnessing everything from regulatory filings to social media and conference rosters to keep tabs on family office activity in near real-time.
For example, when those 23 New York family offices switched their SEC-registered address to Florida in Q2, Altss’s system flagged the Form ADV updates within hours of the filings – often catching the relocation weeks before mainstream press coverage or legacy databases updated their entries. Similarly, when a family office makes a new investment or co-invest (say a Gulf family co-investing in a Singapore fintech deal), there might be an obscure filing or a press release footnote. An automated OSINT pipeline can scrape and interpret that, whereas traditional platforms might only capture it much later when the deal is publicly announced (if they capture it at all). In the Altss data cited above, the platform detected those Gulf-to-ASEAN co-investment signals in essentially real time – a valuable heads-up for other GPs who might want to approach those Gulf investors for similar opportunities.
Another advantage of the OSINT-driven approach is uncovering new or previously invisible family offices. Many family offices are deliberately discreet – they may not have websites and might operate via holding companies or trust names. Legacy investor databases often rely on self-reported info or known lists and thus miss these players. Altss leverages public registries and filings globally to surface such offices the moment they form. That’s how it verified 245 Florida family offices (far above the ~50 listed in older directories), or how it captured 960 fresh family-office registrations (675 in Singapore, 145 in Dubai, etc.) in just two months after launching its OSINT engine. These kinds of data points show that information asymmetry is shrinking. If a family office opens a new branch in São Paulo or a billionaire quietly sets up a trust in Zurich, the right intelligence platform will catch that signal nearly instantly.
Importantly, speed and accuracy go hand in hand here. It’s not just about being first; it’s about being correct and contextual. Altss claims to verify over 100,000 LP profiles (including 9,000+ family offices) live, updating them monthly via OSINT and cross-checking. This means when you search for family offices active in, say, climate-tech investing in Europe, you’re not getting last year’s list – you’re getting a list that might include a new office in Madrid that spun up last month, plus note of any leadership change at an existing London office last week. Traditional platforms like PitchBook, Preqin, FINTRX have extensive data, but their update cycles often lag. In fast-evolving scenarios – such as a wave of relocations triggered by a tax law rumor, or a spike in SPVs formed to chase a hot AI deal – automated real-time tracking is proving decisively faster.
For venture capitalists, private equity fund managers, and investment bankers, this real-time regional intelligence is becoming table stakes. In fundraising, the first mover advantage in identifying a new source of capital is huge. If you know that a prominent family office just relocated to Dubai and hired a new CEO with a background in biotech, you have a window to approach them with your biotech fund before others do. If you see that multiple Brazilian family offices are pooling into continuation vehicles or SPVs (perhaps signaled by a flurry of Cayman LLC filings), you can position your offering accordingly. Information that once trickled through word of mouth or quarterly newsletters now lights up in dashboards as it happens. As one Altss tagline put it, “Information is edge” – especially in private markets.
Conclusion: Regional Intelligence as a Fundraising Imperative
The global tapestry of family offices in 2025 is more complex and fast-changing than ever: capital is shifting locations for tax and lifestyle, new family offices are forming at a blistering rate in hubs like Singapore, Dubai, and Florida, and family offices are increasingly assertive players in deals worldwide. For venture capital and private equity professionals, as well as anyone raising capital, keeping track of these regional trends is no longer optional – it’s mission-critical. Knowing where the money is (and where it’s moving to) allows you to target the right LPs and tailor your approach.
Consider the implications: a decade ago, one might focus LP outreach on a few well-known family offices in New York, London, or Geneva. Today, that approach would miss the huge concentration of wealth now in Miami, the new billionaires in Dubai, the tech-rich families in Singapore, or the LatAm fortunes deploying via Texas and Florida. Regional intelligence – understanding the local context of each family office hub – has become table stakes for capital raising success. It means appreciating that a Brazilian office might have different concerns (e.g. currency stability, onshore/offshore split) compared to a Gulf office (e.g. Sharia-compliance, multi-generational succession) or a European one (governance and ESG focus). It also means literally being where the money is: scheduling trips to the Private Wealth forums in Dubai and the family office summits in Singapore, not just the old centers.
In a world awash with data, the winners will be those who can distill actionable intelligence from real-time signals. That’s why platforms leveraging OSINT, like Altss, are gaining traction – they enable fundraisers to see around the corner, spotting trends like the New York exodus or the Asia-Pacific co-investment boom before they fully materialize in competitors’ maps. The bottom line is that capital moves quickly and often quietly. Whether it’s a family office quietly planting a flag in a new region or pivoting its strategy to a new asset class, being alerted to those moves can make the difference between a warm introduction and a missed opportunity. In 2025 and beyond, staying ahead in private markets means staying informed on the where, who, and why of global family office capital. Regional intelligence isn’t just a buzzword – it’s the new baseline for anyone seeking to raise and deploy capital effectively in the evolving LP landscape.
Altogether, the trends are clear: single-family offices are more geographically fluid, technologically enabled, and globally interconnected than at any time prior. Those who adapt their outreach and research accordingly – leveraging live data and understanding each region’s nuances – will find receptive partners even as competition for LP capital intensifies. In the age of OSINT and rapid wealth migration, knowledge truly equals capital.
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