Family companies weathering Covid-19 pandemic storm better than peers

Such businesses outperform non-family firms by 3% in first six months of CY20, says Credit Suisse report

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Ashley Coutinho  |  Mumbai 

Family-owned companies worldwide may have weathered the Covid-19 pandemic better than non-family-owned firms, owing to their above-average defensive characteristics. These businesses have outperformed by about 3 per cent relative to non-family-owned companies for the first six months of the year, observed The Family 1000: Post the Pandemic report by Credit Suisse, which surveyed more than 260 companies.

The outperformance was stronger in Europe and Asia Pacific ex-Japan, at 6.2 per cent and 5.1 per cent respectively. Family-owned companies in Japan outperformed non-family-owned peers ...

First Published: Thu, September 03 2020. 01:13 IST