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The Sackler family has been a multi-generational investor in hedge funds for over 20 years. They recently transitioned a portion of their portfolio from traditional limited partnership structures into liquid alternatives, also known as alternative mutual funds or ’40 Act vehicles. Are these vehicles the truest form of innovative disruption the hedge fund industry has seen in decades? In partnership with the family’s long-time liquid alternatives consultant, Brad Balter and his firm Balter Capital Management, they think this is precisely the case.

Policy and Taxation Group commissioned important research by leading pollster Frank Luntz to understand why resentment toward high net worth individuals has increased so much in recent years and what the impact of heightened class conflict has been and will be on the future of the fight for estate tax relief. As Policy and Taxation Group has remained exclusively focused on the estate tax fight, several PATG families launched a separate effort called Each American Dream to continue this valuable research and reduce the stigmatization of success in the economic debate.

For those considering a PFTC or in the early stages of developing one, this session provides the core information needed to get started, including identifying the right state and right structure for your family, chartering or licensing, and insight on the day to day realities of operating a PFTC.Attendees will learn:

Poor trust risk management and family disunity remain major if not the major threats to families seeking to remain together from generation to generation. Often embraced hesitantly by families, the most important risk management actions are basic and logical, only requiring families to understand and commit to them. Communication is often the key to both trust risk management and overcoming family disunity.Attendees will learn:

Private Trust Companies were created and constantly evolve to meet the needs of wealthy families for trustees not adequately met by the traditional alternatives of institutional and individual trustees. The foundations for choosing the right trustee for a family are(i) identifying the role they need their trustee to play, and(ii) understanding the strengths and weaknesses of each type of trustee for filling that role.

A founder of the modern private trust company industry will provide a brief history of the industry and where it is at today: its strengths, growing maturity, challenges and how it must evolve going forward. Attendees will learn:

Regulated PFTC’s are licensed and supervised by state banking regulators. In exchange, families are given the only non-federal, permanent corporate/LLC charter allowing them to provide trust services and, without registration with the SEC, act as an investment adviser. The main price they pay is the burden of state regulations and examinations. This session makes transparent the supervisory regime.Attendees will learn:

The PFTC represents an elegant evolution of the family office by solidifying the role of the family in managing all of the family assets (more than just trust assets) and implementing its strategic plan. In this session, expert advisors and a family office executive share how to successfully integrate the PFTC with the family enterprise.Attendees will learn:

PFTCs provide significant flexibility with respect to investment management. The governance models afforded under PFTCs allow families to carefully craft the role of investment management, from the what, to the who, to the how. Modern trust laws in select states will allow you to create this flexibility through PFTCs, or for those less inclined, through a directed trustee arrangement.Attendees will learn: