Family Office: Instrumento de gestión del patrimonio familiar

  • Rivo-López E
  • González-Vázquez B
  • Rodríguez-López N
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En este trabajo nos aproximamos al concepto de Family Office, considerándola como un instrumento más que puede utilizar la familia empresaria para gestionar y diversificar sus activos y riesgos. Tras un análisis teórico sobre el concepto, sus distintas modalidades y sus diferentes formas de implantación en las empresas, con este trabajo se trata de profundizar en las diferentes estrategias que se pueden seguir con objetivos diferentes según la modalidad de “family office” implementada, así como identificar las características diferenciadoras entre las diversas estructuras existentes. El concepto tradicional de family office (FO) se centra en un negocio dirigido por y para una sola familia. Su principal función consiste en centralizar la gestión de un patrimonio familiar significativo. El objetivo es la transferencia del patrimonio entre generaciones. La estructura de la FO refleja los valores y principios de la familia propietaria, que a su vez marcarán los objetivos perseguidos  por la misma, y las actividades necesarias para alcanzarlos. El tamaño de estas organizaciones dependerá de si las actividades realizadas son llevadas a cabo con personal interno o externo, observándose una clara tendencia hacia la externalización. En España se podrían identificar tres tipos de family office, en función básicamente de las actividades realizadas: servicios, servicios e inversión, o exclusivamente inversión. In this paper we approach the concept of Family Office, as a tool available to the members of family business to manage and diversify their assets and risks. First, the research makes a  theoretical analysis of the concept, the different modalities and different ways of implementing a family office . Then, this study analyzes the different strategies that can be taken with different purposes (depending on the type of family office implemented), and the differential characteristics between the several structures.  The traditional concept of family office (FO) focuses on a business run by and for one family. Its function is to centralize the management of a significant family fortune. Typically, these organizations employ staff to manage investments, taxes, philanthropy, trusts and legal services. The aim is to transfer wealth between generations. The Family Office structure reflects the values and principles of family owners, these values will determine the objectives, and activities needed to achieve them. The size of these organizations depend on whether the activities are carried out in-house or outsourced, showing a clear trend towards outsourcing.   In Spain, we could identify three types of family office. First, that family office that provides services exclusively to shareholders members of the family business. Another kind of family office also provides these services to family members, investing in venture capital or development capital. A third modality is a family office that conforms an Investment Conference, whether in venture capital, development capital, ...

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Rivo-López, E., González-Vázquez, B., & Rodríguez-López, N. (2011). Family Office: Instrumento de gestión del patrimonio familiar. European Journal of Family Business, 1(2), 43–57. https://doi.org/10.24310/ejfbejfb.v1i2.4023

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