Compare service and incentive structures across multi-family offices.

Family Office Private Wealth Journal · Editorial research desk · 2 November 2026

Companion to The global field of multi-family offices: An institutionalist perspective by Carolin Decker; Knut S G Lange.

Decision in practice

An adviser describes itself as independent but also selects affiliated products and negotiates service fees.

Committee assignment

Map who pays whom for advice, execution, custody and product management. Compare the proposed service with an unbundled alternative.

Record and decision rule

The COO reconciles actual invoices and rebates against the proposal. Escalate any compensation channel absent from the client disclosure.

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