Among its many provisions, the American Rescue Plan COVID relief addresses paid sick and family leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and makes temporary but significant changes to COBRA coverage. A short (and high-level) summary of the changes are provided to show the effect on covered employers and employees.
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“I’m 100 percent not you, and you’re 100 percent not me.”— Find out why that powerful reminder from guest Cassie Atteberry is the key to making the “people stuff” easier for you, your family, and your organization. In this episode, Cassie joins host Damien Martin to share insights to help you to show up as the best version of yourself, build higher-performing teams, and deliberately create a healthy and successful organizational culture.
Singapore has been trending upward—becoming the place that is increasingly synonymous with family offices. Since 2019, Singapore has seen a growing number of high-profiled businesspeople establish family offices there. In addition to tax incentives, interest in Singapore is fueled by the potential growth in Asia, where many see the island nation as a gateway to the region. Apart from tax and other external driving forces, Singapore has attractive investment incentives available for family offices or family investment vehicles.
On September 29, 2022, the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued its Final Rule implementing the beneficial ownership information reporting requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act legislation. The Final Rule brings about significant revisions to the U.S. anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism compliance framework, implementing sweeping beneficial ownership disclosure requirements applicable to all U.S.
Attracting and retaining talent was a significant problem for many organizations before the COVID-19 pandemic, and it continues to be a major issue across most industries. While the pandemic complicated matters, business leaders should look at the talent challenge as an opportunity to reposition itself and take the necessary steps—including leveraging technology and supporting local apprenticeship and school outreach programs—to thrive in the short term and to enjoy success in the long term.
Shifting Horizons: Insights into How Family Offices Are Responding to Rapid Economic & Social Change
Drawing from the perspectives of 200 family office decision makers across all major geographic regions, this research report provides insights into how they have responded to the economic and social change unseen in decades. It reveals a shift in their philanthropic investments, next-generation and succession planning, and crypto investments. It also explores the private banking services among family offices and the awareness of the proposed Family Office Regulations Act of 2021.
Corporate insiders pose a unique threat as they are given privileged access to the company’s assets and are trusted to use that access responsibly and ethically. However, this can go awry in several ways, from unintentional, negligent acts to intentional, malicious acts. To help prevent, detect, and respond to that threat, it’s important to address the three key risks when evaluating your Insider Threat Program.
A best-in-class family office tax function goes beyond preparing timely tax returns to drive tax strategy and reduce the overall income, gift, and estate tax burden across generations. Given the role taxes have on most families, it’s imperative for the family office to ensure it has the proper infrastructure and resources to understand, plan, and strategize from both the tax planning and compliance standpoint. Best practices are provided to help strengthen your family office’s tax capabilities.
An influx of new insurers has helped expand overall capacity in the U.S. insurance market. As the market begins to stabilize, commercial insurance buyers that maintain quality risks with strong data to back them up should begin to see relief in 2022. However, buyers in certain geographic areas, industries and other risk categories will continue to face enormous challenges.
When you start the process of rethinking your family office workspace, an important step is to ask intentional questions. Beginning with the “why,” this checklist provides prompts that are intended to challenge you to think critically and inform the ways physical space can best serve the needs of your family office as you think about the future.