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For the past 25 years, FOX has been at the forefront of identifying trends and best practices driving growth and change within the private wealth industry. Sara Hamilton will identify key opportunities for enterprising families in a global economy, describe trends that are changing the landscape, and share insight into what the next generation of leaders will encounter. She will recognize four industry leaders who have contributed over 100 years of service to our industry, and they will share their views on the challenges family leaders will be facing in the next decade.

As a respected leader in the Bemberg Family, Mr. de Ganay will share some of his family’s history spanning 6 generations. He oversees the Quilvest Wealth Management business and was involved in selling the business the family owned together for over 120 years. The respected governance process that the family has developed over time has made it possible for the family to stay together through the purchase of another industrial business and through leadership changes. Joining Mr.

As a student, Adam Braun, was inspired by a film to travel to developing countries to see poverty firsthand. In India, he asked a boy he encountered what he wanted most. The reply stunned him: "a pencil." Braun gave the boy his pencil and never forgot how his face lit up. He returned home with a goal of starting an organization to raise money to build a school overseas. Since 2009, Pencils of Promise has partnered with communities and governments to build 206 schools in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and Asia. It also trains teachers and covers other school costs.

“What can I do to ensure the wealth has a positive impact on the next generation?” While there is not a silver bullet solution or a guarantee of success, this session will provide insights and examples to help parents, family office professionals and wealth advisors address this common question. Jill will provide concrete tools, guidelines and success factors for empowering and engaging your next generation family members including an actionable listing of the ten recommendations for preparing the next generation wealth owner.

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Julio Cazorla will share some of the leading practices implemented by the family, including the Critical Controls Checklist that his management team uses to manage key projects in the family office.We will review their Human Resources process for Performance Management and Performance Measurement and Julio will discuss how firm-wide metrics are developed for the managers of the office.

The Sackler family has been a multi-generational investor in hedge funds for over 20 years. They recently transitioned a portion of their portfolio from traditional limited partnership structures into liquid alternatives, also known as alternative mutual funds or ’40 Act vehicles. Are these vehicles the truest form of innovative disruption the hedge fund industry has seen in decades? In partnership with the family’s long-time liquid alternatives consultant, Brad Balter and his firm Balter Capital Management, they think this is precisely the case.

Policy and Taxation Group commissioned important research by leading pollster Frank Luntz to understand why resentment toward high net worth individuals has increased so much in recent years and what the impact of heightened class conflict has been and will be on the future of the fight for estate tax relief. As Policy and Taxation Group has remained exclusively focused on the estate tax fight, several PATG families launched a separate effort called Each American Dream to continue this valuable research and reduce the stigmatization of success in the economic debate.

The evolving expectations of family governance practices and family transitions are bringing a more diverse set of family members into the heart of family operations—including those members who self-identify (or could be identified) as FINANCIAL CREATIVES.