While the large federal exclusion may mean that many people no longer have federal estate tax issues, they may still have state estate tax issues. The challenge is balancing the desire to mitigate estate taxes with maximizing a basis step-up for appreciated property at an individual’s death. Put differently, planning has gotten harder, not ea...
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management Tax Topics discusses possible outcomes from the mid-term elections, such as treatment of the nearly 60 tax "extender" provisions that expired at the end of 2013. Also covered is possible future tax reform and the loss of cherished tax benefits such as the deductible contributions to employer-sp...
This guide to selling your business provides a high level overview of the business sale process including pre-transaction planning, wealth planning and investment management.
Deutsche Bank's Year-end Outlook provides an interview with Larry Adam, CIO and Chief Investment Strategist - Americas. Topics include the state of the U.S. economy and the major drivers of economic growth, the outlook for interest rates and its effect on stock, bond and emerging markets.
This perspective from the Glenmede CIO discusses asset returns and the business cycle, trends in economic growth and a review of valuations, business cycles and asset returns. Investors gauge how to proceed based on short-term indicators and valuation signals similar to the game "Red Light, Green Light". For the past five years...
Glenmede's Fall Newsletter topics include leveraging social media to meet organizational goals and guidance for managing transitions to retirement that should be navigated with a comprehensive yet flexible plan that encompasses current cash flow, lifetime asset base and family legacy and philanthropy.
The author provides a paper on medical office investing which begins by sizing the Medical Office Building (MOB) investment universe and contrasting it with the commercial office sector. Supply and demand fundamentals are explored in the context of emerging trends in the delivery of U.S. healthcare. Returns, pricing and ot...
Family businesses that continue to prosper from one generation to the next often do so because they have robust governance structures. Nevertheless, many family businesses have not given enough thought to governance. They rely too much on a carefree attitude toward issues such as succession, ownership and management, and they wait until one of...
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (Division) issued a no-action letter providing family offices relief from commodity trading advisor registration, in connection with advisory services they provide to family clients.In order to receive relief, a family office must submit a claim...
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (Division) issued a no-action letter providing family offices relief from commodity trading advisor registration, in connection with advisory services they provide to family clients. As a result, a qualifying family office will be exempt from&nb...
Some believe you must sacrifice family relationships for success in a family business. But in fact, focus on the family doesn’t drain business success — it enhances it. That is one key finding of a new global family business survey conducted by EY with research partner Kennesaw State University’s Cox Family Ent...
The start of the 21st century saw the emergence of a global industry of family office and family wealth practitioners. Undoubtedly, this industry existed in previous centuries, but never on the global scale of recent times. The findings from this research show that families are learning from the best practices identifi...
The dollar is worth significantly more now than a few months ago. Relative to the currencies of major trading partners, the dollar has surged nearly 6 percent since summer. As a result, investors are beginning to worry about the related impact on corporations, as well as the initial and downstream implications for the global eco...
In recent years, impact investing has captured the attention of leaders in finance, philanthropy, business, and government seeking innovative ways to help solve some of society’s most pressing issues. It harnesses the efficiency and discipline of private capital markets to address the root causes o...
Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting midmarket companies and startups in hopes of easy access. The cost to a business can be high, ranging from financial loss to reputational damage. With heightened awareness, private companies can fight back. This white paper includes six defense tactics every company should emp...