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Stonehage Fleming

Full-service multi-family office for the world's leading families across generations.

Services-only
US$175 billion under management, advice, and administrationAssets on platform / AUM
01 — Overview

What Stonehage Fleming does

Stonehage Fleming originated as two separate organisations — Stonehage, founded in 1976 to serve South African families from London, and Fleming Family & Partners, formed to manage the Fleming dynasty's own wealth. Their 2015 merger created a firm that is itself a product of multi-generational family wealth stewardship, which shapes how it approaches client relationships. The firm is independently owned by management, staff, and Caledonia Investments, a publicly quoted family investment trust, meaning its ownership structure mirrors the patient capital philosophy it advocates for clients. Over US$175 billion in assets is held under management, advice, and administration across 20 offices in 14 geographies.

The firm operates as a full-service multi-family office, covering the complete span of a family's financial and personal complexity. Rather than focusing solely on liquid investment portfolios, Stonehage Fleming explicitly addresses the full breadth of family wealth, including private capital, art collections, family businesses, and intergenerational governance. Its Four Pillars of Capital framework treats social, intellectual, and cultural capital as equally important to financial capital in long-term wealth preservation — a distinction from conventional investment-led wealth managers.

Services delivered directly to client families include:

  • Discretionary and advisory investment management, including access to the Global Best Ideas Equity strategy
  • Trust, fiduciary, and corporate administration across multiple jurisdictions
  • Family governance, succession planning, and next-generation education programmes
  • Dealing and treasury services as a single point of contact for banking needs
  • Art collection management, philanthropy advisory, and private capital sourcing
  • Consolidated reporting aggregating all aspects of client wealth

Stonehage Fleming is best suited to internationally mobile ultra-high-net-worth families with cross-border structures, multi-generational complexity, and assets spanning both liquid and illiquid categories. Families seeking a narrowly focused investment manager, or those who prefer disclosed fee schedules, will find the proposition less straightforward.

We seek to add value across the entirety of the family's wealth — not just liquid assets.

On Stonehage Fleming, from a family-office user
02 — Product & capabilities

What it covers

Core tasks
  • Multi-generational wealth preservation and succession planning
  • Discretionary and advisory investment portfolio management
  • Trust and fiduciary administration across multiple jurisdictions
  • Family governance design and next-generation education
  • Consolidated reporting across all family assets
  • Dealing, treasury, and banking coordination
Notable features
  • Global Best Ideas Equity strategy and SCI Worldwide Flexible Fund
  • Family governance and succession planning using the Four Pillars of Capital framework
  • Trust and corporate administration in multiple jurisdictions
  • Art collection management and lifestyle asset oversight
  • Private capital sourcing and advisory
  • Consolidated wealth reporting across all asset classes
  • Dealing and treasury services as a single banking point of contact
  • Philanthropy advisory and structuring
  • Next-generation education and mentoring programmes
  • Legal and tax advisory through internal Stonehage Fleming Law capability
Assets supported
Public EquitiesPrivate CapitalReal EstateArt and CollectiblesTrusts and Fiduciary StructuresFamily Business Interests
Platform & technology
Multi-Currency SupportConsolidated View
03 — Company

The firm behind it

Ownership
Majority-owned by management and staff; minority stake held by Caledonia Investments (publicly quoted family investment trust)
Software type
Services-only
Headquarters / markets
United Kingdom, Switzerland, South Africa
Offices
Jersey, London, Geneva, Zurich, Neuchatel, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Stellenbosch
Key people
CChris MerryGroup CEO
SStefan FlachsmannGlobal Head of Financial Services
JJohan van NiekerkHead of Family Office, US
GGerrit SmitHead of Global Equity Management
RRichard StrideHead of Family Office Jersey
CCarol MoteGlobal Head of Human Resources
04 — Clients & fit

Who it’s for

Built for Single Family Office (SFO), Multi Family Office (MFO), Private Wealth Owners / Principals.

05 — Support & onboarding

Getting it running

Dedicated relationship teams across 20 offices; personal adviser contact model with in-person engagement.