To make decisions about the future, families need reports that provide a full view of their integrated risk exposure and their allocation across all family entities. Yet such aggregate reports remain the elusive Holy Grail of our industry. It is often promised by product providers, but product capabilities often still fall short of expectations.
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In today’s increasing complex global investment marketplace there is an incredible diversity of investment opportunities—each with their own underlying risk/reward characteristics. The Optimal Advisor is now more challenged than ever to assimilate the most effective strategies for the families they serve while continuing to minimize the inherent risk.
The sale of a business can be one of the most significant events for families of wealth. Often, family members have devoted substantial time and resources to building a successful enterprise.While the sale of the business may be viewed as the successful culmination of years of work, it may also cause concern for the owner, who feels there is not enough time to initiate effective wealth transfer planning. Instituting the proper planning process before a sale has a material impact on the after-tax sales proceeds received and provides peace of mind for the owner.
Investment Outlook: Fall 2013
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In this edition of Eton Advisor’s quarterly Investment Outlook, they conclude a series on goals-based investing with a discussion of integrative wealth management, where synergies are created by the marriage of wealth structuring, investment consulting, and ongoing implementation & execution. Without all three of these components working continually in harmony, “true integration” is impossible. This issue also includes economic and market views by Jean Brunel.
Planning with Retirement Assets
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If the big picture includes ensuring a retirement income stream and passing assets to loved ones, it’s crucial to understand the effects of income and estate tax laws. Integrated, long-term planning is important and should be done well in advance.
Managing The Mature Family For Success
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The vitality and longevity of a mature family enterprise depend on three key value drivers: the family economic engine, including both business and financial assets; the family itself, its culture and members; and “leakages” that include both cash flow management and estate planning.
Wealthy individuals need to play an active role in their wealth management, asking advisors the right questions and reviewing their answers regularly. This requires a solid understanding of wealth management principles and how to apply them in a variety of areas, ranging from personal tax planning to the transfer of a business.
Fueling the Family Enterprise: What Family Businesses Gain by Embracing Diversification
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Families that marry the strength of individualism with a more inclusive, long-term mindset can capture the best of both worlds. They can improve on a traditional foundation with diversified business interests and strategically populate affiliated ventures with members of the extended family.
Family Office Exchange CEO Sara Hamilton joined representatives of two successful multi-generational families to help illustrate best practices for taking a long-term view of family opportunities and challenges during this 2012 FOX Fall Forum session.Peter O’Neill, director of Rockefeller Financial and former chair of the Rockefeller Family Council, explained how the Rockefeller family supports the diverse interests of their five living generations.
A return to a “high” market warrants a full understanding of the nature of ownership (legal title) risks in the art industry and how art investment fund managers can mitigate these risks.