The current financial crisis has caused many individuals to re-evaluate the role that money plays in their lives and has given families the perfect incentive to have realistic conversations about money. Noting that family advisors and mental health professionals long have advocated "financial parenting," this paper offers guidance for raising financially responsible children.
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It is clear that affluent women today are involved, aware and knowledgeable about their wealth and wealth management. Indeed, more women are overcoming inherent obstacles and stereotypes by reaching out for additional financial knowledge and engaging experts as well as spouses to aid them in making prudent wealth management decisions.
While men continue to play a leadership role in their families when it comes to wealth management planning and decision-making, a growing number are inclined to discuss the family wealth and wealth transfer intentions with not only their spouses but also their heirs. Research indicates wealth-related decision-making is now a shared responsibility in more than 50 percent of households.
You don’t want to miss this 2009 FOX Fall Forum session to learn how a private trust company structure can significantly increase the odds of a family implementing its transitional strategic plan through effective governance. The session will deliver valuable information on U.S. private trust company structures and cross-border private trust structures. You also will receive the latest updates on private trust company laws and state jurisdictions.
Without question, Jay Hughes has changed the thinking of most families and wealth advisors regarding how family assets are defined. Over the past 20 years, Jay and Sara Hamilton have discussed the many critical challenges that families face and the transitions that occur as they cross the generational bridges. In this 2009 FOX Fall Forum presentation, Jay and Sara have share for the first time their insights from these client experiences, and the important concepts that Jay has developed are brought to life as they reflect on the lessons learned from the exceptional families they have served.
In this 2009 FOX Fall Forum presentation, Ellen Perry outlines four ways in which families of significant wealth can enhance their human capital, developing the skills and talents of the younger generation, strengthening family ties and enabling individual members and families as a whole to flourish for multiple generations.
One key to helping develop greatness in the next generation is to encourage entrepreneurship. The formula for encouraging entrepreneurship will differ among families and may need to be adjusted to fit the needs of individual family members. It is important for families to recognize some of the unique issues they face and to think in advance of the steps they can take to address these challenges.
As the management and control of a family office passes to a younger generation, it is common for new leadership to reassess many of the organization's strategic elements against a new measurement criteria, a necessary process that can lead to difficult and transformational decisions. For many, the single-family offices that remain will bear little resemblance to the operations that their parents established.
The current economic environment offers parents the opportunity to educate their children about the transience of wealth and the need for self-reliance. This paper from Relative Solutions offers suggestions for overcoming a sense of entitlement and for increasing responsibility among next-generation family members.
Despite its challenges, the current economic environment offers opportunities that can benefit family-owned businesses. This article from the Beringer Group encourages family businesses to consider the possibilities that may exist in acquisitions, corporate restructurings, internal buyouts, succession planning and estate planning.