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New Frontiers Creating Investment Opportunities
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Direct investors are forging new paths into frontier investing on a daily basis. As ideas become reality in a constantly evolving realm, investors should seek guidance on seeing around the corners. Join us for a conversation with two experts in the life science and fintech space, where they’ll discuss the trends they’re seeing and share invaluable insight into two fast-moving and exciting spaces of next-generation wealth creation.

Investment Vehicles: A Critical Choice for Private Clients and Family Offices
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Selecting the right investment vehicle often receives less attention than the other more known investment principles such as the value of diversification. Broadly speaking, investors can access four types of investment vehicles—including separately managed accounts—to avert making a wrong decision that can saddle a family with unexpected taxes, increased costs, or limited flexibility.

FOX 2021 Global Investment Survey Highlights
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One of FOX’s invaluable member benefits is the peer perspective gleaned from participating in FOX surveys. Gaby Griffin, the Market Leader for Business Owners and Family Office Executives at FOX, and Jonathan Tunner, the Director of Private Investment Opportunities at FOX, will share the key themes that emerged from this year’s annual Global Investment Survey.

Deliberate Evolution vs. Mutation in Public Equities Markets
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A well-intentioned and deliberate approach to adjusting public equity market structure through regulation can result in positive outcomes for investors, but that approach isn’t always what drives change in global equity markets. The media, investor advocacy groups, and legislators often intervene to influence the trajectory, and the outcome can be more of a mutation than an evolutionary process. We will discuss a range of recently implemented and currently contemplated equity and ETF market changes and how these changes have or could affect the way we invest – for better or worse.

AI Automation – Investing in a Post-Pandemic World
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The pandemic has accelerated innovation – we have seen 10 years of digital transformation practically overnight, adding momentum to the AI wave. As companies become more digital, AI becomes indispensable in driving cost efficiency, productivity, security, and superior user experiences at scale. Now more than ever, it is important to understand the transformative nature of AI and automation, their real-world applications, and the competitive advantage they deliver.

The Materiality of Sustainability for Investors
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Sustainability is increasingly material to investment return, and there are five prominent trends—including climate change and technological revolution—that are likely to have relevant implications for investment portfolios over the long term. Ultimately, investors that evolve more quickly to incorporate these risks and opportunities into their investment decision-making frameworks are likely to be better prepared for the future than their

Fireside Chat with Mellody Hobson: "Is the Investment Industry Ready to be Color Brave™?"
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In this exclusive chat with Mellody Hobson, the President and co-CEO of Ariel Investments, speaks candidly about the importance and value of diversity in finance—how being color brave can improve business and society at large. Mellody shares personal stories and lessons learned from her investment career, including the disconnect that is felt between the diversification of investment portfolios and the lack of it in the hiring process in the industry. She also discusses investment trends and the empowering gift she received at the start of her career.

Venture Capital Positively Disrupts Intergenerational Investing
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As technological advances are disrupting and transforming companies in every sector, the traditional investing landscape is also being disrupted. Venture capital is at the core of the transformation and has become a critical component of a long-term investment strategy. With the potential for attractive returns and significant impact to society, venture investing presents a prime platform for cross-generational conversations about investing and the critical role it can play in the family’s portfolio.

The ABC of Family Partnerships
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In order to simplify the wealth structure and investment vehicle, many high-net-worth families collectively pool the assets of individual family members to form a legal partnership entity. The resulting economies of scale can lead to significant fee savings, as well as open the door to a larger universe of investment choices for smaller accounts. When deciding the type of partnership structure to form—a limited partnership or a limited liability corporation—there are some best practices and investment options to consider in the process.

U.S. Trust Insights on Wealth and Worth® Detailed Findings
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The 2018 U.S. Trust Insights on Wealth and Worth® study asked nearly one thousand high-net-worth individuals about their approach to building wealth and the extent to which they are using it to achieve their goals and support the causes they care about most. The study found that while wealth provides the freedom to do more, it also brings increased obligations, expectations and demands.