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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.

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.

A vaccinated and protected workforce will be the key to ending the pandemic and emerging from the COVID crisis. Employers are uniquely positioned, if not charged with, leading this effort, but a myriad of legal pitfalls must be considered. In this webinar, we explore the following legal and practical issues for employers:

Ransomware is a dynamically evolving risk, impacting organizations around the world with rapidly increasing loss frequency and severity. The insights on this risk are intended to focus conversations around loss preparation and risk management, and help guide well-informed cybersecurity investments.

As family offices consider their tax planning strategy, it is important for their tax attorneys, financial executives, and legal team to conduct an analysis of the Biden Administration’s Tax Proposal. This guide and in-depth review, which includes an overview of the proposals impacting high-income taxpayers, will help you prepare for the changes.

The COVID pandemic has changed much about the business environment and operations, and anti-fraud programs must evolve along with them. To assess how organizations are preparing for the “next” normal, this research study surveyed anti-fraud professionals around the globe for their views on the current and expected effect of COVID-19 on the fraud landscape, including the lessons learned that will help move anti-fraud programs forward in a post-pandemic environment.

In May 2021, the Treasury Department released its General Explanations of the Biden administration’s fiscal year 2022 revenue proposals, commonly referred to as the “Green Book.” They seek a dramatic increase in revenue through an increase in corporate and individual income tax rates and other revisions to the Internal Revenue Code. This article describes some of the more salient provisions relevant to raising income tax rates and closing loopholes.

No matter where you are in your life’s journey, there’s an element of risk to plan for to protect your assets. Blake Panosh, Baird’s Manager of Insurance & Annuities, covers common insurance planning misconceptions, as well as who should consider insurance planning and how to get started.

Cyber-attacks at all levels are not a new phenomenon, nor do the Russians have a monopoly on them. While the Russia/Ukraine crisis is at the forefront, it won’t be the last global event that family offices will need to address when cybersecurity is involved. Family offices, executives, and enterprises can take actions to help alleviate the cyber-attack risk when it comes to cyber retaliation from Russia or other state-sponsored cyber-attacks.

In the post-pandemic work environment, having an objective tally of employee wants and desires can be a valuable tool for companies to gauge what American employees really expect. In this survey of 1,584 Americans who worked full-time and received benefits as part of their pay, we learned that employees are taking charge of what they want from their employer and are pushing for flexibility in when and where they work. Other key findings are uncovered and point to how companies may need to re-examine workplace policies.