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The Corporate Transparency Act Final Rule took effect on January 1, 2024. Hear the latest in terms of implementation of CTA and what other family offices are doing in order to gear up to comply with their initial BOI report obligations. Also, you will have the opportunity to get your questions answered and more during the presentation. The discu...

Family advisors often have a strong technical or financial background, but the importance of cultivating communication style, emotional intelligence, coaching skills, trust-building, and similar qualitative skills to serve clients cannot be overstated. Join a panel of peers who will share how they meaningfully engage with family clients and discuss...

Many wealth advisors and specialists have a strong technical or financial background, but the importance of cultivating interpersonal and relational skills to serve families cannot be overstated. Join a panel of exceptional peers who discuss the invaluable impact of continuous development in the everchanging environment many advisors and specialist...

Families hire family office staff with the expectation that the office keeps their information, assets, and reputation protected. To safeguard the families’ interests, it’s critical for family offices to ensure that internal controls take the pragmatic approach, starting with four main areas: segregation of duties, transaction volume, managing comp...

With the passage of time, the fear-based approach of Wealth 2.0 has evolved to a more positive, strengths-based paradigm. This new approach—the Wealth 3.0—is a call to action for greater professionalism and rigor by the diverse practitioners of family wealth advising. Dr. James Grubman, Dr. Dennis T. Jaffe, and Kristin Keffeler illuminate what need...

As family offices expand their technology footprint, cyberattacks are rising. Hackers continue to refine their approaches, but security controls and proactive planning can strengthen your family office cybersecurity defenses. Initially, focus on the key action items to validate your existing security setup and inform your plans to address any short...

With the shift moving away from a fear-based approach to a more positive paradigm, Wealth 3.0 presents the way forward in the wealth advising community. In practice, Wealth 3.0 empowers family clients to work together toward the creative possibilities their wealth and business can offer. Here are some of the practical shifts in mindset and practice...

The key to success of any risk management plan is the development of an “all risk” approach that takes the entire family enterprise into account. Through a survey of more than 200 family office executives at single and multi-family offices, an uncovering of some worrying approaches has surfaced around the risks that family offices face, particularl...

2020 was a year of diverse risks marked by a global pandemic, a record number of storms, catastrophic wildfires, and ongoing threats to people and property from other perils, including cyber risks. When “unprecedented” is the new norm, there is a need for thoughtful risk management and insurance protection strategies as families and family offices ...

Imagine trying to protect a multi-generational family with 15 households and 25 properties in multiple states—not to mention all their vehicles, collections and personal property. Then there’s liability exposure for dozens of individuals, each with their own unique set of risks. Providing insurance protection for this level of exposure is challengi...

As family offices grow increasingly complex and manage larger and more varied assets, they are becoming prime targets for a variety of security threats. From this report, learn what family offices can do to protect against the risks, including cybersecurity breaches, theft schemes, and fraud perpetuated by unvetted 'insiders' of the firm.

Although malware is predominantly delivered via email, the types of entry points continue to evolve, and many will not be caught by a family office firewall. So, it is crucial to build a first line of defense, and it starts with employee security awareness training, testing, and auditing. Mitigate the cybersecurity risks in the family office by dep...

The complex, convergent nature of risks facing high-net-worth families requires family offices to adopt both a holistic and strategic approach to risk management than many have in the past. The ones who can make the change will be best positioned to successfully navigate the challenges that range from overarching trends of growing families to incre...

Successful family offices combine financial, philanthropic, legal, and administrative operations and help ensure that family objectives are achieved from generation to generation. These responsibilities create a range of liability risks for the family office entity and its executive and professional staff. With these risks, it is important for fami...

We are in a period of extraordinary wealth creation and accumulation that is driving the need for more family offices and expanding the breadth and depth of services that support the important work and collective well-being of the family. It's about the sustainability of the family office and preparing it for the long run. With the future of the fa...