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TCK Investments Wins WealthBriefingAsia Award for Third Consecutive Year

Cherim Kim for Maeil Business Newspaper
June 2, 2026

A multi-family office is a professional organization that provides comprehensive wealth management, investment advisory, tax, inheritance, and succession planning strategies for multiple ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) families. Unlike a single-family office, which serves only one family, a multi-family office manages multiple clients together, enhancing cost efficiency while providing access to global investment opportunities and expert networks. TCK Investments, an independent asset manager, launched these multi-family office services in Seoul in 2011 and was founded with guidance from Howard Marks, co-founder of Oaktree Capital.

Fifteen years after its founding, TCK has been honored as the winner in the “Multi-Family Office, Private Bank or External Asset Manager (South Korea)” category at The WealthBriefingAsia Awards 2026 for the third consecutive year.

Through this award, TCK has once again been recognized for its innovative and pioneering investment approach to wealth management for high-net-worth (HNW) clients in Korea. Centered on efficient global portfolios and strategic diversification, TCK has continued to manage key market risks while consistently outperforming global indices. This third consecutive win is particularly meaningful as it further solidifies TCK’s position as a leading independent asset manager in Korea’s multi-family office industry.

Korea’s family office and private wealth management market has continued to grow in recent years, driven by rising demand for comprehensive wealth management solutions. Founded by Ohad Topor in 2011, TCK is based in Seoul and provides Korean clients with independent private wealth management solutions, with no affiliation to any domestic financial institution group.

Ohad Topor, founder and chairman of TCK, was selected this year as the special individual award winner for “Outstanding Contribution to Wealth Management,” in recognition of his contribution to the development of Korea’s wealth management industry and his leadership in pioneering the independent multi-family office model.

The WealthBriefingAsia Awards are an annual awards program hosted by ClearView, a UK-based global financial media company, and recognize companies and individuals that have demonstrated the most innovative and outstanding achievements in Asia’s private banking, family office, and wealth management sectors. The judging panel consists of experts from banks, family offices, and advisory and consulting firms in the financial and wealth management industries, with independence, expertise, and deep industry insight serving as key evaluation criteria. Winners in each category are selected through a rigorous and impartial judging process, and the WealthBriefing Awards are highly regarded among global wealth management industry leaders for this rigorous evaluation framework.

The judges highly praised TCK’s differentiated family office investment philosophy. In particular, they recognized TCK for moving beyond the traditional transaction-driven wealth management approach focused on short-term perspectives and introducing a more disciplined global investment approach to Korea’s private wealth management market. They also noted that TCK has reorganized inefficiently constructed portfolios into more efficient and diversified investments, reduced domestic asset concentration risk, delivered stronger risk-adjusted outcomes for clients, and provided stable, long-term wealth management results through compounded asset growth.

The WealthBriefingAsia Awards are the Asia-focused awards within a global awards program operated by WealthBriefing and Family Wealth Report across major wealth management markets worldwide.

Mark Tetto, co-CEO of TCK, attended the awards ceremony in Singapore in person and said, “I believe this year’s consecutive award reflects not just our track record — over 3.7x return since inception in 2013 with only moderate volatility— but also how we have leveraged our unique global network to deliver much sought-after, one-of-a-kind access to the best private market investments to our clients.” He added, “This award further encourages us to keep raising the bar for Korean private wealth management.”

Ohad Topor, founder and chairman of TCK Investments, said, “When we first started building an independent multi-family office business in Korea in 2011, it was still a fairly unfamiliar concept in the local market.” He added, “Since then, however, we have seen Korean investors become much more global in mindset, gradually moving beyond traditional highly volatile stocks, and domestic real estate-focused investment approaches.” He further noted, “we remain committed to bringing Korean clients our partnership in accessing broader global investment opportunities and more independent long-term investment solutions.”

The WealthBriefingAsia judges noted: “A standout figure in Korea’s wealth management landscape, Ohad Topor has played a pivotal role in introducing an independent multi-family office model in a traditionally product-driven market.” Judges recognized his success in advancing fiduciary advice, global diversification, and better client alignment, alongside his wider influence in shaping investment culture through advocacy and public discourse on home-country bias and governance.