ENTREPRENEURIAL, open to ideas, and raring to go - these are among the adjectives that come promptly to the minds of bankers and consultants when asked to describe the super-rich Chinese setting up family offices in Singapore.
Unlike their more-established counterparts from Europe and South-east Asia, the patriarchs and matriarchs from China are typically first or second-generation businesspeople.
A large part of their wealth is tied up with their family businesses, with many driven by economic and political reasons to diversify into Asean.
Singapore has been a popular spot for them to park their wealth. About 44 per cent, or 63 out of 143 new family offices here, were from Greater China, as at...