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Generational transition: the new challenge is governing wealth
Over the next 10 years, 33.5% of family-owned businesses could face a generational transition. From selecting successors to mentoring and wealth governance, the 2026 Wealth Management Summit shows how the way family wealth is transferred...
Wealth Management Summit: a record-breaking third edition exploring the future of wealth
The third edition of We Wealth’s Wealth Management Summit, held at Palazzo Serbelloni, reaffirmed the importance of dialogue among industry leaders. From geopolitics to private markets, from artificial intelligence to generational wealth...
Family offices, the new force in private markets
At IPEM Global 2026, Frédéric de Mévius (Planet First Partners) and Sascha Klamp (Gemini Family Office) explain how major family are becoming institutional investors in their own right. Along the way: Bugatti, coconut water and...
Senior Housing in Italy: A New Real Estate Opportunity
From ownership to rental: why senior housing is attracting institutional investors and new capital into Italian real estate
Luxury and fashion appeal to private equity: will funds keep investing?
M&A activity in the fashion and luxury sectors increased in 2025, driven by private investment vehicles. Is this trend set to continue? Three-quarters of industry players say they intend to keep investing, although the first half of 2026...
Chianti sculpture park: where art takes root
Immersed in a woodland of oaks and holm oaks, this “artistic enclave” offers a unique model of environmental art. It is home to 30 permanent works by international artists, conceived to engage with nature, a living element that constantly...
Private markets: wealth seeks a new balance
Access to private markets is expanding to wealth clients as well. But for Jenny Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of Franklin Templeton Investments, the real challenge is to build vehicles that are aligned with investors’ needs, without...
Investing private capital in Europe still makes sense: Blackstone and Tikehau’s $500 billion plan
At IPEM Global 2026, the two firms explored why Europe, despite its slow growth and fragmented markets, is once again attracting private equity — from opportunities created by inefficiencies to the potential to build new champions and...
Buying a home in Italy: what happens to it when you die?
Americans and Britons who buy a house in Italy tend to worry about the purchase: the notary, the survey, the tax on the deed. Few ask what will happen to the house when they die, and the answer often surprises them. Even if they never move...
Real estate: Italy outpaces Europe. But how resilient would the market be if interest rates rise?
At the 34th Scenari Immobiliari Forum, Mario Breglia discusses the rapid growth of Italy’s real estate market, driven by rising investment and transaction volumes. Every year, almost 10% of the country’s residential housing stock is now...
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Read allGenerational transition: the new challenge is governing wealth
Over the next 10 years, 33.5% of family-owned businesses could face a generational transition. From selecting successors to mentoring and wealth governance, the 2026 Wealth Management Summit shows how the way family wealth is transferred...
Wealth Management Summit: a record-breaking third edition exploring the future of wealth
The third edition of We Wealth’s Wealth Management Summit, held at Palazzo Serbelloni, reaffirmed the importance of dialogue among industry leaders. From geopolitics to private markets, from artificial intelligence to generational wealth...
Family offices, the new force in private markets
At IPEM Global 2026, Frédéric de Mévius (Planet First Partners) and Sascha Klamp (Gemini Family Office) explain how major family are becoming institutional investors in their own right. Along the way: Bugatti, coconut water and...
Senior Housing in Italy: A New Real Estate Opportunity
From ownership to rental: why senior housing is attracting institutional investors and new capital into Italian real estate
Luxury and fashion appeal to private equity: will funds keep investing?
M&A activity in the fashion and luxury sectors increased in 2025, driven by private investment vehicles. Is this trend set to continue? Three-quarters of industry players say they intend to keep investing, although the first half of 2026...
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Chianti sculpture park: where art takes root
Immersed in a woodland of oaks and holm oaks, this “artistic enclave” offers a unique model of environmental art. It is home to 30 permanent works by international artists, conceived to engage with nature, a living element that constantly...
New record for an Italian motorcycle at auction: it’s an MV Augusta
The Spring Stafford Sale, part of The International Classic Motorcycle Show and organized by Bonhams, took place and set a new record for Italian motorcycles
Jannik Sinner’s watch, celebrating his victories
The world’s number-one tennis player—and the first Italian to win Wimbledon—has a faithful companion that adorns his wrist every time he lifts a new trophy to the sky. Let’s take a closer look at his irresistible timepiece
