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Managing Asian family wealth:
The strategies keeping legacies intact
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stella lau
MANAGING DIRECTOR, wealth management (greater china), Lighthouse canton
For ultra high net worth families in Asia, “managing money” is the easy bit. The real minefield is everything around it: cross-border rules that keep shifting, children with wildly different risk appetites, and decades of WhatsApp “tax advice” that really should come with a health warning.
In this episode of BT Podcasts from The Business Times, host Howie Lim speaks with Stella Lau, managing director, wealth management (Greater China), and Charlene Lin, managing director, strategic growth (North Asia and Southeast Asia) at Lighthouse Canton, about what it actually takes to safeguard Asian family wealth for the next 100 years, not just the next market cycle.
Produced by: Howie Lim, Claressa Monteiro & Emily liu Edited by: Howie Lim & Claressa Monteiro
graphics: MARIO MONREAL
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Charlene lin
Managing director, strategic growth (north asia and southeast asia) lighthouse canton
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Why listen:
From ‘my money’ to ‘our legacy’ Asian families think in clans, not individual portfolios. Hear how priorities differ across Hong Kong, Singapore, India and China, and why more clients are shifting from product picking to fee-based, solution-driven advice.
Taming the family office jungle Ad hoc “I leave to you” arrangements are being replaced by proper governance: roles, rules and roadmaps. Lin breaks down her “three Cs” of why families set up offices in the first place, and how outsourced CIO models can professionalise things without building a small bank of your own.
CRS, cross-border traps and bad social media advice Automatic information sharing, evolving succession rules and half-baked online structures are a terrible combination. Lau and Lin explain how Lighthouse Canton uses on-the-ground teams in Singapore, Dubai, London and India, plus specialist counsel, to prevent problems rather than react after the fact.
Where UHNW money is actually going From private credit in Asia with higher spreads and tighter governance, to growth debt, data centres, logistics hubs and life sciences real estate, the conversation goes beyond the usual public markets. There is also a clear shift towards “money with meaning,” where return and impact sit side by side.
Along the way, the discussion tackles the soft issues that decide whether a fortune survives: keeping siblings aligned, bringing second and third generation heirs into investment committees, managing liquidity properly, and why clear communication in volatile markets prevents bad decisions.
If you want a candid, jargon-light view of how serious Asian money is really structured and protected, this episode is worth your time. Listen now.
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