FROM “POLYCRISIS” to “POLYOPPORTUNITIES”: In October 2022, in an article in the Financial Times 1, historian Adam Toze brought back into popular use the term “polycrisis” to describe the situation the world was in, with several crises building each other to create an intertwined web of complex disruptions.
The dramatic growth of the family office industry in the 1980s was sparked by new liquidity running through hundreds of business-owning families. In an effort to preserve and expand their wealth, they needed a professional financial office so they could focus on broadening their business endeavors or living unencumbered lives.
Discover different learning approaches taken by three families who partnered with a FOX consultant to develop their human capital, engage the next generation, and create a culture of learning at an early age. These three vignettes exemplify best practices and trends in family education, including the formalization of family learning.
The past year challenged families to react to adverse trends to protect their enterprise and build capabilities to achieve their vision. The journey from uncertainty to impact requires an elevated enterprise mindset and determination to persevere throughout the four-stage evolution to position the family enterprise for long-term success and positive community impact.
FOX CEO Peter Moustakerski sat down for a video interview with long-time FOX member Ray Dalio. He is the founder of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest and most successful hedge fund. Ray is a legendary investor, global macro innovator, thought leader, and best-selling author of several books. During the fireside chat, Peter and Ray talk about the current financial and geopolitical cycles, and the various ways families and their enterprises can navigate the uncertainties and seize the opportunities of the current macroeconomic conditions and trends.
When is the right time to start talking about succession within the family office? Who starts the conversation so that it is comfortable, non-threatening, and becomes a planned process rather than a one-time event? Hear from families, family office executives, our thought leaders, as well as executive recruiters on how to navigate the succession process with maximum impact.
How will technology look and feel when any user of a platform can independently decide what it is they see? Will everyone’s experience be so unique that the platform really becomes a map to the creative side of a non-creative and fact-based world? Learn how today’s data environments will soon become a representation of how and what families and advisors envision as their single source of truth.
From a global crisis triggering a family’s restructuring, to an entrepreneur-turned-global-investor’s commitment to change the world, six case studies demonstrate how some international champion enterprise families are assessing their threats and opportunities, reinventing themselves, and delivering the full potential of family capital to realize their desired vision and positively impact the world.
Some trends move slowly until they reach a point of inflection, at which time they seem to accelerate at almost blinding speed. So it has been for the rapid emergence of The New Era of Family Wealth. The departure from the past has been driven by four trends (transitions, talent, technology, and time) introduced by FOX in January of 2022. As these four trends have continued to persist, they have now become the transformative force behind this New Era.
Investing in direct opportunities has become increasingly mainstream, and the evolution of family portfolios over the past 30 years supports that. While direct investing is not new, well-funded and focused competitors are increasingly changing the investing landscape. Families entering into direct opportunities can encounter unfamiliar and even unsettling ground. This article explores the competitive landscape of direct investing, how families can compete in the challenging landscape, and which asset class might be best for them.