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The Future of the Family and the Family Office
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We can’t explore the future of the family office without first exploring the future of the family in a post-pandemic world. The next decade will increase the complexity enterprise families face and offer family offices new opportunities and challenges. And, as those enterprises grow more complex, the family office becomes more important to every family member—forcing them to be more strategic, more integrated, and more professional.

The Future of Family Office Reporting
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While there are many items family offices should look for in technology solutions, one vital component is reporting capabilities. For family offices considering a move to Sage Intacct, there are five reporting advantages you can count on to help deliver the data and transparency that are important to the family members.

Boundaries That Matter: Managing Family Assets Outside the Family Business
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While successful businesses benefit from disciplined operations and strategic planning, the management of family wealth is often eclipsed by the needs of the business and improperly delegated to trusted business executives. Ostensibly practical, this approach of embedding the family office inside a business can result in a loss of critical long-term financial benefits as well as expose the family to unnecessary legal and privacy risks.

Cyber Attacks on Private Wealth Clients and Family Offices and Steps for Mitigating Your Risks
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Cybercriminals have migrated their attacks from larger businesses and hardened targets to private wealth clients and family offices, where the defenses are low or non-existent. In this webcast, hear from Dr. Chris Pierson, CEO of BLACKCLOAK, a Concierge Cybersecurity & Privacy Protection Platform that represents private wealth and family offices in their digital lives. Chris discusses the top five threats that are facing private wealth/family office clients, the controls or defenses that can mitigate these, and how to protect your privacy.

2021 FOX Foresight - Enhancing Family Office Value by Managing Cost and Complexity
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If you find it hard to communicate your single-family office’s value, you’re not alone. Learn how some complex and sophisticated family offices have achieved success in illustrating their impact. FOX Foresight keeps you up to date on our latest thinking about matters affecting Enterprise Families. It gives you our forward look on what we're learning from our members and subject matter experts. Please share it broadly with your family, your office, and your advisors

2021 FOX Foresight – What's on the Minds of Members
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FOX Foresight keeps you up to date on our latest thinking about matters affecting Enterprise Families. It gives you our forward look on what we're learning from our members and subject matter experts. Please share it broadly with your family, your office, and your advisors. 2021 FOX Foresight is presented in 7 chapters:

FOX Guide to the Professional Family Office (Introduction)
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The FOX Guide to the Professional Family Office is an update of our classic Family Office Primer. The Guide documents the challenges faced by families who want to manage their wealth collectively for the long-term and opens the door to the inner workings of today’s family office. Using concrete examples and FOX Family Office Benchmarking™ data, it is an invaluable tool for families seeking to build a best practice family office or evaluate their current office operations. The Guide includes:

FOX Guide to the Professional Family Office
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The FOX Guide to the Professional Family Office is an update of our classic Family Office Primer. The Guide documents the challenges faced by families who want to manage their wealth collectively for the long-term and opens the door to the inner workings of today’s family office. Using concrete examples and FOX research data, it is an invaluable tool for families seeking to build a best practice family office or evaluate their current office operations. The Guide includes:

The War on Retirement Plan Fees: Is Anyone Safe?
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Even the most well-run, retirement plans can be the target of an excessive fee claim, which can cost millions of dollars to defend and/or settle. Being prepared and taking the necessary steps—including obtaining fiduciary liability insurance—can help reduce the claims, mitigate the exposure, and protect against potentially devastating loss of personal assets.

Open Enrollment Compliance Checklist
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Your employee benefits plan is likely one of your organization's largest expenses and one of your most important for attracting and retaining employees. To help you prepare for open enrollment season, this checklist will assist with your compliance obligations.