SMU’s Business Families Institute (BFI@SMU) has received its second research grant from Deloitte Southeast Asia. The previous grant supported the launch of an inaugural research survey report on "Asian Business Families – Going the Distance with the Next Generation" late last year which had since been widely quoted by the international media. BFI@SMU will channel the funds from this research grant into a Business Family Research Programme over three years beginning in its 2014 academic year. The programme will kick off with a research study on the best business family governance practices among such families in Asia. Speaking at a research donation signing ceremony on Friday, SMU President Professor Arnoud De Meyer said that there will be “greater emphasis on the next generation as they would be the future stewards and thought leaders of Asian family businesses”.