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Once a family recognizes they own and manage a complex range of endeavors, the family leaders need to look strategically across the enterprise at where opportunities and risks exist. They should then assess where the opportunities and risks exist and how to allocate capital to the best alternatives. This article identifies the most common risk fact...

We hear a lot today about the cybersecurity risks we face but to protect our families, it’s crucial not to forget the importance of effectively managing personal and physical security. In this chapter, we explore a risk-based approach to the personal and physical dimensions of family security and offer actionable insights you can put into pra...

Family offices are forging ahead despite volatility and uncertainty in the markets—increasing their appetite for direct investments in real estate and operating businesses—as they continue to reassess the more traditional approaches to building investment portfolios.

The 2019 FOX Multi-Family Office and Wealth Advisor Benchmarking Study provides insights on the direction of the Ultra-Wealth business and can be used as an ongoing reference for you and your colleagues. Key insights in this year’s study include the following:Despite market volatility, revenues and sales grew briskly in 2018.Increasingly firms have...

A new FOX study, “Capturing Opportunity and Managing Risk in the Next Decade,” is now available for members who are interested in taking a proactive approach to risk management across the enterprise. Complexity and risk are inevitable consequences of building and perpetuating wealth. Therefore, the issue at stake for families of wealth is not risk ...

Given this period of uncertainty, we are re-releasing two chapters on Managing Uncertainty and Risks in the Enterprise from the 2019 FOX Foresight.

In time of crisis, it’s crucial to keep your focus and priorities straight, while ensuring all stakeholders are informed. Consider the following as you steer your family and business through unchartered territory.

Today’s current volatility has made maintaining and creating value from your direct investments more difficult. What are leading indicators telling you about the current climate’s effect on direct and economic drivers? Do you have different forecasting scenarios to navigate out of the uncertainty? The following will help surface key ins...

The biennial 2020 Compensation and Benefits Report is designed to help family office board members and executives assess the office’s compensation plan. The report highlights key family office compensation and benefits areas, and provides invaluable perspective on your office’s plan relative to your peers.This year’s survey was, o...

The FOX Guide to the Professional Family Office is an update of our classic Family Office Primer. The Guide documents the challenges faced by families who want to manage their wealth collectively for the long-term and opens the door to the inner workings of today’s family office. Using concrete examples and FOX research data, it is an invaluable to...

FOX Foresight keeps you up to date on our latest thinking about matters affecting Enterprise Families. It gives you our forward look on what we're learning from our members and subject matter experts. Please share it broadly with your family, your office, and your advisors. 2021 FOX Foresight is presented in 7 chapters: Resiliency in Times...

There are many resources and games available for teaching children about different aspects of managing money, investing, and philanthropy. Starting financial literacy education with children and teens will be more successful when you make the activity fun, connected to their life stage and related to current interests. This includes gamifying learn...

This is the report of findings of the 2021 FOX State of the Ultra-Wealth Business. 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 o...