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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...

While business continuity planning and good crisis management are important, organizational resilience encompasses much more. An integrated approach to resilience provides organizations a competitive advantage over less-prepared peers, as well as the ability to adapt to constantly changing external circumstances. Organizations would be well-served ...

Lawmakers have passed the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) to help in the ongoing fight against fraud, corruption, terrorism financing, and money laundering. The CTA contains significant new federal reporting obligations, and it may have an especially onerous impact on estate planning for those who accomplish their planning goals through the u...

Dr. Alexander Koeberle-Schmid, family business expert at PwC, has helped more than 100 entrepreneurial families from around the world navigate the complexities of communal investing. In this episode of The Family Business Voice podcast, Koeberle-Schmid speaks to Ramia M. El Agamy about the three fundamental requirements of a family office and the f...

A common question that a family often asks prior to building a family office is “What is a family office anyway and does my family actually need one?” The answer depends on the family’s goals, as well as understanding the four different types of family offices that are commonly used: (1) single family office, (2) family business office, (3) family ...

We are in a period of extraordinary wealth creation and accumulation that is driving the need for more family offices and expanding the breadth and depth of services that support the important work and collective well-being of the family. It’s about the sustainability of the family office and preparing it for the long run. With the future of the fa...

If you find it hard to communicate your single-family office’s value, you’re not alone. Learn how some complex and sophisticated family offices have achieved success in illustrating their impact. 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 lear...

While successful businesses benefit from disciplined operations and strategic planning, the management of family wealth is often eclipsed by the needs of the business and improperly delegated to trusted business executives. Ostensibly practical, this approach of embedding the family office inside a business can result in a loss of critical long-ter...

The dramatic growth of the family office industry in the 1980s was sparked by new liquidity running through hundreds of business-owning families. In an effort to preserve and expand their wealth, they needed a professional financial office so they could focus on broadening their business endeavors or living unencumbered lives. Over the past 40 y...

Artificial Intelligence (AI), including generative AI, has the power to transform your enterprise—to the extent you can integrate its capabilities and drive adoption. In other words, the limit is not within the technology itself, but within your ability to imagine and implement practical applications. Getting started with AI is about more than how ...

Independent directors can enhance a family business board in a variety of ways, including providing expertise in a range of subject matter areas, leadership development, and learning opportunities. They can also help owners expand diverse viewpoints, adapt to changing circumstances in the market, and help make decisions that are difficult for the f...

The pay levels for board directors have been increasing as the board members’ responsibilities grow with the need to fully understand and navigate the challenges arising from a variety of areas including geopolitical risk, regulatory complexities, macroeconomic shock, climate/environmental challenges, and technology advancements. Given these change...

Hiring successfully for a Family Office is not an easy task, not when there are unique issues and challenges. However, from experience and conducting a full review into single Family Office recruitment covering the varied range of Family Office activities, this strategic guide with examples identifies the critical aspects of the hiring process—incl...

Many successful family-owned businesses are managing embedded family offices within their existing operations to maximize the benefits and opportunities gained from the unique structure. But in time, the needs of both the business and the family shift for various reasons that include the family growing and earlier generations transitioning out of t...