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FOX has recently taken a closer look at the various types of capital available to families and the offices that serve them. One category not yet discussed at our forums is TIME CAPITAL. Given the limited nature of time, it is essential to allocate, invest, spend, and cherish the time we have. Time, as we experience it, is not linear, yet why do ...

In the thriving family, learning and growing must be both individual and across the family system. In this breakout participants will learn how the 10x10 Learning Roadmap can be used to develop group learning programs for all family members and/or for specific cohorts. This session is complementary to the day two session that focuses on the i...

What is your superpower? If you don’t know, well, you don’t get to put on the cape. Based on his book, Design for Strengths: Applying Design Thinking to Individual and Team Strengths and Weaknesses, John will share the “Design Thinking” mindset and process out of Stanford University, ubiquitously used at Apple, Google, Amazon, a...

In this session, participants will explore a comprehensive framework designed to address the essential question: how might we build a strong and connected family of wealth? The discussion will center on the ten core competencies crucial at each life stage for navigating the unique challenges and opportunities that wealth brings. Attendees will be e...

For young adults, heading off to college often represents a major transition into adulthood and independence. One aspect of this transition is understanding the importance of financial well-being. By knowing the basics of personal finances and creating clear goals, students can set themselves up to succeed during and after their college years. Here...

Over the past decade, matriarchs and patriarchs of successful families have been shifting their focus from their children to a broader group of individuals, such as grandchildren, siblings, and nieces. Often, they choose to create family banks, which are typically trusts that are funded to help individuals pursue entrepreneurial opportunities, vent...

When you make more money than your friends, it can set up awkward and uncomfortable money dilemmas. However, there are ways to get around them by having a few good verbal comebacks and a dose of niceness to help you sidestep a lot of cringe-worthy money situations.

Taking cues from entrepreneurs, families with great financial wealth would be well-served to create environments where their children can fail and in doing so, learn invaluable lessons about finance and resilience. While the older generations may set the tone by sharing their own stories about overcoming adversity, the rising generations will learn...

Helping your children learn to become financially self-sufficient can be one of the most satisfying jobs of parenthood. By “forcing” your children to make choices about how to spend limited resources, you’re creating opportunities to help them find their interests and passions and discover what is truly important to their happiness. The more you ca...

From aiding grandchildren to purchase their first homes, to empowering children or other loved ones to build their personal balance sheets through investing in residential real estate, there are many ways in which wealthy individuals may offer to help loved ones to achieve home ownership or favorable living arrangements. Each approach has tax impli...

Families of wealth often want to help their relatives financially but are justifiably concerned about what those individuals will do with the money and how having access to significant sums might affect their values and behavior. While making family trust distributions is a way to provide discretionary income, it’s a framework that gives the truste...

For young adults learning to achieve their financial goals, it's essential to know where their money is going. This is why having a budget is important. And what's even more important is to find a budget that matches your personality. From the first video, it will help you discover the different types of budgets available to fit your personal budge...

Managing multiple short- and long-term financial goals can feel overwhelming at times. With this guide by Vanguard, a three-step financial wellness framework is provided for determining the next best actions you can take to bring you closer to your goals and improve not only your financial situation but also your overall holistic well-being, no mat...

It’s both a special and critical milestone when your children turn 18. At that age in the family life stage, they become legal adults with many new rights and responsibilities. While there are certain ways to help them get started on ensuring their financial future, there are also rights that you as a parent lose when they reach adulthood, like gua...

As a young adult moving from college to your first real job and your own apartment, it's time to start adulting and being responsible for your own financial life, insurance coverage, and building your wealth. Here are a few items and easy steps to take that can help make sure you’re ready to succeed in the adult world.