Position
Director
Index
Family Office Banking & Investment Services
Location
London
Advice type
Family businesses
Family offices
Investment strategy
Wealth preservation
Succession planning
Client type
Family offices
UHNW families
Sector Focus
Financial Services
Investments and Asset Management
Wealth Management & Private Banking
James Arthey
Spear’s Review
James Arthey has been with Barclays since 2008. He operates within the bank’s family office team, working closely with more than 50 UHNW families across 20 different countries to help them achieve their financial ambitions and create wealth management strategies.
He leads a small team that is responsible for bringing new families into the firm’s family office offering; helping to establish investment portfolios for family offices; and reviewing current family office investment structures and making improvements.
For Arthey, communication is key, particularly in times of market instability. ‘On the investment side, we will already have put in place a very sophisticated strategy around managing risk, and it’s all about reminding them of the airbags and safety belts that we’ve got in place,’ he says.
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