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With the participation of 150 unique family offices, this biennial and comprehensive report is designed to assist family office board members and executives in evaluating their compensation plans. Developed in collaboration with Grant Thornton, the report is divided into three main sections: governance structures, staff benefits, and detailed posit...

With the participation of 150 unique family offices, this biennial and comprehensive report is designed to assist family office board members and executives in evaluating their compensation plans. Developed in collaboration with Grant Thornton, the report is divided into three main sections: governance structures, staff benefits, and detailed posit...

The tremendous surge in wealth has made it more challenging to establish a sustainable and successful family office, as revealed in the 2023 FOX Family Office Benchmarking Study. However, this research brief shows that a sustainable family office can be within reach when there is thoughtful planning that incorporates three key ingredients...

Private trust companies; profits interest structures; direct investments. The world of family wealth management is getting more complex all the time. As families and their office management teams evolve and learn best practices, there is a natural tendency to add more complexity to their structure and operations. Recently, we’ve seen this movement ...

Family office executives are always looking for ways to improve their financial reporting packages and their client relationships. This best practices document reflects the work of 20 members of the FOX Financial Executive Council™ who gathered to learn about how one’s learning style impacts the creation and delivery of financial information and to...

The 2016-17 FOX Thought Leaders Council Report: Strengthening the Partnership Between Families and Advisors is a great resource for those who are seeking ways to construct sustainable partnerships and how to make them productive. Inside, you’ll find why partnerships are key to successful family/advisor relationships, what makes partnerships endurin...

The 2018 Compensation and Benefits Report is designed to aid family office board members and executives in their review of the office’s compensation plan. The report highlights the key areas of family office compensation and benefits while providing you with invaluable perspective on your office’s plan relative to your peers.

This study is written for the small office executive or wealth owner running an office with seven or fewer employees who wants to better understand their office's performance relative to others of similar size. It provides: A unique look at the services, costs, and operations of small family offices via proprietary data from FOX's family offic...

FOX Insights contains condensed versions of some of the best and most popular research and presentations offered by FOX during the past year. If you can only afford to read one FOX publication this year, FOX Insights is an excellent choice. This publication draws from proprietary research including The Cost of Complexity, the FOX Investment Surv...

The 50 Best Practices for an Enduring Family Enterprise are the practices that we believe have contributed to the multi-generational success of the highest achieving and most forward thinking families that we know. Case studies, exhibits, and peer benchmarking data are also included to assist you in assessing the relative importance and state of th...

Today’s young adult family clients – specifically those who identify as Millennials or Gen Y – are bringing a distinct set of preferences and sensibilities to their relationships with their most trusted advisors. While the value proposition is essentially the same for this group as it is for their parents and has been for their grandparents, sophis...

The 2021 State of the Family Office Industry benchmarking report is the next iteration in FOX’s ongoing research into Family Offices. The FOX Family Office study is intended to empower family leadership and office executives to understand important metrics to measure family office value, identify areas for improvement, and plan for the future of th...

Private trust companies; profits interest structures; direct investments. The world of family wealth management is getting more complex all the time. As families and their office management teams evolve and learn best practices, there is a natural tendency to add more complexity to their structure and operations. Recently, we’ve seen this movement ...

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...