Currently, family offices are typically exempted from the requirement to register with the SEC as investment advisers. But this may change after the United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services gave support to the HR 4620 bill that may be a harbinger of efforts to impose additional oversight of family offices in the future.
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Most business owners know that proper succession planning can help keep their business running strong into the next generation. They understand the importance of creating a plan to prepare heirs and key employees to run the business when it is time. In taking a different approach and applying the lessons learned, a list of seven “worst practices” is provided to help families prepare for an unplanned business transition.
Family offices are embracing responsible investing in increasing numbers to align investments with values. We explore what’s driving the demand for responsible investing, the range of potential investment approaches, and some initial steps that family offices can take when they’re ready to commit to responsible investing.
When a catastrophic event occurs and total loss and devastation ensues, the reality is that people may decide not to rebuild, and in some cases abandon their ‘property.’ While the choice remains with the owner of the property as to whether or not to repair, there are conditions within your insurance policy that you need to consider.
As investing has grown increasingly personalized, separately managed accounts (SMA) have become a trusted vehicle for customized solutions to meet a client’s unique objectives. Up to now, when looking for personalized fixed-income solutions, advisors have considered key factors such as income needs, liquidity requirements, investment horizon, credit tolerances, and personal values. However, it’s not about what you earn; it’s about what you keep.
All modern vehicles are vulnerable to cyberattacks; particularly as “smart cars” become more prevalent, hackers have greater opportunities to penetrate, control, and steal information from vehicle systems. Learn about the types of cyber attacks that are prevalent with smart cars and what you can do to avoid them.
Remote work, IoT devices, and new technologies create risk for your personal data at home. Learn how you can mitigate these risks with this infographic.
This checklist and visual representation of a home is a helpful guide on how to protect your privacy while working from home. These simple tips can be a difference maker.
Chinese equities have lagged both emerging market and global equity indices year to date. Recent regulations directed toward education and technology companies have caused Chinese equities to come under pressure. As further regulatory actions appear likely, should investors continue to allocate to Chinese equities?
Near-term inflation concerns have raised investor interest in real assets. While core real estate offers a steady foundation for a diversified real assets portfolio, infrastructure can serve as a high-quality complement that can help protect against inflation and benefit total return.