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As families and family offices grow and become more complex, attracting and developing the right talent now requires total compensation plans that are competitive and keep pace with an evolving workforce. This session will offer fresh perspectives, based on our 2024 Compensation and Benefits Study, to help family offices as they work to create compensation strategies that work best for the families they serve. Attendees will:

FOX will review takeaways from the annual investment survey and expectations for risks and opportunities in 2024 & 2025. As a case study, we will also briefly review similar data from family offices in China and assess member sentiment as we close out 2024. Attendees will: Understand and walk away with key findings from the FOX Global Investment Survey Uncover upcoming trends for the market in 2025 Examine case study examples to further uncover opportunities for 2025 Nick Rhoads Board Chair, FOX

Join BDO’s Private Client Services professionals for an insightful presentation on often overlooked and misunderstood aspects of tax compliance, planning, and estate administration for the ultra-high-net-worth community. This session will cover critical topics such as estate planning, trust administration, gifts and charitable giving, international tax compliance, and IRS & state controversies.

Defining a family enterprise’s governance structures is a journey, not a destination. In this webcast Stephanie Traversy, Vice President of Personal Development and Governance at Bridgegreen Capital, will unpack four critical milestones along the path to purposeful governance. She’ll cover why families need to establish their higher purpose and long-range vision, what purposeful activities will drive that vision forward, and how to build the structures, agreements, policies and plans appropriate to the family’s needs.

Scott Peppet, the President of a single family office and private trust company, will explore the importance of aligning a family’s learning capacity with the complexity of its environment to ensure long-term flourishing for the family and family enterprise. Scott emphasizes that rather than always striving to increase knowledge to match complex demands, families should consider reducing the complexity of their context when it exceeds their ability to manage it effectively.

We are in the midst of the greatest transfer of wealth in history paralleled by the greatest creation of wealth. This two-pronged engine of growth is having a massive impact on the Ultra-Wealth business and is transforming the very nature of how providers are serving their clients. During this webcast we will check in on the health of the Ultra-Wealth business and family wealth trends based on our 2024 research. We will offer our perspectives on these topics and how the Family Wealth Advisor role is evolving in concert with the growing needs of serving families.

Genuine prosperity includes overall well-being within the family and business. From mental health concerns and substance use disorders to relationship conflict and neurocognitive decline, we'll discuss OPG's comprehensive solutions designed to ensure that families and businesses are well-equipped to manage complex well-being challenges, cultivate resiliency, and help safeguard legacy. Arden O’Connor, CEO, O’Connor Professional Group Jeff Strese, Family Learning & Leadership Consultant, FOX

In this discussion, Yellowbrick Director of Family Services & Systems, Bryn Jessup, PhD, and Director of Groups & Therapeutic Community Services, Pete Myers, PsyD, will talk about the importance of investing in the mental health of each individual and how it impacts the whole family. They will also cover how a comprehensive approach to family mental health includes identifying vulnerabilities, promoting resilience and wellness, embracing the family as a dynamic system, and providing expert and comprehensive care to affected individuals.

A major trend with family enterprise organizations is designing ways to develop and retain early career professionals. The most effective emerging practice is to develop a strategy that blends the quantitative skills necessary to meet the financial, legal and technical needs of a family, along with the qualitative skills needed to navigate complexity, change management and family dynamics. Together, these core competencies provide a clearer path for career progression and immediate organizational impact. Which is critical for millennials and Gen Z’s entering the workforce.

As employee retention is key to success, and workplace culture plays a critical role in retaining staff, this webcast will provide proven ideas to create an engaging culture beyond financial compensation. By the end of this webcast, attendees will be able to: