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Oversight and Governance of the Trust Company
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You’ve created a great trust structure, but is the family interested and engaged? To garner buy-in, interest, and commitment from the family the trust company structure must be designed in a way that is both functional and empowering for current and rising generations. In this webinar, Thomas C. Rogerson, Senior Managing Director and Family Wealth Strategist, Wilmington Trust illustrated how to strengthen structures within partnerships, how to keep the trust company relevant for future generations, and how and where processes and services should be outsourced.

Breakout Session 1B: Social Media: The New Liability Frontier
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Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. How do you balance the need for privacy with the reality of 24/7 social media as a way of life? This session outlines strategies and practices that every family office should consider to keep your family and your family information safe.

Private Equity - Is the Fun Over?
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With record levels of dry powder, and a larger number private equity firms competing for deals, private capital markets have become increasingly efficient. In this session, we discussed whether there is still value to be had and if so, where and how families can access it.

Unleashing your Psychological Capital
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In this unique presentation, Denise Shull and Bill Long will outline a radical view on the role of feelings and emotions in investment decisions. While conventional wisdom tells us to “remove the emotions” when it comes to investing, Denise Shull, drawing upon her years of study in neuroscience and her extensive trading experience, will explain the basics of neuroscience and how to re-think your thinking about market risk.

Breakout 1A - Impact Investing: Moving Beyond Talk - A Practitioner's Perspective
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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.

Breakout 1B - Venture Capital: De-Risking Early Stage Investments and Maximizing Returns
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Constance Freedman has invested in more than 40 technology companies and helped bring them to market by partnering with over 300 executives and corporations. Based on her extensive experience, Constance will lead an interactive dialogue highlighting venture strategies of several of the SaaS-based technologies in digital media, fintech, business services, big data and B2B investment in which she engages.

Breakout 1C - Water: The Resource Defining the 21st Century
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The water industry is among the world’s largest and most essential, yet water industry economics remain under-appreciated and largely misunderstood by most investors. Water Asset Management's public and private equity water experience provides insights into an industry with exceptional long term growth drivers and pricing power. The discussion will focus on public and private equity investment opportunities in water companies and assets that provide returns, solutions and impact.

Emerging Markets
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The Rohatyn Group is a leading, specialized asset management firm focused exclusively on investing in emerging markets. It is Nick Rohatyn’s belief that successful investment outcomes in emerging markets require experienced, talented individuals utilizing local sources of insight and information.

The Science of Growth: Understanding & Improving Startups’ Probability of Success
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As family members, office executives and advisors work to instill an entrepreneurial mindset in their family's ventures, it's critical for them to understand the phases startups go through. They also need to understand the best practices to refine and evaluate their ventures at each stage. This allows everyone upfront to be aligned about what leaders in the startup should be focused on and how to quantifiably measure their success. Sean's case based research resulting in his recently published first book, The Science of Growth, provides just such a framework for families.

Urgent FOX Webinar - Is the Clock Ticking for Valuation Discounts? - IRC Sec. 2704
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The announcement of proposed regulations under Internal Revenue Code Section 2704 has many families and their advisors scrambling to mitigate the potential impact the regulation could have on their estate planning efforts. Owners of family businesses have traditionally relied on valuation discounts to curb the estate and gift tax burden associated with transferring wealth and ownership to future generations. That could all change by the end of the year, should the proposed regulations take effect.