Enterprising families are showing an increased interest in participating in direct investments around the globe. Some families have turned to private equity out of frustration with the volatility in the public markets and the unexpected correlations between asset classes that occurred during the 2008-2010 timeframe. The factors that impact their private equity portfolios’ success are complex in nature, and there are 15 key considerations that inform families’ preferences for private investments, and, ultimately, impact how well they will do.
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Defining the Terms of Purpose-Built Philanthropy
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As high-net-worth investors discuss plans for charitable giving and investing with their financial advisors, it is absolutely crucial for them to be on the same page in terms of the outcomes desired, both financially and philanthropically. For this reason, advisors and their clients need a set vocabulary of terms going into the first meeting. Only then can they discuss goals (and ways of achieving them) without stumbling over communication roadblocks.
Making Your Charitable Gifts Last
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We often think of Thanksgiving and Giving Tuesday as ushering in the year-end charitable giving season. Year end is not only a time for gratitude, as families gather for the holidays, but also a time to start organizing financially for the close of the calendar year. But year-end giving does not need to be short-term giving. So even as you strive to be tax-efficient and timely in your year-end giving, those gifts can be part of a longer-term charitable giving strategy.
Impact investing is gaining significant momentum in the family office community, with families investing the majority of the more than $60 billion allocated to impact fund strategies. This three-hour seminar will provide a high-level overview of the key elements of impact investing for family offices across asset classes.
Engaging with Purpose: Health, Wealth, Wellness
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Many of us struggle to identify the ways in which we can affect change in the world. It is obvious and easy to some, yet daunting to others. This panel will explore insights to enlighten, educate, inspire and motivate the audience in the quest for living an engaged and purposeful life by sharing their own experiences philanthropic action prompted by a health crisis, investing using a socially responsible approach, and through community involvement.
A growing number of wealth owners around the world are actively involved in impact investing, supporting innovative, commercially viable solutions that drive transformation into a more just and sustainable society. In her new study, Catalyzing Wealth For Change, A Guide to Impact Investing for ultra-high net worth individuals, family offices, foundations and businesses, Dr. Balandina Jacquier explains the field, and provides the insights needed to make informed, confident decisions.
Donors often ask how they can maximize their giving dollars when seeking to fulfill their charitable giving missions. A tax effective way is to donate appreciated securities to a donor advised fund, rather than selling the securities and donating the cash proceeds. So how does it work?
The topic of wealth transfer to the next generation has been well documented. Accenture estimated that $30 trillion of financial and nonfinancial assets are ready to shift from baby boomers to their children in North America alone. At the same time, there is a large and growing appetite for using wealth to solve social challenges and help those in need. In 2015, 98.4% of high net worth families gave to charity, and foundations contributed $57.19 billion to nonprofit causes, a 6.5% increase over 2014.
The Foundation of Good Governance for Family Impact Investors—Removing Obstacles and Charting a Path to Action
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Families pursue impact investing for a variety of reasons, including as a way to engage younger family members in the broader philanthropic and investment activities of a family to foster continuity in the stewardship of assets across generations. Before incorporating impact investments into their portfolios, families should define the overall contextual framework for their impact investments that focus on purpose, priorities, and principles.
Impact investing continues to garner increasing attention in the financial media and amongst the investing community. While generating shared consensus and arriving at the decision to invest in line with your family values is a great accomplishment, many families face challenges when it comes to moving beyond conversations and formulating an actual implementation plan with key advisors.