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Many family offices choose to outsource services for a variety of reasons, including their inability to hire in-house staff for all areas of service. For insights on managing outsourced services, this session features panelists with family office outsourcing experience in functions like tax compliance, payroll, human resources, bill pay, and more. ...

Compensation committees (CCs) face a critical and urgent challenge: designing competitive compensation strategies in a world where the economy is unpredictable, leader accountability is expected to go beyond the bottom line, and sought-after talent is scarce. Looking ahead, CCs must rise to the challenge of attracting and retaining talent while eff...

Compensation committees (CCs) face a critical and urgent challenge: designing competitive compensation strategies in a world where the economy is unpredictable, leader accountability is expected to go beyond the bottom line, and sought-after talent is scarce. Looking ahead, CCs must rise to the challenge of attracting and retaining talent while eff...

Compensation committees (CCs) face a critical and urgent challenge: designing competitive compensation strategies in a world where the economy is unpredictable, leader accountability is expected to go beyond the bottom line, and sought-after talent is scarce. Looking ahead, CCs must rise to the challenge of attracting and retaining talent while eff...

Compensation committees (CCs) face a critical and urgent challenge: designing competitive compensation strategies in a world where the economy is unpredictable, leader accountability is expected to go beyond the bottom line, and sought-after talent is scarce. Looking ahead, CCs must rise to the challenge of attracting and retaining talent while eff...

Real estate as an asset class requires constant attention to ever-changing variables. Implementing a defined, analytical, yet flexible asset management process within your family office’s direct investment function is critical to ensure your portfolio is positioned to meet intended goals.

The Family Office 5.0 model is changing how advisors deliver services. Strategic partnerships can help family office service providers better focus on delivering core value-added offerings. A roadmap toward that goal will help you meet the evolving needs of family offices and provide best-in-class services.

As families grow their investment function, the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) must provide insight and flexibility to serve varied and changing investment platforms. While much of the CIO’s role is focused on investments and the investment decision-making process, many CIO responsibilities aren’t investment-centric and will impact the long-term su...

As noted in The New Family Office 5.0 Model, a rising number of family offices are allocating resources to direct investments, including building an in-house direct investment function to gain greater control, better diversification, increased flexibility, and income and estate tax benefits. From generating deal flow to due diligence, key cons...

Selecting the right investment vehicle often receives less attention than the other more known investment principles such as the value of diversification. Broadly speaking, investors can access four types of investment vehicles—including separately managed accounts—to avert making a wrong decision that can saddle a family with unexpected taxes, inc...

For the wealth owners—and the family offices managing their assets—the opportunities that impact investing presents are arguably greater than for any other type of investor. While impact investing is a natural fit for family offices, most are still working out where to start—mulling over issues like how to source deals and measure impacts. In order...

Because nearly 90% of all foundations are set up with the intent to exist in perpetuity, their success depends on their ability to prepare for and manage change. The challenge isn’t merely a transition, but also the internal stress of balancing the energy and engagement of new blood with the experience and traditions of its senior members. Based on...

Some families start a private foundation because they want to give back while others are seeking tax savings. Whatever the impetus, private foundations serve as a powerful and flexible philanthropic vehicle and offer tremendous advantages over giving as an individual donor.

In today’s investment environment, family offices require full investment capabilities to achieve the returns required by wealth owners. As there are many non-investment activities happening in a family office setting, the build or outsource approach to investment resourcing should include saving on both the costs and time associated with running a...

This issue brief examines the kinds of decisions that family foundations often face and sets out practical, easy-to-apply guidelines for ensuring that the foundation’s decision-making methods vary appropriately, as conditions and circumstances change. It includes factors to consider when selecting a decision-making method, guidance on how to commun...