Longevity is a gift only if you know how to use it. Covie will share insights from vibrant elders about the factors that allowed them to design meaningful later lives as well as the best practices that each of us can put in place today to ensure that our aging impacts our families more positively than negatively.Covie will lead us through a plannin...
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Successful business-owning families know that a set of timely decisions is required to continually prepare and grow the family-operating companies. For the long-term success of the family, timely and thoughtful exploration of future planning for self and family is also required, but often overlooked. This session presents ideas and best practices f...
Originally presented at the August, 2017 FOX Regional Member Briefing in Chicago, IL.Presenter:Rhona E. Vogel, CPA, CEO and Founder of Vogel Consulting
Maintaining successful communication during disruptive times as we’ve all experienced this year, requires a strategic approach of knowing how and when to reach out to clients via email, text, phone, or face-to-face meetings. One of the nation’s top consultants to wealth advisors will provide insights on improved ways to manage client ex...
Succession planning, development of the next generation, finding and keeping key staff members… all seem to be constant quests in the Family Office. In this session, we explored how to incorporate helpful goal setting principles in creating expectations for your staff and apply practical tips for providing effective performance feedback within your...
This webinar analyzed the meaning and understanding of “situs” as it relates to Private Family Trust Companies, and focused specifically on the concepts of trust company situs, trust situs, and tax situs. Many people, in and out of the trust industry, utilize the term “situs” without a clear understanding of its many meanings. The speak...
Single family offices are increasingly faced with the topic of succession whether triggered by an upcoming departure of a family office executive or a broader transition in generational family leadership. Successfully navigating these transitions requires an ability to step back, take a broader view, incorporate new perspectives while also asking t...
Sara Hamilton and Steve Martiros will lead an interactive session on how family offices are supporting Family Education programs. We will draw from the experiences of the attendees to discuss what has been working in family education, and perhaps more relevant, what has not been working. We will share some possible approaches and ask fo...
Giving up company ownership can be the largest and most important step in a business owner’s career and many successful entrepreneurs are not well prepared to take it. In this break-out, the panel will delve into former business owners’ journeys, providing insights and strategies for the challenges business owners face when deciding wha...
You’ve created a great trust structure, but is the family interested and engaged? To garner buy-in, interest, and commitment from the family the trust company structure must be designed in a way that is both functional and empowering for current and rising generations. In this webinar, Thomas C. Rogerson, Senior Managing Director and Family Wealth ...
The announcement of proposed regulations under Internal Revenue Code Section 2704 has many families and their advisors scrambling to mitigate the potential impact the regulation could have on their estate planning efforts. Owners of family businesses have traditionally relied on valuation discounts to curb the estate and gift tax burden associated ...
Managing fiduciary responsibilities within a private trust company can sometimes feel like more of an art than a science. Developing effective and meaningful relationships with the beneficiaries, overseeing distributions and investment policy, understanding how and when decanting a trust is the best solution, while also being aware of the statutes ...
QuickBooks and Excel are a common software pairing for family offices that seemingly has cost, flexibility and familiarity on its side. However, the disadvantages of this approach soon begin to outweigh the benefits. The fact that close to 90% of spreadsheets contain errors in at least 1% of all formula cells means considerable hidden risk. Plus, f...
Steven Draper will set out for discussion the idea of using Office 365 as the core platform in a family office and synthesize some of latest developments around this platform. This will be followed by an open Q&A.
Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. How do you balance the need for privacy with the reality of 24/7 social media as a way of life? This session outlines strategies and practices that every family office should consider to keep your family and your family information safe.