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Session Recap: Digital Rubicon, Proximity and the Future of All Business

6 August, 2020
Innovation often comes out of conflict or hardship that forces us to develop new ideas and a new mindset to solve and overcome the conflict. Robert Wolcott, Co-Founder and Chairman of TWIN Global, asserts that the Covid-19 pandemic is such a time, when so much around us is changing, innovation is bo...

Session Recap: The Emerging Influence of Social Impact Investing

6 August, 2020
What is social impact investing? Is it reliable? Should you use it? Basically social impact investing is an investment strategy and a tactic to address pressing social and environmental challenges.Impact investing uses a range of approaches that vary based by personal goals. Some investors look at t...

Session Recap: What Now? The Economy, Investing, and Elections

5 August, 2020
While Coronavirus looms large in the second half of 2020, it can feel like anyone’s guess as to the future of our economy. This pandemic crisis is like no other, so it seems like a losers game to make predictions. However, Jeff Brown, Founder and Managing Partner at Political Economy, LLC, believes ...

Session Recap: Uncorrelated Strategies: Preparing for the Ride Ahead

5 August, 2020
We all know the fundamental rule of investing is diversification. The more money that goes into any one area of a portfolio, generally the lower the returns. Diversification is especially critical in this Covid-19 era. Now more than ever families are looking for investments that can help them achiev...

Session Recap: Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence

5 August, 2020
First we had computers, then we had mobile phones, and then the cloud. Now we have AI. Artificial Intelligence. AI has been around for 30 years, but is currently growing rapid fire. Rudina Seseri, Founder and Managing Partner for Glasswing Ventures, explains the power of this booming technology.By d...

Session Recap: Highlights from the 2020 FOX Global Investment Survey

5 August, 2020
We are delighted to share important highlights from the 2020 FOX Global Investment Survey. FOX produces this annual survey of 120 family offices, and offers insights into what these family enterprises are doing right now around investments.While the survey is focused on the end of 2019, it includes ...

Session Recap: Resilience and Growth in Disruptive Times

4 August, 2020
Why is it when two people experience the same event, one person is overwhelmed and stressed, yet the other person is fine, and might even grow from it? What are these two people doing differently?Now more than ever, as we grapple with the incredible disruption of Covid-19, people are raising the que...

Session Recap: Best Practices for Virtual Client Engagement

4 August, 2020
Wealth advisors round the globe are asking, “How do we connect with our clients in a meaningful way, when we can’t be in the same room?” In this new world of increasing virtual reality, screen fatigue is real, and advisors have had to quickly pivot and rethink how to meet the needs of clients, while...

Session Recap: Business Development in the Age of Digital Privacy and Personalization

4 August, 2020
The top three best practices in developing relationships are active listening, emotional intelligence, and building trust. Neuroscientific research on oxytocin – the trust and relationship molecule – reminds us that in every initial interaction with a human being we have two subconscious questions:D...

Session Recap: The Evolving Role of the Wealth Advisor

4 August, 2020
In today’s fast-paced and media-driven environment, wealth advisors see themselves as everything from a trusted partner to an educator to a financial therapist. Today’s advisors must be great listeners, crisis managers and transparent communicators. They must have a high IQ, and an equally high EQ. ...