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Capital & Finance · 25 stories · Updated Sep 11, 2026

Family Offices

How Israeli and diaspora family offices invest and organize wealth, and what happens when control passes to the next generation.

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Why Jewish Business Families Are Moving to MoroccoLead story
Family Offices · Sep 28, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT

Why Jewish Business Families Are Moving to Morocco

Morocco signed a narrower trade deal with Israel in 2022, not a CEPA-style FTA. Defense trade dwarfs civilian commerce, tourism runs on diaspora roots trips, and no Dubai-style relocation wave has followed.

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The family-office layer connecting Israel and the diaspora is operating in active reorganization.

The 2026 aliyah tax reform pulls UHNW principals and their structures toward Israeli tax residency. The 10-year foreign-source exemption preserves offshore positions for a decade after arrival. The new worldwide disclosure regime, in force from January 1, 2026, removes the reporting privacy that prior cohorts enjoyed.

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The architecture is global by design. Wealth is typically held across multiple jurisdictions: Israel for residence and operating businesses; Switzerland and Liechtenstein for banking and trust structures; the United States or United Kingdom for investment vehicles; the Caribbean for select holding companies. The private banking stack is correspondingly cross-border. Pictet, Lombard Odier, J. Safra Sarasin, Edmond de Rothschild, and Julius Baer operate dedicated Israel and Jewish-wealth desks from Geneva and Zurich. Bank Leumi private banking, Mizrahi-Tefahot, and Discount serve the domestic side.

Succession is the ongoing variable. The first generation of Israeli post-1948 wealth is transitioning to second and third generations, often spread across continents. Diaspora UHNW families face the same problem in reverse.

Philanthropy completes the picture. Federations, the Jewish Agency, JNF, and a long list of named foundations sit alongside or inside family-office structures.

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From Startup Exit to Family Office
Family Offices · Jun 11, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
From Startup Exit to Family Office

Two decades of Israeli technology exits have produced a pipeline that converts company sales into multi-generational family offices on a recognisable…

The Family Office Banking Map 2026
Family Offices · May 26, 2026, 7:09 AM EDT
The Family Office Banking Map 2026

The family office banking map 2026 anchored by five Swiss operators: Pictet, Lombard Odier, J. Safra Sarasin, Edmond de Rothschild, Julius Baer. Insid…

The Suttons and the Quiet Dynasties
Family Offices · May 30, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT
The Suttons and the Quiet Dynasties

The Suttons. The Schreibers. The Banayan family. Three communities — Syrian-Jewish Aleppan, Ashkenazi 47th Street, and Mashhadi Persian-Jewish — built…

Single-Family Office Operating Model Decisions
Family Offices · May 26, 2026, 7:09 AM EDT
Single-Family Office Operating Model Decisions

Single-family office operating model decisions Q1 2026 center on a structural choice: onshore Israeli SFO architecture vs. offshore diaspora-anchored…

Inside Israeli Single-Family Offices
Family Offices · Jun 14, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
Inside Israeli Single-Family Offices

The modern Israeli single-family office features principals, CIOs, and investment committees. Its structure and services have evolved over the last de…

The Family Offices & Dynasties
Family Offices · Jun 20, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT
The Family Offices & Dynasties

Pritzker, Tisch, Lauder, Bronfman, Reichmann, Wexner, Wertheimer. Multi-generational US Jewish capital — the structures, the assets, the philanthropic…