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What is an Enterprise Family?

Aug 08, 2016
I was recently chatting with longtime FOX member Richard Bakal about the upcoming FOX Family Enterprise Experience workshop. Over the course of our co...

Is the Multi-Family Office Pricing Model Broken?

Jul 20, 2016
Pricing at multi-family office firms is under pressure.That is one of the key findings in the 2016 FOX Wealth Advisor Benchmarking Study. Advisors are...

Staff Retreats: How They Can Benefit Your Family Office

Jul 14, 2016
When I was heading up consulting for FOX, I had the pleasure of spending a morning with the staff of a large family office at their three-day retreat ...

How to Prepare for the New Overtime Rules

Jun 29, 2016
On May 18, 2016, the Department of Labor (DOL) updated the Fair Labor Standards Act and expanded overtime eligibility for millions of American workers...

Guest Post: Why Family Businesses Need an Advocate in Washington

Jun 22, 2016
Family businesses in America generate 50% of the jobs, 64% of GDP and account for 61% of all privately owned businesses. While family businesses are v...

Three Reasons to Bring Outsiders Into the Family Enterprise

Jun 02, 2016
The more I learn from working with families, the more I realize that the relationships they have with their advisors are just like dating. One of the ...

Tax-Deferral Strategies for Commercial Real Estate Owners

May 27, 2016
It was the best of times. It was the…best of times (sorry Dickens). With significantly raised values since the economic downturn of 2008-2009 and rent...

10 Strategies for Family Unity

May 17, 2016
In putting together the FOX Guide to Family Education, we were able to identify a number of innovative strategies to enhance owner engagement and fost...

5 Steps to Becoming a More Strategic Philanthropist

May 11, 2016
Many of today’s ultra-wealthy philanthropists are looking for smart ways to make their donation dollars work hard for causes they care about deeply.Th...

Cybersecurity and the Family Office

May 05, 2016
We all hear how cybercrime is a fast-growing crime, one of the fastest growing crimes and that the financial services sector is a target. There is no ...