Since the end of the Global Financial Crisis, abundant Central Bank liquidity has created a global rising tide for financial assets. Stocks, bonds, and real estate have been locked into a relentless, low volatility “melt-up” in valuation over the past nine years, culminating in the extraordinarily low volatility of 2017. This year has u...
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This session will share the perspective of a private equity entrepreneur and a significant institutional investor as he works with his son to develop their family’s long-term investment approach. The family will share how their investment program has evolved from concentrated private equity holdings within their single-family office to a syst...
From big data and network effects to the subscription economy and cloud computing, modern finance is undergoing its most fundamental transformation ever. Today, it takes a data-driven finance leader – someone who understands and embraces the promise and power of technology – to navigate this exciting, uncertain future.We discussed:The technologies ...
What can I do to raise productive, responsible, generous and prepared inheritors or owners? How do I get the rising generation to get involved and engaged in learning so they are ready for their future roles and responsibilities? How do we create programs and a curriculum that everyone will find valuable taking into consideration their different ag...
In this mid-summer session, Deutsche Bank’s Larry Adam shared his perspective and investment outlook for the remainder of the year. Given the prolonged strength of the U.S. economy and near record long financial market rallies, Larry reminded us of the lesson from Peter Pan that “Time is Chasing After All of Us” and analyzes whether or not these tr...
Many of the wealthiest and most sophisticated families are reconnecting to their family roots in entrepreneurship and are investing in, and managing, direct investments using thoughtfully designed trusts and private trust companies. In this program we explored how trusts and private trust companies can be designed in tandem to enable an afflue...
Presented at the 2018 FOX Family Security WorkshopJuly 18-19, 2018Financial institutions are critical partners of family offices. Security experts cite cyber threats as one of the top risks to financial markets. Financial institutions are continually challenged by the speed of technological change and the increasingly sophisticated nature of threat...
Presented at the 2018 FOX Family Security WorkshopJuly 18-19, 2018Brent White discussed proven methods of bypassing popular physical security controls and employees, using only publicly available tools and social engineering. See war stories from assessments, and the frightening simplicity of gaining unauthorized physical access to many things...
Presented at the 2018 FOX Family Security WorkshopJuly 18-19, 2018In a world where social media makes personal privacy a challenge, how can you keep your family safe? Just as you have a process for evaluating business and investment risks, the process for assessing personal security risks should help you identify areas of vulnerability and outline ...
Presented at the 2018 FOX Family Security WorkshopJuly 18-19, 2018With cyber breaches making headlines with increasing frequency and magnitude and as more and more family offices have become targets of cyberattacks, it is no surprise that concerns about cybersecurity keep family office executives awake at night. During this working lunch, participa...
Since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was released at the end of 2017, family office and multi-family office professionals have been struggling to understand what all this means for their clients’ situations and circumstances. This session draws on the experience of two industry experts and the work they are doing with their clients as they evaluat...
The biggest asset of any family office is the staff that supports the family clients. Hear from two family office human resource executives about the elements and process to consider in building an effective team that delivers the best client experience for the family. The executives will discuss leadership and team building strategies and offer pr...
Needs and goals of the family inform the attributes of any good family office. How the family office supports the family in that regard is a big question. Increasingly, certain families are considering transforming into a virtual family office, in part at least, as they think about the family client of the future. But what are the considerations th...
Enterprise Risk Management offers a robust approach to managing risk for families, developing a cost effective, comprehensive plan taking into consideration the rapidly evolving nature of our clients’ needs. It takes a holistic approach to identifying, defining, quantifying, analyzing and providing solutions to all the identifiable exposures ...
The 2017 Tax Act presents planning opportunities around the choice of entity. Existing clients with pass through entities like S-Corporations and LLCs need to consider if maintaining this status is prudent given the changes in the tax law. In the past C-Corporations considered elections to become pass through entities to avoid two tiers of tax. Wha...