While “investing success” can mean different things to different investors, determining its meaning is essential to understanding what path to follow. Toward that end, there are four principles that provide a solid framework for improving the chances of investment success: goals, balance, cost, and discipline. By incorporating these guiding principles into your investment strategy and your children's financial education, you can reduce the noise and distractions of the ups and downs of market cycles and focus on the things within your control.
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For many affluent families, risk management has become less a matter of how much insurance premiums will cost and more an issue of how much financial risk they are willing and able to accept. In an ever-shifting risk environment where families are assuming higher levels of exposure, families will need to be increasingly cognizant of potential risks in their lives and take proactive steps to safeguard their loved ones, assets, personal data, and financial security.
What is your superpower? If you don’t know, well, you don’t get to put on the cape. Based on his book, Design for Strengths: Applying Design Thinking to Individual and Team Strengths and Weaknesses, John will share the “Design Thinking” mindset and process out of Stanford University, ubiquitously used at Apple, Google, Amazon, and other Silicon Valley successes.
In the thriving family, learning and growing must be both individual and across the family system. In this breakout participants will learn how the 10x10 Learning Roadmap can be used to develop group learning programs for all family members and/or for specific cohorts. This session is complementary to the day two session that focuses on the individual, life stage pathway of the 10x10.
Join FOX for our third quarterly town hall of 2024, hear the latest news about FOX membership, new and helpful services and benefits for members, and FOX leadership observations on our community and our industry. Most importantly, please join us to ask any questions or share any thoughts and feedback pertaining to FOX membership, services, benefits, and activities. This is a great opportunity to create a regular and open channel for communication with the FOX team and your fellow FOX members.
Scott Peppet, the President of a single family office and private trust company, will explore the importance of aligning a family’s learning capacity with the complexity of its environment to ensure long-term flourishing for the family and family enterprise. Scott emphasizes that rather than always striving to increase knowledge to match complex demands, families should consider reducing the complexity of their context when it exceeds their ability to manage it effectively.
Engaging and preparing the rising generation is often top of mind, as the wellbeing of future family leaders is of great concern. Setting out to understand the needs and wants of the rising generation, this research tapped into the wisdom and experience of 55 families, 28 future family leaders, and 38 family office executives.
With more women contributing to meaningful roles in the finance industry, there’s more equity in the future of private equity. In this panel discussion, four impactful women share their experiences in private equity and how women can thrive in this industry. Their valuable insights on leadership, practical advice, and inspiring stories will help with your career planning in any field.
Through a collaboration with a family office and outside partners, hear one family’s approach to encouraging the rising generation to find their voice in the family enterprise. Learn from a Family Office COO how to design and steward a rising generation program with family input and the support of external consultants. Together, the group discusses their work with the family, the elements that worked well, the foundation for building a successful rising generation program, and developing and cultivating future family leaders.
FOX has recently taken a closer look at the various types of capital available to families and the offices that serve them. One category not yet discussed at our forums is TIME CAPITAL. Given the limited nature of time, it is essential to allocate, invest, spend, and cherish the time we have.