The world in which we live is tumultuous and increasingly polarized. It is timely and essential for leaders at every level to see conflicting perspectives and contrasting value systems as opportunities, not obstacles. That is why we need to understand and leverage Polarities.
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Welcome to the Forum and Leading Through Change | 2025 FOX Family Office and Wealth Advisor Forum
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Welcome to day 1 of the 2025 Family Office and Wealth Advisor Forum. Scott Muench, Chief Membership Officer, FOX Kent Lawson, Chief Operating Officer and Technology SME for Membership, FOX
The Great Wealth Transfer: Five Actionable Steps
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Through 2048, an estimated $124 trillion in wealth is expected to pass from older to younger generations in the U.S. Additionally, $50 trillion will pass laterally to surviving spouses, the large majority of whom will be women, before making its way down to children. Known as the Great Wealth Transfer, it comes with responsibility for both the owners and inheritors of wealth. Here, five steps are outlined to help you and your family prepare for the change that also represents a shift in power with younger generations stepping into their financial strength.
The transition of wealth and leadership between generations poses unique challenges for a family, their family office, and their business and investment interests. These risks go beyond financial concerns, often focusing on obstacles that threaten successful generational transitions and the preservation of the family’s legacy.
College Was Awesome. Now What?
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College graduation is an exciting event, but it can be filled with uncertainty with the start of a job that brings new responsibilities and decisions. To help with the transition, it's time to plan your financial future. To get started, here are helpful tips on budgeting and spending money wisely, checking your credit score, saving for retirement, understanding your company’s benefits, monitoring and protecting your online activity (both financials and social posts), building your business skills, and more.
College Planning 101: How to Get Ready as a Family
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Going to college is a major milestone—and for many members of the sandwich generation, it’s important to know how to get ready for that big moment, both from a financial and emotional perspective. Learn more about the College Planning topic in this episode of Invested: Advancing Women in Work and Wealth.
Inheriting Family Wealth: How to Prepare
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For many high-net-worth individuals with children, amassing wealth may be the easy part; successfully passing down that wealth to their children is where things can get difficult. If you’re the parent, you want to prepare your children for what’s to come. If you’re the one inheriting your parents’ wealth, and if you feel overwhelmed, you’re going to want to create your own game plan.
For business and wealth creators, preserving the family in the midst of wealth is far more difficult than creating the wealth. Integrating second and third generations into ownership and decision-making is something business builders haven’t yet experienced. We focus on 14 strategies families can use to integrate rising generations and pass down responsible ownership and governance.
The Five Capitals, Wealth 3.0, and the prevalence of Chief Learning Officers in family offices underscore a growing recognition among UHNW families of the value of investing in their human capital. Cultivating skills, stewardship, and personal growth is foundational for a legacy led by an educated, empowered family collective. We explore why learning is essential, how leading families are approaching it, and how you can initiate this journey.
FOX Public Webcast: Managing Complexity: Helping Families Succeed Along Their Evolutionary Journey
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In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, multigenerational families face unique challenges and opportunities that demand thoughtful strategy, robust governance, and the effective utilization of private family capital. This webcast will delve into the essential pillars that enable families to thrive over the long term: mastering complexity, building robust governance, cultivating a learning mindset, and harnessing the transformative power of private family capital. This webcast will further participants’ understanding of how to: