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Over the last 15 years wealth management firms have taken varied approaches to implementing technology within their organization, each aiming to satisfy a unique set of needs and requirements. With technology evolving and teams requiring more firepower from their applications, firms are left in a quagmire, wondering what the best approach is for adopting technology: if they should build, license (from single or multiple vendors), outsource or some combination.

In this session we will have a case study that addresses the journey that a family office undertook to assess and address the risk associated with its technology—from early third party assessments to strategy formulation to board approval and finally implementation. Along the way we will share how some time-honored strategies were discarded and a partnership with the clients on security was created.

What are the latest political and legislative developments and what do families need to be aware of? This always popular analysis of the politics and passage of tax and estate planning legislative changes on Capitol Hill will give family office executives the information they need to know to be prepared for 2015 and beyond.

In addition to delivering superior returns, family offices also meet more stringent investor reporting and financial demands. Having the ability to transform data into timely, useful information is one of today’s greatest challenges in the family office market. In this session, we will discuss how optimizing data management can lead to increased levels of operating efficiency, improved reporting, competitive advantage and growth.

To build a successful integrated wealth plan, advisors need to collaborate and cooperate as a fine-tuned team. They cannot afford to think of themselves in compartmentalized terms, or the family will suffer. During the Forum, speakers examined how individual expertise integrates with that of the other advisors in a family’s advisor ecosystem, taking on joint responsibility in the comprehensive, integrated and coordinated process of building family sustainability.