This is the report of findings of the 2018 FOX Multi-Family Office and Wealth Advisor Study.The full report is only available to firms that participated in the study. If your firm participated, please contact your FOX Relationship Manager to obtain a copy of the report. The study represents FOX’s best and most current thinking on the direction of Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) business. The report is presented in three sections, with key takeaways identified for each as follows:
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How Clients, Employees and Pricing are Making an ImpactWe are entering a transformative period for the ultra-wealth business. It is driven by a tectonic shift of demographics that is leading to an enormous transfer of wealth, monetization of private businesses, and a new workforce that will define the future.
The FOX Global Investment Survey is designed to aid wealth owners and family office executives in their review of the family's allocation decisions and investment performance each year. This report highlights critical areas as to how families structure their investment decision-making, allocate across their portfolios, staff their investment team
FOX Foresight – Voice of the Wealth Owner outlines what challenges and inspires family leaders and family office executives in the best and brightest family enterprises around the world. It summarizes what we have been learning from the FOX community and our subject matter experts over the last
FOX Foresight – Appeal of Direct Investing shows the growing interest in private company investments. It tells the story of families who are pursuing this opportunity, highlighting the top themes from FOX's research and ongoing conversations with FOX members.
FOX’s 2017 study on The Shifting Talent Paradigm: How Advisors Are Redesigning Their Talent Strategy can serve as a great resource for those seeking insights on what is changing the advisor labor market and how they can shape the best talent strategy for their firm. This report is organized into four sections:
This annual FOX survey of investor attitudes and behaviors provides readers with peer perspective from 118 family offices on a wide range of topics, including asset allocation and investment performance, passive versus active investing in long-only equity, 2017 investment trends, benchmarking a multi-asset portfolio, current economic outlook, investment opportunities and financial challenges for 2017.Webinar
The 2016-17 FOX Thought Leaders Council Report: Strengthening the Partnership Between Families and Advisors is a great resource for those who are seeking ways to construct sustainable partnerships and how to make them productive. Inside, you’ll find why partnerships are key to successful family/advisor relationships, what makes partnerships enduring, how to determine the right partnership approach and how to manage new as well as existing partnerships.
We are pleased to announce that the 2016 FOX Value Price Study: The Critical Link in Ultra-Wealth Market is available for FOX members. Key Insights found in this study include:
Today’s young adult family clients – specifically those who identify as Millennials or Gen Y – are bringing a distinct set of preferences and sensibilities to their relationships with their most trusted advisors. While the value proposition is essentially the same for this group as it is for their parents and has been for their grandparents, sophisticated family leaders, experienced family office executives, and state of the art wealth advisors know that in order to engage Millennial family members, they must meet their expectations for how that value is delivered.