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Bringing the Family Enterprise to Life

Jan 13, 2017
The Family Enterprise is a way of thinking about the true scope of your family. It goes beyond the family business. It is more than the invested...

Family Office Holiday Parties: What You Should Know

Dec 05, 2016
Not to be a total Scrooge, but I would be remiss if I didn't raise a cautionary holiday season human capital reminder that your family office holiday ...

Tips on Smart Family Leadership

Dec 05, 2016
When the family friend of Dustin Hoffman’s character in the 1960s film The Graduate took the young man aside to offer him career advice, he had just o...

The Next Big Thing in Family Office Technology

Nov 04, 2016
This is the missing piece and, I hope, the next big thing in technology for financial services and the family office: using automation to create value...

The Evolution of Cybersecurity

Oct 07, 2016
How important is cybersecurity to you?If you’re like many family offices, it’s up there as a top priority: in the latest FOX benchmarking survey on fa...

5 Things You Need to Know Before Executing a Family Leadership Transition

Sep 14, 2016
While I was working as a consultant for FOX, the topic of leadership succession was often on my mind—particularly whenever I was working with a multi-...

Meet Mellody Hobson

Sep 09, 2016
There are few speakers more compelling than Mellody Hobson.Hobson (president of Ariel Investments, chairman of the board for DreamWorks Animatio...

How are Wealth Advisors Evolving?

Sep 01, 2016
In my previous blog post, “Is the Multi-Family Office Pricing Model Broken?”, I noted that there has been a 15% drop in the pricing of wealth manageme...

Finding Growth in Emerging Markets

Aug 29, 2016
When considering an allocation to emerging markets, investors are almost universally seeking growth.Emerging economies have, indeed, significantly out...

When Does a Family Become a Family Enterprise?

Aug 19, 2016
At the inaugural FOX Global Owners Forum, I described the evolution that business-owning families experience—and the increased complexity they encount...