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The architecture of capital.
Understanding how sophisticated capital is built, structured, allocated and preserved.
Ideas for capital that thinks in generations.
Maxi Capitalist explores the systems behind enduring wealth: governance, incentives, jurisdiction, capital allocation, ownership and succession.
The focus is not on what to buy. It is on how capital is structured, governed and preserved.
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Family Offices
Choosing and Running a Trust
The first four parts of this series covered what trusts are and what they do: the mechanics , the choice between trust and foundation , the dynasty trust built to outlast…
Family Offices
The Asset-Protection Trust
Most trusts are built to pass wealth on. This one is built to defend it. An asset-protection trust exists for a single…
Family Offices
The Dynasty Trust
Most fortunes do not survive three generations, and tax is one reason why. In many countries, wealth is taxed each time…
Explore the architecture
Family Offices
How families coordinate capital, governance, risk and succession.
02Capital Allocation
How capital is deployed, concentrated, protected and compounded.
03Governance
How authority, incentives and decision rights shape outcomes.
04Jurisdiction Strategy
How geography, law, regulation and political stability affect wealth.
05Private Capital
Private equity, holding structures, permanent capital and direct investments.
06Long-Term Thinking
Optionality, resilience, stewardship and legacy.
Principles
Capital is a tool.
Structure creates optionality.
Governance preserves wealth.
Incentives shape outcomes.
Risk precedes return.
Time compounds everything.
Latest notes
The Four Forms of Capital
Financial capital is the visible layer. Human, social and reputational capital are the ones that decide whether the financial kind survives a…
Why Concentration Creates Wealth and Destroys It
Nearly every large fortune was built on concentration. Nearly every lost one was too. The variable is not whether you concentrate, but whether you…
Geography Is Part of Capital Allocation
Where an asset is held is an allocation decision, not an administrative one. Jurisdiction quietly allocates legal, tax and political exposure, and it…
Ownership and Control Are Not the Same
You can own without controlling and control without owning. Most governance failures trace back to a family that never separated the two on paper…
Why Family Offices Optimise for Survival
The mandate that endures is not maximise return. It is simple: do not be forced to sell. A structure built to survive its worst year will usually be…
In Structuring, Boring Is a Feature
A structure that only its architect understands fails the moment the architect is gone. Legibility to a bank, a regulator and an heir is not a…
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