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Breakout Session 3: Improving Quality Through Family Office as a Service

8 October, 2020
Here Rob Mallernee, a long-time member of FOX and the CEO and System Designer at Eton Solutions, looks at how family offices can use a process driven approach to...

Breakout Session 2: Managing Under Covid-19

8 October, 2020
The pandemic is especially overwhelming as we view of all the headlines in the news and on social media. We don’t yet know the full effect the pandemic – how lon...

Breakout Session 1: Results from FOX’s 2020 Compensation & Benefits Survey, sponsored by Grant Thornton

8 October, 2020
Every other year FOX sponsors a Family Office Compensation and Benefits Survey. The 2020 survey had a total of 201 participants from across the United States, an...

Spot and Manage Talent in the New Paradigm

8 October, 2020
Covid-19 has certainly changed the landscape and created a new normal, along with many decisions and points of challenge. Here Cassie Atteberry (Principal at Tal...

Future of Technology in the Family Office

8 October, 2020
To be successful in our ever-changing world, family offices need to embrace new technology like never before. The question is, how can a family office technology...

Evolving Client Needs and Expectations Are Changing the Role of the Family Office

8 October, 2020
In our fast paced world, we see how client needs and expectations are changing the role of the family office. Here, Mindy Earley (Chief Learning Officer at FOX),...

Ready or Not - Your Future Family Office is Here

8 October, 2020
President of the Family Office Exchange, Bill Sullivan, shares key areas of change to help us understand the evolving landscape of the family office.First, as th...

A Process that Can Transform Your Single-Family Office Staff into an Empowered Team

9 September, 2020
"The general rule seems to be that the level of consciousness of an organization [i.e. its capacity and agility] cannot exceed the level of consciousness of its ...

Addepar - With a Brand-New Chief Technology Officer Taking the Helm, What Shifts in the Tech Stack will Addepar Follow?

14 August, 2020
Addepar is a state-of-the-art wealth management platform that specializes in data aggregation and performance reporting for complex investment portfolios. Addepa...

Technology Panel Discussion: Planning for Tomorrow’s Technology Today

14 August, 2020
Today’s technology moves at an exceedingly rapid pace. How do family offices stay ahead of the curve and plan for the future? Three experts offer insight as part...

Attendee Survey on the Tech Goals for Your Family Office

14 August, 2020
During the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s especially helpful to understand decisions that our peers are making around technology within the family office space. In that...

SEI - Relentless Development: What Comes Next for SEI’s Archway Platform

14 August, 2020
SEI Family Office Services is an award winning, integrated back-office platform delivering a wide range of technology solutions for family offices. With 18 years...

Preparing to Embrace New Technologies in the Modern World

14 August, 2020
New technologies abound in our modern world. Here Dr. Peter Boumgarden, Professor of Practice Strategy & Organization at Washington University in St. Louis, ...

Masttro – Leading Technology Trends in Family Enterprise Transformation

14 August, 2020
Founded in 2010, Masttro is a privately held wealth management technology company providing an integrated platform for family office enterprises. Masttro serves ...

Session Recap: Vertical Approach to Venture Investing

7 August, 2020
There is often confusion over what exactly is the vertical approach to venture investing. Constance Freedman, Founder and Managing Partner of Moderne Ventures, e...

Session Recap: The Dynamic Ecosystem of Blockchain, Bitcoin, and Cryptocurrency

7 August, 2020
The future of money is a timely yet complicated topic, especially with cryptocurrency in the mix. Thomas Anderson, Author of Money without Boundaries, shares fou...

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-F...

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 ...

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,...

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. Div...

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 insi...

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 ...

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 inc...

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 –...