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CMG regularly updates our thinking on research, trends, and stories about business families and how best to support them.

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The resilience of family businesses

Here at CMG, we’re delighted to see more being written (and acknowledged) in recent years about the importance of family businesses around the world...

Life at the world's largest toymaker

It might also surprise you to learn that Lego, the largest toymaker in the world by sales and profits, is family-owned. This is the story of the Kirk Kristiansen family of Denmark...

Rotman study on private governance

We read recently (with great pleasure) a research report, The critical importance of private company governance, published by The David & Sharon Johnston Centre for Corporate Governance Innovation at the Rotman School of Management...

Zegna stability amidst market challenges

A recent article in the Financial Times highlighted an iconic Italian business family – Zegna, and it’s one we’re tracking closely…

Purpose-driven capitalism at Mars

December 2019 – Recent media coverage of ‘life on Mars’ has added further commentary to our original profile...

The backbone of the Canadian economy

We share our own observations on the latest research into the importance of family businesses in Canada...

The world’s 25 wealthiest families

What are the common ingredients they all seem to share? Three overall themes catch our eye…

The power of the 2% solution

A fresh approach for business families to fund their inevitable tax liabilities in a more affordable way…

The real purpose of estate freezes

Far from a tool to avoid tax, they allow Canadian business owners to prudently plan for (and manage) their tax liabilities in an orderly manner…

The fine art of choosing an executor

Why do the heads of business families often spend more time choosing the next CEO of their company than they dedicate to selecting an executor for their estate?...

Inside the Cargill family

How the largest privately-held U.S. company (by revenue) has managed to innovate, endure – and remain in family control…

The liquidity challenge

A case study on how life insurance can play a cost-effective role in estate planning for even the wealthiest of business families – in almost all situations…