APFOSA
About APFOSA

About APFOSA

The Asia Pacific Family Office Standard Association — a self-regulatory industry body advancing the standardisation, professionalisation and internationalisation of the Chinese family office sector across the Asia Pacific.

The Asia Pacific Family Office Standard Association (APFOSA) is a long-standing industry self-regulatory body dedicated to advancing the standardisation and professionalisation of the Chinese family office sector across the Asia Pacific region. Steadfastly committed to fostering high-quality industry development, APFOSA has long served as a bridge connecting the family office industries of the Asia Pacific, Europe and the United States, while defining and regulating enduring service benchmarks for professional support institutions serving family offices.

Academic Rigour, Carrying the Weight of Heritage

Academic Rigour, Carrying the Weight of Heritage

With standards, research and talent as its three pillars, APFOSA builds a trusted knowledge infrastructure for the family office industry across the Asia-Pacific.

Three Pillars

Our Mission & Working Framework

Pillar I

Elevating Professional Standards

Rooted in the sector's unique characteristics and core needs—including family wealth succession, asset allocation and family governance—APFOSA has led the development of industry norms, practice protocols and operational guidelines, while clarifying professional qualifications, codes of conduct and liability boundaries for practitioners. Through decades of robust standard-setting, rigorous industry assessments and systematic professional training, APFOSA has driven the elimination of non-standard practices, enhanced professional competence in wealth management, risk mitigation and succession planning, strengthened industry self-regulation, and upheld industry credibility—ensuring the sector's standardised and sustainable growth in line with global trends.

Pillar II

Facilitating International Peer Exchange

As a trusted, time-tested bridge, APFOSA organises regular, in-depth exchanges and business collaboration between Asia Pacific Chinese family offices (both single-family and multi-family offices) and mature Western European and American counterparts, as well as relevant industry organisations. Covering key areas such as wealth preservation strategies, family governance structures, intergenerational succession, alternative investments and compliance, these enduring exchange mechanisms—via seminars, peer visits, case studies and joint research—enable sustained knowledge sharing, two-way empowerment and the global integration of Asia Pacific Chinese family offices.

Pillar III

Service Standards for Support Institutions

Recognising the diverse, long-term needs of Asia Pacific Chinese family offices—which rely on law firms, accounting firms, investment entities, tax advisory firms and family trust institutions for operational support—APFOSA has developed targeted, time-honoured service standards and evaluation systems. Drawing on decades of industry practice and internationally recognised benchmarks, these standards define clear service scope, procedures, quality requirements and liability norms, guiding support institutions to enhance professionalism and adaptability, and building a cohesive, sustainable professional ecosystem that reduces long-term costs and compliance risks for family offices.

Upholding the timeless principles of neutrality, professionalism and pragmatism, APFOSA has leveraged profound industry expertise over decades, engaging leading family offices, professional support institutions and industry experts across the Asia Pacific. Through its enduring, forward-thinking efforts, APFOSA endeavours to shape a lasting industry landscape defined by unified standards, professional advancement, international connectivity and a robust ecosystem—supporting Chinese families in achieving enduring wealth succession and family enterprise sustainability, while elevating the Asia Pacific family office sector's global influence and voice for generations to come.

Join APFOSA. Grow with the industry.

Whether you are a family office practitioner, service provider or research institution — there is a place for you at APFOSA.