Faculty Member Appointed to Hong Kong Academy for Wealth Legacy The Roger King Center for Asian Family Business and Family Office is the School’s research arm in the study of family business and family office, illuminating the development pathways of Asian enterprising families over the years. The Center’s Senior Advisor and Founding Director Professor Roger ... Read More

Our diverse community of graduates, with more than 36,000 alums of over 100 nationalities, is one of our greatest strengths. As part of our efforts to build a cohesive alumni community, we regularly organize activities for our alumni to reconnect with each other and our faculty, learn from industry insights, and explore new ways of collaborating and creating ... Read More

By Professor Veronique J.A. LAFON-VINAIS Associate Professor of Business Education, Department of Finance HKUST Business School Family businesses in Asia are recognizing the importance of sustainable finance, allowing them to benefit from a first-mover advantage in sustainability. Family businesses include a wide range of businesses from small owner ... Read More

By Professor CHEN Tai-Yuan Department of Accounting HKUST Business School Family businesses should strive to be more transparent, and recruit more external parties to governing positions. Family ownership is one of the most prevalent forms of corporate governance. Taking the largest 30 firms in terms of market value on the Hong Kong stock exchange as an ... Read More

Investments by family offices are helping to shape a better future for the world, Professor Denise KENYON-ROUVINEZ says. With the announcement in early 2023 of new measures designed to attract and support family offices, Hong Kong demonstrated its intention to strengthen its attractiveness for this sector amid increasing competition from other global ... Read More

Singapore drives forward in raising capabilities for family offices, says FOO Mee Har, Chief Executive Officer of the Wealth Management Institute. Foo Mee Har, Chief Executive Officer of the Wealth Management Institute (WMI) in Singapore, plays an influential part in driving and guiding the rapid expansion of the city- state’s family office sector. The ... Read More

Hong Kong already has the know-how to become a hub for family offices in Asia. But some tweaks are necessary, banking legend Kathryn SHIH says. Hong Kong’s hopes of securing a preeminent position in the fast-growing family office sector are underpinned by the extensive experience and relevant expertise the city’s financial institutions already possess. They ... Read More

Family businesses have much in common, yet each one must find its own unique path to a successful transition, says David LEE, Owners Council Chair and Director of the Lee Kum Kee Group. If a family business is still going strong after close to 135 years, it is tempting to think there is a formula for success which others could readily emulate. But David Lee ... Read More

To enable a successful transition, a family business must find its own ‘true north’ to guide it, says Maximilian MA, Chairman of Lee Heng Diamond Group. When it comes to the evolution of family offices in Asia, we are now at a critical juncture where family businesses must decide on a way forward. According to Maximilian Ma, Chairman of Lee Heng Diamond ... Read More

Issues arising from a transition can be avoided if families set guidelines for the future, founder and Chairman of Shui On Group Dr. Vincent LO says. From personal experience and close observation of others in a similar position, Dr. Vincent Lo Hong-sui has learned that passing on the wealth, assets, values and culture of a family- centered business to ... Read More