Blackstone Opens a Dubai Wealth Office as Alternatives Overtake Stocks and Bonds in Family Office Portfolios for the First Time

Blackstone has opened its first dedicated private wealth office outside Zurich in Dubai, where DIFC family offices control more than $1 trillion, just as new data shows alternatives now make up 60% of single-family office portfolios. Here is what is driving the shift and the liquidity risks that come with it.

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SpaceX’s Gwynne Shotwell Will Drop 2 Million Shares Into Kids’ Trump Accounts in December, Testing a Tax-Smart New Way for Billionaires to Give Away Their Own Stock

SpaceX’s Gwynne Shotwell will place more than 2 million SpaceX shares into children’s Trump Accounts in December under new Treasury rules, a tax-efficient giving tool for founders that also leaves families holding a single stock.

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