Shaun delves into the concept of starting the office from the most simplest model (zero) and to make it yours, not what someone else (or AI) thinks it should be. He provides a guide for each main pillar of the office plus some real life examples of how families have realised that their's doesnt truly reflect their purpose and made major changes to governace, investments, operations and staff.

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Shaun speaks to a lot of family offices, these are the 5 topics that keep coming up. He goes through Technology, Survey Data, Advice, Next Gen, Structure and Investment Governance.

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Shaun interviews Angus Cameron, Chief Investment Officer for a Sydney based family office. He goes into deep detail on the establishment of the investment office, the challenges of building a portfolio that resonates with an entrepreneurial principal, being pragmatic about investments and managing the "spicier" investments in a way that also manages risk.

Mentioned in the podcast:

Book: "The Aspirational Investor"

Charities:

Royal Flying Doctor Service (https://www.flyingdoctor.org.au/)

Bondi to Berry Bike Ride (https://dementiaresearchcommunity.com/bondi2berry-ride/).

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Shaun interviews Ben who leads the finance function for Alberts' Family Office. An office built on the world's love of media and music, including AC/DC and the Easybeats, allowing later generations to add philanthropy and impact investing to their focus areas. They talk on: The 140 years of unique history, how they have set up their support scaffolding, the roles of executives and family, the need for good partnerships and a "collegial" mindset.

Links:

For all things Alberts Family Office: alberts.co

AusMusic T-Shirt Day on the 27th of November - https://ausmusictshirtday.org.au/

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Shaun breaks down 5 investment types he sees in family offices - their purpose and goal. From "deal focussed" to "Endowment Style", he notes the characteristics, positives and challenges. And how to build your own.

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Shaun goes through the challenging situation when families decide to establish their own family offices, breaking away but (hopefully) not breaking apart.

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13 years on the both sides of family office investments, from smaller to very large ones, will teach you a few things. Most are positive, some are challenging, nearly all are unique to this client type. Shaun's named 11, there's plenty more.

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Shaun explores practical strategies the office can put in place when family members transition into employee roles and begin actively participating in the family office.

The UBS Report mentioned: https://www.ubs.com/us/en/wealth-management/our-solutions/private-wealth-management/insights/articles/ubs-family-office-quarterly.html

The Bloomberg Article: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-17/ray-dalio-embraces-family-office-life-as-cio-i-m-the-guy-now

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You've selected the reporting software, signed the contract, spent hours uploading and reconciling the data and designed the instance. It should be smooth sailing from here. But what you thought was going to work, doesn't. What you expected to be automated isn't and the team (and principal) are not as happy as you'd hoped because there are so many workarounds.

Shaun has identified 13 (or 14) potential issues you may not have thought about or the vendor hasn't made clear. Know them before you sign the (sometime very expensive) software contract.

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Shaun follows up about family office scaffolding - those structures and supports that help an office build, professionalise, and operate more effectively.

But here's the thing: scaffolding is rarely permanent. At some point, the office either doesn't need the supplier anymore, or its needs have simply changed. That's when the question comes: what do you do when the scaffolding comes down?

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