Caledonia Investments plc (“Caledonia”) is pleased to announce that, alongside other shareholders, it has agreed terms for the sale of its minority interest in Stonehage Fleming Family & Partners Limited (“Stonehage Fleming”), a multi-family office providing advisory services to many of the world’s leading families and wealth creators, to Corient Private Wealth LLC (“Corient”), a US-headquartered wealth management and advisory business.
The transaction is subject to change in control approval by the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom and several other international regulators and is expected to complete in the first half of 2026.
Caledonia acquired its initial stake in Stonehage Fleming in July 2019 and since then the business has grown strongly both organically and through acquisition. Supported by Caledonia, the business has continued to expand its geographic reach and range of services through multiple strategic acquisitions. Today Stonehage Fleming, led by Executive Chairman Giuseppe Ciucci and CEO Stuart Parkinson, operates in 14 countries and is the leading multi-family office in the EMEA region.
“The team and I would like to thank Caledonia for their support and resources over the years. We selected Caledonia as our partner in 2019 because of their expertise, long-term investment approach, permanent capital and strong alignment to our ambition. They understood the importance of Stonehage Fleming’s values, heritage and the many clients we serve around the world. Working together, the Caledonia team helped us to deliver our strategy and vision, and we are now well positioned for our next phase of growth. We look forward to combining our resources with Corient to create one of the world’s leading multi-family offices.”
Giuseppe Ciucci
Chairman of Stonehage Fleming
Subject to the exact timing of completion, Caledonia is expected to receive cash proceeds, net of transaction expenses, of c.£288m for the sale of its equity interests. Of this sum approximately £251m will be received on closing with a further approximately £37m split across two equal tranches payable 6 and 12 months after closing. These proceeds combined with dividends received to date will represent a multiple on invested cost of 3.2 times. All the cash proceeds will be held on deposit for future investment. In its audited accounts as at 31 March 2025, Caledonia’s shareholding in Stonehage Fleming was valued at £221m.
In addition, contingent consideration up to a maximum of £9m may become payable to Caledonia. The amount of contingent consideration payable is dependent on Stonehage Fleming’s achievement of certain revenue growth targets over the three year period following completion.
“In the six years since our initial investment in Stonehage Fleming in July 2019, the business has further strengthened its position as the largest independent multi-family office in EMEA, with 20 offices in 14 countries, and it is now involved in the management, fiduciary oversight and administration of assets of over US$175 billion. The Stonehage Fleming team have fully delivered upon our investment thesis which was centred on building scale, international reach and providing additional services to the fast-growing ultra high net worth market.
We are delighted with what Giuseppe, Stuart and the broader Stonehage Fleming team have achieved during our partnership. We thank and congratulate them for their stewardship of the business and wish them every success in their new partnership with Corient.”
Tom Leader
Caledonia’s Head of Private Capital