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Seven Ways to Improve Your Family Client Experience

Feb 25, 2016
For our FOX Thought Leaders Council Report “Creating Memorable Client Experiences: Differentiation in the Ultra-Wealth Market,” we looked at 30 ...

How Uncertainty Impacts a Family Office

Feb 02, 2016
Recently, I was reflecting on how uncertainty impacts our lives. For instance, modern technology provided ample warning (aka “certainty”) to the...

It’s Time for Family Offices to Change the Way They Think About Technology

Jan 20, 2016
Now, more than ever, the business of managing private wealth is exceedingly complex. Most family offices are doing the work of sophisticated financial...

LLC vs. Foundation: Which is the Better Option for Philanthropists?

Jan 08, 2016
In December 2015, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced he would transfer 99 percent of his Facebook shares—a sum currently valued at $45 billion—to ...

Advisory Boards: An Important Step in Transitioning the Family Business

Jan 07, 2016
"I'm wondering if it's time for us to add outside experts to our advisory board," Julie Jacks mused aloud to her cousins. "Experts who would bri...

Evaluating Your PFTC State Situs: A Case Study

Dec 16, 2015
I was recently speaking with the general counsel for a private family trust company (PFTC), and they told me a compelling story about their rece...

Family Meetings and the Holidays

Dec 14, 2015
Recently, a family I advise came to me looking to plan a family meeting. Inevitably, the question came up: “Well, should we do it at Thanksgivin...

FinTech: Are We About to See "Uber" for Financial Services?

Nov 23, 2015
For several years now, wealth advisors have been concerned about the rise of robo-advisors and the potential impact on the wealth management industry....

Great Family Leaders

Nov 05, 2015
Stop for a moment and think about the leaders in your world. Consider friends, family members, teachers, colleagues and business partners. Which of th...

Using Your Wealth to Make a Better World

Oct 28, 2015
Jonah Wittkamper wants to start a conversation about wealth—and help rising generation family leaders find their life purpose in the process.&nb...