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Reporting Realities: Overcoming Today’s Biggest Challenges
Publish Date:
Jul 22 2014

To make decisions about the future, families need reports that provide a full view of their integrated risk exposure and their allocation across all family entities. Yet such aggregate reports remain the elusive Holy Grail of our industry. It is often promised by product providers, but product capabilities often still fall short of expectations. On...

Voice of the Wealth Owner: Investment Priorities and Performance
Publish Date:
Apr 25 2014

How are wealth owners managing the investment process? Who is making investment decisions, and what kind of results did those decisions yield in a year where the S & P 500 returned 32%? Using recent FOX research, Sara Hamilton will answer these questions and share 2013 asset allocation and performance data for survey participants. She will revi...

Philanthropic Capital: Moving Families Towards Greater Impact and Fulfillment
Publish Date:
Apr 24 2014

While the concept of discussing the values and expectations surrounding philanthropy aren’t new and advisors are tasked with satisfying the gifting expectations of the families they serve, as indicated in the 2013 U.S. Trust and The Philanthropic Initiative research on philanthropy—there is a significant disconnect between advisor...

Taking the Long Term View: Building a Hundred Year Family Enterprise
Publish Date:
Oct 24 2013

Speakers: Sara Hamilton, Founder and CEO, Family Office Exchange and Dennis Jaffe, Ph.D., Saybrook University While most family wealth is newly created, families increasingly look ahead and want to design a multi-generational future that balances all aspects of their family capital. This session will identify the building blocks for a str...

Master Class on Talent Strategies
Publish Date:
Oct 24 2013

Despite the continuing concern over job creation, researchers around the globe identify a lack of available skilled talent as a continuing drag on performance. Inherent in this issue are three profound questions: How do you achieve a successful combination of culture and talent to allow ideas to thrive within the context of the family and family of...

Applying State of the Art Practices in Your Family Office
Publish Date:
Oct 24 2013

At the 2013 Thought Leaders Council Summit, attendees worked collaboratively on outlining what is considered State of the Industry, common practice, and State of the Art, best practice, in the private wealth management industry today. FOX led a similar study in 2000, and 13 years later, the industry has evolved radically with not only signifi...

Transferring Business Ownership
Publish Date:
Oct 24 2013

Transferring Business Ownership: How to Prepare the Family for a Smooth TransitionStephen G. Salley, Of Counsel, Greenberg Traurig, LLC.; Mark Nash, Partner, PwC Private Company Services and Karen Neal, Managing Director, Consulting, Family Office Exchange A recent PwC study on family business owner trends indicated that more than ...

Rewarding High Performance
Publish Date:
Oct 24 2013

Rewarding High Performance: The 2013 FOX Compensation StudyJane Flanagan, Senior Consultant, and Mariann Mihailidis, Managing Director, Councils, Family Office Exchange A family office’s success is largely dependent on selecting and retaining the right employees. So how does a family office develop a compensation and benefits package tha...

Challenges of Family Investment Decision-Making
Publish Date:
Oct 24 2013

Challenges of Family Investment Decision-MakingCliff Hurd, Hurd Enterprises, Ltd., John Goddard, Investment Resources Corp and Charles B. Grace III, Senior Consultant, Family Office Exchange When families make major investment decisions regarding asset allocation, tactical asset allocation, opportunistic investments, and selection and terminat...

Best Practices: Internal Controls
Publish Date:
Jul 18 2013

Walnut Ridge Strategic Management Co. just completed an internal controls audit. Lou Colella and his advisor, Chris Cutrara of Plante Moran provided an in-depth look at their audit experience, including how they identified resources, implementation, and the end results.The biggest issues identified in this case study included: lack of cash controls...

FOX Technology Survey Results
Publish Date:
Jul 17 2013

This session previewed new Family Office Exchange research on family office technology with a look at current software solutions, technology budgets, biggest technology challenges and plans for the future. FOX Senior Consultant Jane Flanagan led the discussion.Key takeaways include:Only 21% of single family offices have a dedicated IT person on sta...

Technology Trends: The Next Wave of Innovation and How it Impacts the Family Office
Publish Date:
Jul 17 2013

Craig Cook of Oakbrook Solutions and Mark Rogozinski of RockIT looked at how progress is impacting back-office operations in the areas of strategy, standardization, reporting and cloud technology as well as the trends that are uppermost in the minds of family office executives.Key takeaways include:Compliance/reporting a top challenge for family of...

Cyber Security: What Is It & What We Are Doing About It
Publish Date:
Jul 17 2013

Our daily life, economic vitality, and family security depend on a stable, safe, and resilient cyberspace. As we all become more reliant on modern technology, we also become more vulnerable to cyber attacks such as corporate security breaches, spear phishing and social media fraud. These threats will be addressed and solutions provided in this sess...

Fraud Alert: A Social Engineering Survival Guide
Publish Date:
Jul 17 2013

Social engineering is the term security experts use to describe fraud campaigns that target human rather than technology elements. This brand of fraud has grown increasingly pervasive in recent years. In fact, with technology-based security programs becoming more sophisticated, more criminals are turning to social engineering. Tristate President Ch...

Preventing Targeted Violence at Work and at Home: Insights from the Frontlines
Publish Date:
Jul 17 2013

Throughout the United States and across the world today, high-net worth executives and individuals are confronting new levels of risk – from the continuity of their operations and the protection of their assets to the safety of their most valuable resource, their people. This personal security expert addresses the risks families face and outl...