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Global Economic Outlook for 2024
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The global economy faced a high degree of difficulty in 2023, but it earned high marks with continued growth, labor markets remaining strong, and declining inflation amid the ongoing expansion. The soft-landing narrative has considerable allure, but the three-year-old expansion is vulnerable. Higher interest rates are exacting an increasing toll, and the cycle has been challenged by an unsettling series of unfortunate events. In this special report, the Northern Trust Economics team shares its outlook for growth, inflation, employment, and interest rates in the year ahead.

What's on the Minds of FOX Members? | 2023 FOX Family Forum
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The FOX peer community is a vibrant and generous one, and one place where that is abundantly evident is the FOXChat discussion boards and networks, where members ask anything that is of critical importance to their families and their enterprises and receive real-time answers and feedback from their peers and fellow members. FOXCloud, the latest digital feature from FOX, allows members to quickly and efficiently see what their peers are asking about and the answers they are receiving.

Reimagining the Future with AI: Fireside Chat with Dr. Alex Wissner-Gross | 2023 FOX Family Forum
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Our speaker has requested to not share his presentation. The emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is creating tremendous uncertainty – and amazing opportunities – for families, business owners, and advisors. Understanding the possibilities AI unlocks and integrating its transformative power into the family’s systems, governance, and businesses has the potential to propel families and their family offices into a new era of speed, efficiency, and virtually infinite knowledge. Join us for this timely and relevant fireside chat with Dr.

Industry Founders Panel: The Evolution of Family Wealth, Part 1 | 2023 FOX Family Forum
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For nearly 40 years, the pioneers of the family wealth profession have been working with family leaders and family office executives to help their families manage and grow their enterprises, strengthen their family systems and well-being, and deliver a positive impact on their communities and the world. For the first time ever, FOX will gather on the same stage the five most prominent and iconic founders of the family wealth field.

PROXIMITY: How All Industries Will Transform - and How to Win | 2023 FOX Family Forum
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Professor Wolcott will preview his new book, PROXIMITY, forthcoming from Columbia Business School Publishing March 2024. While everyone witnesses the dramatic changes underway as a result of digitally-enabled technologies from Generative AI and data analytics to rooftop solar and additive manufacturing, few have noted one common force they all exert across industries. Digital technologies push the production and provision of value ever closer to the moment of actual demand in time and space.

Where’s the Recession?
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Investors have been looking for a recession amidst rising interest rates and expectations for slowing growth, but continued growth in much of the economy and resilient investment performance in 2023 has made for a very murky economic puzzle going forward. Exogenous factors such as geopolitical instability, deglobalization, and continuing risk of a U.S. government shutdown add complicating risk factors to the economic outlook.

6 Best Practices for Addressing Employee Mental Health Needs
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With depression affecting as many as one in three adults, greater attention has been given to mental health in the workplace—including the impact poor mental health has on workplace morale, culture, and healthcare costs. Workplace culture initiatives that address and support employee mental health needs boost employee engagement, productivity, and retention. By following this checklist of six best practices, organizations can help build a strong framework for mental wellness both at home and in the workplace.

2023 FOX Global Investment Survey
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FOX’s annual Global Investment Survey was divided into two segments, launched in February and March 2023, respectively, to the FOX community. The surveys fielded until the end of April 2023. Please note that the 2023 FOX Global Investment Survey data pertains to investment activities and performance during calendar year 2022.

Partner Webcast: AI and Adoption - What Does it Mean for Investors and the World?
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Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a rapidly evolving field that has the potential to revolutionize many industries. This powerful technology uses deep learning algorithms to create new and original content, ranging from text and images to music and 3D models. As a result, generative AI has garnered the attention of investors looking to capitalize on its vast potential.