President Trump’s recently released proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2018, titled “A New Foundation for American Greatness,” has numerous points of interest for employers, including proposals to: cut the Department of Labor’s budget; slash the budget and workforce of the National Labor Relations Board; reduce the budget of th...
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Tremendous forces are radically reshaping the world of work. Economic shifts are redistributing power, wealth, competition and opportunity around the globe. Disruptive innovations, radical thinking, new business models and resource scarcity are impacting every sector. Businesses across the world are beginning to understand that they need a clear an...
In this 2011 FOX Fall Forum session, key lobbyists and attorneys shared how the new SEC regulations apply to single family offices and outline options for offices that do not qualify for exemption.The new SEC rule defining “family office” and exemption qualifications are as favorable as wealth owners and family office executives could hope. The SEC...
At the the 2011 FOX Financial Executives Forum, the president of the Private Investor Coalition describes how this group of 65 single family offices has worked with Congress and the SEC to secure a broad definition of family offices under terms of the Dodd-Frank Act. The new SEC rule defining “family office” and exemption qualifications are as...
Wealth owners have an 18-month window of opportunity to capitalize on gift, estate, and generation-skipping tax provisions of the 2010 Tax Act. In this session at the 2011 FOX Financial Executives Forum, a noted trusts and estates attorney recommends what to do now. From now until the end of 2012, couples have an opportunity to seize on a gift...
Many individuals are wondering whether the IRS intends to use its new audit unit to develop tax enforcement cases. A former high-ranking executive with the IRS provides answers in this 2011 FOX Financial Executives Forum presentation.The IRS has created a new enforcement unit and hired nearly 3,000 examiners specifically to audit wealthy taxpa...
In this 2011 FOX Financial Executives Forum session, two family offices report on what they learned from their analysis of the costs they incur in meeting the needs of the families they serve. A carefully designed cost/time study is key for family offices in pinpointing cost drivers and inefficiencies in resource utilization as well as in...
Get a glimpse of the family office of the future and the technology employed in securing, managing and distributing data. This 2011 FOX Financial Executives Forum session also looks at how to make the most of existing technology. Conduct periodic assessments of your technology to ensure it aligns with your business goals. Even incremental chan...
Employers and employees have a lot to think about and keep track of when it comes to health benefits. One of the most obvious, but often troublesome issues, is telling employees just what those benefits are. Employers who provide health benefits are required by law to tell employees what the available benefits are and to do so in plain terms that a...
The internet and connected devices are transforming the world, mostly for the better. But for all the advantages cyberspace brings, there are also growing risks for businesses and families, all of which are relevant for family offices. We’re all vulnerable, but wealthy families are particularly attractive targets in the eyes of cybercriminals...
This presentation given at the workshop, "The Evolution of the Small Family Office: Models for Sustainability," covers popular trust structures that promote family involvement, education and succession, and important family considerations and provisions relating to trusts. It also reviews ways to preserve investment management flexibility for a fam...
Two leading tax and legal advisors provide a global perspective on pending changes in regulation in many countries. They identify strategies for consideration based on alternative scenarios that may occur across jurisdictions and the impact this has on planning for the financial family and the private family enterprise. This presentation was origin...
In an age of increased travel, easy access to information and global economic instability, personal security is a major concern for all wealth-owning families. In this 2010 FOX Financial Executives Forum presentation, a family office executive shares her experience in coordinating a security audit with a professional risk consultant to de...
Family office executives are always looking for ways to improve their financial reporting packages and their client relationships. In response to member requests, FOX organized a Best Practice Reporting Workshop in April 2010. Twenty members of FOX’s Financial Executives Network gathered in Chicago to learn about how one’s learning style impa...
A growing number of families use social networking sites to stay connected and share personal and business information. For ultra-wealthy families, however, the risks involved with public websites can be significant. In this 2010 FOX Financial Executives Forum session, Mr. Thijssen reviews how advancements in technology make the creation of a famil...