How We Fact-Check

Every post on Family Capital Blog is written to be accurate first. This page explains how.

Sources

• We build each post from primary sources where we can: company filings and announcements, regulators, courts, official statistics.
• Every post lists its sources at the end.
• Important facts are checked against two independent sources. If only one outlet reports something, we say so in the text ("according to ...").

Checking

• Before publication, each post is checked claim by claim (names, numbers, dates, quotes) by a second reviewer against the sources.
• We separate facts from allegations, and talks from done deals.
• We use AI tools to help with research and drafting. Every post is reviewed and fact-checked before it is published.

Jurisdiction guides

• Every fact in our jurisdiction guides links to its source and carries one of three labels: confirmed (an official source: a regulator, a government or a court), reported (a law firm or another reliable source, named in the text) or not found (we looked and found no official figure).
• Each guide is researched from official sources and then checked by a second reviewer, source by source. The page shows the date we last checked it.
• When a rule changes, we update the guide and every comparison that uses it.
• The view at the top of each comparison is our own. No provider pays for it.

Rich lists

• Our richest families pages use published rankings (Forbes, Hurun, Forbes Middle East). The net worth figures are the publishers' estimates, shown with the date they were measured; we do not make our own estimates or add up the figures of relatives listed separately.
• Facts about each family's business, leaders, succession and family office come from company filings and websites where we can open them, otherwise from a major news outlet named in the text. A second reviewer checks every source.
• We leave out private life and allegations. Ruling families are not ranked.

Family office profiles

• Our family office pages rely on official records first: regulatory filings (such as SEC filings in the US), company registers, annual reports and the offices' own websites. Where only a major news outlet reports something, the text names it.
• Figures such as assets under management are shown only as published, with their date. A US Form 13F covers only US-listed shares, so we say so and never present it as total wealth.
• We publish a page only when an official source or a major outlet confirms whose money the office manages. Each page shows when we last checked it and is checked source by source by a second reviewer.

Corrections

When facts change or we find a mistake, we fix the post and show the date under the title ("Updated"). Write to hello@familycapitalblog.com if you spot an error.

Independence

No company pays to appear in our posts or guides. If we ever publish sponsored content, it will be clearly labelled.

Posts are for education only and are not tax, legal or investment advice.