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World exclusive: Pamela Mars-Wright on life at Mars Inc For the first time in 30 years, a member of the Mars family agreed to speak publicly about life at one of the world’s most private and successful businesses. Fourth-generation Pamela Mars-Wright talks exclusively to Marc Smith about life on Mars, Inc

Columnists

Justin Urquhart Stewart: Absolutely for the better?
The growth of “absolute return” funds over the past few years can in part be put down to their optimistic title as well as some fortunate timing with unsettled equity markets.

Gregory Greenleaf, John Ward: Losing a leader
On 9 August, the first full day of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, an American family business leader, Todd Bachman, 62, was stabbed to death in a random attack, and his wife was severely wounded.

Claire Adler: Keeping art in the family
Artist Charlotte Mann grew up around people talking about art. Her parents are both landscape painters and her brother is a photographer and film-maker. “Ever since I was a child, we’d always have an input in our father’s paintings,” she says.

News

Females not as emotionally attached to the family business says new report Emotional ownership, the attachment that a person feels towards a family business, is stronger in males than in females according to a new report.

Music stops for Bertelsmann-Sony joint venture Bertelsmann, the Mohn family-owned international media company, has finally cut its ties with Sony BMG, the ill-fated joint venture it signed with the Sony Corporation to create the world’s second largest recording company.

InBev shareholders approve Anheuser-Busch takeover and vote family onto board The first hurdle of InBev’s takeover of US rival Anheuser-Busch has been cleared.

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Lifestyle

Wilson family secures InterContinental deal for new timeshare venture The Holiday Inn hotel chain’s founding family has joined forces with InterContinental Hotels Group, the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms. more lifestyle stories >>

Finance & Investment

Selling the family business: survey results Campden FB conducted an online "selling the family business" survey to get the views of families from all over the world on this crucial topic. more finance stories >>

Governance

The fixers Mel Stern takes a look at two family-owned businesses that have reaped the rewards of bringing in a turnaround manager more governance stories >>

Events

The Asia Pacific Family Office Conference
30th October 2008 - 31st October 2008
Four Seasons, Hong Kong

The European Family Office Conference: 10th Anniversary
10th November 2008 - 12th November 2008
Landmark Hotel, London

Campden Conferences is the global leader in providing private forums for ultra-affluent business owning families.

For over a decade Campden Conferences has been bringing together a global mix of prominent families and family business experts to learn about the key strategies and best practices successful family businesses implement to ensure family harmony and longevity.

Our exclusive closed-door meetings, held throughout Europe, the United States, Asia and the Middle East, provide the ideal setting for ultra-affluent business-owning families and their executives to discuss family/business dynamics, conduct business with their peers and plan for the future.

Family business leaders, private family offices and their closest advisors choose Campden because of our: Reputation, Quality and Privacy.

To view a calendar of our forthcoming events please click here. Anyone who books online will benefit from a 10% discount.