Maintaining and enhancing corporate brand reputations is an entirely different challenge in today’s media environment. This session will examine how to secure your reputation in a social media world, and the tools that advisory firms have at their disposal to nurture and enhance their brand image.
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What are the leadership attributes and behaviors that wealth owners need to embody in order to promote long-term wealth sustainability and family continuity in 21st century? How do they differ, if at all, from the past? Karen Neal, FOX Managing Director of Consulting, will facilitate a dialogue, drawing on a family example presented by 4th gen family member, Preston Root. Preston is the President of his family’s board of directors after assuming leadership responsibilities from his mother.
David Friedman, President of WealthX, will share his firm's research on the private business marketplace, identifying its size and ownership by industry type. David will compare US ownership trends with patterns found in other parts of the world and how transfer taxes impact business structures. He will help us evaluate the importance of private capital, the implications of worldwide shifts in private capital, and what these shift may mean for the global economy.
Sara Hamilton, CEO and Founder of FOX, will share the FOX research on some of the key trends and issues that will change the landscape for business owning families over the next decade. Sara will outline key questions that advisors need to pose to their business owner clients who are facing critical transitions, and the panel participants and the attendees will address these issues.
Drawing on insights from FOX’s recent benchmarking initiative for multi-family office and wealth advisory firms, this presentation will explore profitability trends and related challenges. FOX will complement the perspectives of leading multi-family offices and advisory firms with high-quality benchmarking data that focus specifically on what matters most to industry managers; profitability and growth, pricing strategies, talent and compensation. A wealth advisory firm's success often depends on promoting an innovative, entrepreneurial and client-centric culture.
Following David's insight, each of the three subsequent speakers will explore innovative talent stragies in place at leading multi-family offices. This session will be in the form of a TED-style conference with short, succinct presentations on facets of the overall theme.Thom Melcher, Hawthorn, offers his personal perspective on what talent and culture integration means in practice, and how to foster a common culture in a post-acquisition context.
Michael Cole, President of Ultra High Net Worth of Ascent Private Capital Management looks at how wealth advisory firms can attract and retain world-class talent with client relationship management capabilities.
Leslie Voth, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pitcairn comments on how to nurture the next generation of advisory and relationship talent within your office, and proactively manage transitions in the office.
”The building of wealth, the management of wealth, and the deployment of wealth are activities that lie at the heart of what has made America great.”- Gregory CurtisIn this 2012 FOX Fall Forum session, Greg Curtis presented some of the guiding principles from his new book, “The Stewardship of Wealth.”Some key takeaways:
Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass' keynote address at the 2012 FOX Fall Forum looked at how to prepare younger generations to succeed in a more global world.Some highlights: