Every Merger membership arrives staffed. Finn runs the office as chief of staff. A controller holds the budget and the cash flow, a portfolio manager holds the allocation and watches it drift, and an analyst reads every transaction for the thing that does not belong. Four agents, working from day one. For most households, in most years, that front office is all they will ever need.
But households are not uniform, and they do not stay still. One year a parent needs care. One year a side business starts throwing off 1099s. One year the first house is finally in reach, or a trust needs funding, or someone forwards you a private deal and you have no idea how to read it. A traditional family office answers those moments the same way every time: it hires someone. A specialist, for exactly that problem, for exactly as long as the problem lasts.
That is the entire idea behind the catalog. Four agents on the clock, always on, included. Twenty-four specialists on the bench, hired only when there is a reason. You do not pay for a seat until your own numbers make the case for it, and Finn will not recommend one until they do.