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2023 Guide to Tax and Wealth Planning
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Effective tax and wealth planning can be a challenge, especially when there is a possible recession, elevated inflation, rising interest rates, and geopolitical strife. With this guide, you have the planning information and resources to help you make the right moves to plan for your family’s future and manage your wealth. In addition to insights on a myriad of tax issues and policies, this guide also covers topics related to setting up and maintaining a family office, charitable giving, crossing U.S.

Redefining Success: Placing Flourishing First in the Family Wealth Industry
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In moving past the “shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations” adage, advisors in the family wealth space are emphasizing the importance of the family’s qualitative capitals that go beyond serving only the financial capital goals. This shift has elevated the family client experience and expectations. It’s part of the Wealth 3.0 movement that brings with it a refocus on the different goals of various family types, the importance of qualitative capitals, the evolution of family governance, and the human capital of legacy families and the rising generation.

Could You Benefit from a Spousal Lifetime Access Trust?
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Irrevocable trusts are a great way to minimize estate taxes and keep more of your wealth in the family, but they require you to permanently give up ownership and control of the assets you place in them. For people who are hesitant about the irrevocable aspect of the trust, there is the spousal lifetime access trusts, or SLAT, that can be an excellent estate-planning tool that allows indirect access to trust assets and income through the beneficiary spouse. Plus utilizing the SLAT’s grantor trust status, can make this type of trust especially palatable.

Three Estate and Gift Tax Strategies to Consider Before Selling Your Business
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For a business owner considering the sale of their business, there are two competing goals: maximizing the proceeds from the sale and minimizing the transfer taxes that will be due on the owner’s enhanced estate. With additional insights, Warner Partner Beth O’Laughlin discusses possible ways to accomplish both of these goals through gift and estate tax strategies employed before the owner signs a letter of intent to sell the business.

2023 MFO / Wealth Advisor Research Teaser Report
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As we move into a wealth 3.0 era, advisors will continue to navigate new and changing client needs. FOX’s annual Multi-Family Office and Wealth Advisor study provides insights into this changing world. Please enjoy a few sneak peek pages from the upcoming report, and make sure to register for the upcoming webcast as well.

2023 Regulatory, Trust, Tax, and Estate Planning Update | 2023 FOX Family Office and Wealth Advisor Forum
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Don't miss this annual in-depth update. A panel of experts will review recent and potential income tax, trust, and estate planning laws, regulations, and cases in order to discuss managing key challenges and opportunities in 2023. Discover what to watch out for, what to stop worrying about, and what you should consider doing to protect your clients. In addition, a discussion on the Corporate Transparency Act will be included as we look toward 2024 reporting requirements.

Ask The Experts: Navigating Unprecedented Growth | 2023 FOX Family Office and Wealth Advisor Forum
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Wealth advisors continue to experience rapid growth, which on its face is positive – but firms can get into trouble if growth is not properly managed. Join a panel of experienced wealth advisors explaining the ins and outs of effectively managing growth. Topics discussed include identifying the right clients for your business, creating efficiencies and processes that make growth more manageable, creating the right training for employees, how to analyze client profitability, and more.

Cultivating Qualitative Skills for the Family Advisor of the Future | 2023 FOX Family Office and Wealth Advisor Forum
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Family advisors often have a strong technical or financial background, but the importance of cultivating communication style, emotional intelligence, coaching skills, trust-building, and similar qualitative skills to serve clients cannot be overstated. Join a panel of peers who will share how they meaningfully engage with family clients and discuss the invaluable impact of continuous qualitative skill development in today's ever-changing family-advisory environment.

Using Technology to Elevate Client Engagement and Experience | 2023 FOX Technology Showcase
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Meeting client needs has always been core to family offices and financial institutions serving ultra-high-net-worth families. But what if you could augment your operations to better serve your end-clients? Join SEI for an open dialogue that focuses on how leveraging technology, human connection, and scalable processes can help enhance the client experience and increase engagement with end-clients.