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As the family office sector evolves fund structures are becoming increasingly relevant and beneficial to manage the assets within the family. Many of the usual considerations for fund managers are equally valid for family offices.This article describes the several potential fund structures that:Provide a recognised and well established legal framework.Permit a family office to have greater control over the assets.Allow the family office to evolve into a multi-family office or boutique wealth manager.

In this edition of Market Insights, Glenmede provides an in-depth look at recent U.S. employment numbers and highlights the following:

Family offices of all sizes face document management challenges for a number of reasons: Increasing regulatory compliance requirements are revealing existing document management gaps/deficiencies. As FOs increase advisor productivity in client service and business development through advanced CRM systems, the deficiencies in document management associated with these functions becomes

PwC's 17th Annual Global CEO Survey provides an inside look into how CEOs feel about the global economy, the growth prospects for their own companies and details on the challenges that they feel they are facing in the areas of technology, demographics and globalization. Survey Highlights:

This study examines the various factors driving the success of high-impact entrepreneurs, including how they differ from one another and how they operate, grow and compete. It looks at the key differentiators of companies with different ownership structures and walks the reader through the following research journey:

In light of recent and widely reported art market litigation, many collectors, advisors, dealers, and galleries are more cautious and confused than ever about how to go about buying and selling art and collectibles without losses or lingering liabilities. In this article, Judith L. Pearson of ARIS Title Insurance Corporation discusses the rise of heightened best practices in art transactions as a standard, including the required use of title insurance.

In this article highlighting the importance of title insurance for fine art, Stephen D. Brodie of Herrick, Feinstein LLP, finds that:

Every day we use smartphones, tablets, computers and other digital devices to access, transfer and store information, conduct financial transactions and operate many other aspects of our lives. Your digital assets include all of the digital devices you own, all data stored in them and on external servers, and all of your online user accounts. Ensuring the proper management and orderly transfer of these assets after incapacity or death is an increasingly important aspect of estate planning.

This paper is a guide for employers, family offices and households to establish an effective onboarding strategy that spans a new hire's first full year of employment.When well designed, well managed and well executed, onboarding can have a dramatically positive impact on a household's entire operation. Onboarding can:

This paper lays out general insights around art as an asset class and how best to mitigate risks inherent in art-related transactions to buyers and sellers, financial institutions, trust and estate practitioners, and art investment vehicles.