Bloomberg Law
April 22, 2021, 2:49 PM

A $6 Trillion Family Office World Fights Post-Archegos Crackdown

Joe Light
Joe Light
Bloomberg News
Ben Stupples
Ben Stupples
Bloomberg News

The implosion of Archegos is giving thousands of secretive family offices the greatest challenge to their privacy in a decade. They won’t give it up without a fight.

Some lawmakers, regulators and consumer advocates are pushing to expose the inner workings of family offices, which are closely held and lightly regulated yet manage an estimated $6 trillion for the ultra-rich globally.

The changes the reform advocates seek would require U.S. family offices to register as investment advisers and publicly report holdings on a quarterly basis, as most other types of investment firms must.

Such data could alert regulators, investors and ...