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From Jedi to Yoda - Preparing for Leadership Succession

29 October, 2020
Preparing for leadership succession may be the single most important planning element for a family and family office. Ivan Lansberg, Co-Founder and Se...

Families, Philanthropy, and Impact

28 October, 2020
As impact philanthropy becomes more important to families, they are further engaging in the issues facing their communities. Here Nadia Roumani, Co-Fo...

The Taxable Investor’s Manifesto: Insights into a Quiet Revolution

28 October, 2020
Taxable investors need to think differently. Here Stuart Lucas, Co-Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer at Wealth Strategist Partners, tells ...

The World in 2050: Water, Food and Clean Tech

28 October, 2020
While families have a growing desire to participate in impact investing, return profiles have had the reputation for being lower to other asset classe...

Building a Strategic View of the Family’s Future

28 October, 2020
One question facing families and family offices today is how to build a strategic long-term view of your family’s future. Scott Peppet, President at C...

Rebuilding Economies

28 October, 2020
FOX hosts a panel on “Rebuilding Economies,” and invites Ivo Daadler, President of Chicago Council on Global Affairs and John Dionne, Senior Lecturer ...

The Rising Generations’ Relationship With Money

27 October, 2020
How families talk about money is important. Although it often can feel awkward to get started, Nathan Dungan, Founder and President of Share, Save, Sp...

Building a Diverse Team

27 October, 2020
Successive generations want to leave a legacy, and are looking at future prospects and pathways for the family office to be a more diverse workplace. ...

Family Office Value, Cost, and Complexity Factors

27 October, 2020
FOX recently conducted a research project to study how family offices explain their value to clients, as well as to look at the complexity and cost al...

Building Trust and Consensus in the Family

27 October, 2020
The element of trust is perhaps one of the most crucial pieces within the family and the family office. Here Jeff Strese, Adjunct Faculty at SMU and H...