Losses from extreme weather events continue to reduce the availability of insurance coverage in higher-risk areas, while increasing cyber threats and tort exposures are raising premium costs. Affluent families and their advisors must think creatively and proactively to improve resiliency and control costs. With risk everywhere, proactive planning pays offs.
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The current next-generation family members are changing the way families view wealth, no longer focusing on creating wealth for wealth’s sake.
In a time of turbulence in the marketplace, private companies eyeing an exit should concentrate on building internal efficiencies to get maximum valuations. With a focus on the ‘long game’ approach and the value creation, corporate directors who have deep experience in M&A provide their thoughts on how board members can help their companies weather the storm and prepare for the deal process to achieve a successful outcome.
Intelligent automation has become a fundamental part of driving efficiency in business. To achieve the best ROI even in an economic downturn, start by understanding the automation capabilities and identifying the benefits you need the most. Once you identify the benefits, find out where you can achieve them with an opportunity assessment that can be adapted to address unique situations or to include other technologies in the automation spectrum.
There’s a surging demand for smarter solutions across every aspect of business. And digital transformation promises results in the face of economic pressures and budget cuts. While there may be many ways to approach and resolve individual challenges, effective transformation integrates solutions into a dynamic infrastructure that also aligns with overall goals and existing transformational initiatives. Even small technology solutions can have a big impact for an organization.
Both your physical health and your financial well-being are connected to good habits and hard work. While good habits can help prevent negative health events, nothing is guaranteed. It’s important to have plans in place to mitigate the stress that can result from a change in your physical or mental condition. Along with addressing your long-term care insurance, there are other steps to take to incorporate health into your wealth plan and prepare for the unexpected.
After a turbulent 2022, the technology industry is facing another busy year ahead amid a shifting M&A environment, widespread layoffs, and an increased focus on corporate governance. We analyze the trends that shaped the past year and look at the top seven bold predictions that will impact the technology industry. Be prepared for new priorities and seeing M&A activity play a role in driving growth while being fueled by lower valuations across the board.
Philanthropy continues to wield disproportionate power today. However, a more nuanced conception of shared power has emerged and has spurred an increasing number of funders and ecosystem partners to become more open about the inequities of and within philanthropy. With the goal of moving the practice of philanthropy away from its inequitable origins and practices, this report provides insights and conceptual frameworks and actionable resources that can enable funders to create equitable processes and practices.
Whether you are collecting wine for the enjoyment of drinking or as an investment, it’s important to protect your wine. In this easy-to-reference guide, tips are provided in four key areas to help ensure your wine collection is protected.
While some wine and spirits enthusiasts take pride in making sure their collections are protected in case of damage, spoilage, or loss, a surprising number are uninsured or underinsured. If you don’t believe you need to protect your wine and spirits with insurance, there are four reasons to reconsider.