Family businesses are an essential source of prosperity and stability to both our global economy and our society. The characteristics and practices of large, long-lived family businesses serve not only as a model for other family businesses but also for all companies that aspire to maintain an entrepreneurial spirit, innovate and maintain growth. The global survey presented in this report focuses on seven success factors for family businesses, including succession, women in leadership, governance, communication and more.
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Effective Board oversight demands information that is current and relevant. However, the natural gaps that exist between what management communicates to the board and what the board needs to know, often creates inefficiencies and ineffectiveness of oversight. This report tackles these issues of disconnect between management and the board and offers ways to enhance the exchange of information between these two entities.
Sustainability of the family and wealth for the long-term is critically dependent on current conditions and trends that impact families today and well into the future. Family Office Exchange is pleased to provide a panel of industry leaders whose experience, position and knowledge of the industry places them at the forefront understanding the work critical for success as the architect, engineer and constructor of full integrated, exemplary advisor service.
Critical to the success of any design-build project is creating and managing a highly-functional, cooperative and collaborative team of internal and external resources to meet the needs of the family. Building such a work team necessitates thoughtful and preemptive conflict resolution processes as well as effective communication strategies. Ben Dattner, Ph.D., will guide participants on how to increase their individual effectiveness by developing a better understanding of the impact of individual psychology and group dynamics on their performance.
As the desire to further refine the client experience moves to the forefront of today’s competitive marketplace, the search for qualified and proven talent escalates. While once considered practical to “buy” talent, firms today are re-energizing efforts in the realm of talent development.
Addiction concerns in family businesses raise unique and complex challenges for the advisor, family office and corporate leadership. This article provides an overview of the many policy and procedural issues all stakeholders face when it comes to addressing substance use, with an emphasis on family held entities.Some of the topics include:
Wealth Under The Spotlight
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In 2013, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), a nonprofit group of reporters, shattered the long-held view that offshore bank secrecy was impenetrable. The group had received massive leaks detailing individual offshore bank accounts, which they shared with the public on their website. This was the first of hundreds of stories about the financial affairs of high-net-worth individuals overseas.
The Institutionalization of Asian Family Offices
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This report documents how the family office has fast emerged as a viable structure from which to manage the assets of wealthy families in Asia. The rapid growth of the UHNWI population in the region and the tax-friendly environment and robust capability provided in regional financial hubs suggest a further expansion of the industry in years to come. Participants in the survey upon which this research was built exhibit a nascent to intermediate stage of institutionalization in aggregate and a high degree of family control.
Online Security - Leaky or Locked Down?
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This article excerpt Atlantic Trust Private Wealth Management provides an overview of the most common security issues, provides points about bank security measures and offers 6 steps to mitigate online security risks.