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Year in Review: Top FOX Content of 2019

Dec 06, 2019
Revisit 2019 content from Family Office Exchange (FOX) as we celebrate 30 years of providing members with objective guidance, peer exchange, and continuous learning.

Built to Last? Risks and Recommendations for Maintaining Older Homes

Dec 04, 2019
Owners of historic homes often become guardians of the meticulous craftmanship of bygone eras. But sometimes there are purposeful reasons why “they don’t make them like they used to.” While these residences may be less likely to succumb to perils that emerge in today’s cookie-cutter constructio...

Give Your Family the Gift of Family Legacy for the Holidays

Nov 25, 2019
The holidays provide a perfect opportunity to share family legacy through stories of events, family fun and family hardship. These anecdotes help us feel connected, convey our legacy, generate pride and impart lasting life lessons. Opportunities to share family legacyTraveling, shopping, ...

A Unique Mission to Ensure Equal Representation of Women and Men in Senior Management

Nov 11, 2019
When exploring the landscape of culture in today’s workplace there is a company that stands out. Recently featured in a FOXCast, Mark Galante, President, Field Operations, PURE Insurance, discussed the qualities of PURE’s outstanding culture. One notable element of their culture is PURE’s Women’s Le...

FOXCast: Private Equity Fund and Direct Investing in Today's Market

Nov 05, 2019
In this episode, Todd Kellerman and Tim Wray, cofounders of V3 Limited, discuss lessons learned from the past and offer some insight into current family office investment trends. Todd and Tim are now focused on working with financially successful families to align investments with values and take ad...

Addressing Risk Management for the Global Family

Oct 17, 2019
Whether motivated by business or pleasure, economic opportunities or simply the weather, today’s high net worth individuals are increasingly becoming global citizens. According to one survey, 43% have lived in two countries or more, and a full one in five has lived in three or more countries. And th...

FOXCast: Philanthropy and Next Generation Success

Oct 08, 2019
In this episode, Jacqueline Valouch, head of philanthropy at Deutsche Bank Wealth Management talks about the role of philanthropy in onboarding the next generation, creating successful partnerships within your family, and even working with other families to make a larger impact.Subscribe to FOXCast ...

FOXCast: Can We Offset the Cost of Living in Paradise?

Sep 24, 2019
In this episode, we pick the brain of Robb Lanham, Chief Sales Officer at HUB International. In his role, Robb works with family offices to develop creative solutions for complex risk.And speaking of complex risk, losses due to natural disasters are on the rise worldwide and the insurance world has ...

FOXCast: Historical Imagination for Family Preservation

Sep 11, 2019
In this episode, we sit down with Karen McNeill, Head of Family History at Ascent Private Capital Management of U.S. Bank, to discuss her fascinating role in researching family histories as part of a comprehensive wealth planning platform. Here, she discusses how applying historical knowledge to fam...

FOXCast: Family Meetings are Where Expectations are Set and Trust is Reinforced

Aug 29, 2019
In this episode, Tina Milligan, Managing Director at BMO Family Office, part of BMO Wealth Management, illustrates the importance of family meetings.With over 20 years of experience working with family offices, Tina knows that holding family meetings and having open lines of communication are vital ...