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Join FOX for a lively discussion addressing the roles and obstacles of the rising generation, with author and innovator in financial education and well-being for families, Joline Godfrey, and FOX’s Director, Relationship Manager, Heather Abramson. We will highlight vexing obstacles the rising gen faces, the possibilities for claiming one’s roles an...

In April of 2023, FOX released the Rising Gen Research Brief, the findings from rising gen focus groups, and a survey, conducted in 2022. This session will dive into the data through the lens of our rising gen panelists. We will learn how they experience, work through, and address the rising gen challenges in their lives and families. By discussing...

For the past 3 decades, the private wealth industry has been heavily focused on, and dominated by, highly technical disciplines, such as investment management, tax and accounting, and trust and estate planning, with solutions primarily serving the financial capital of enterprise families and the vision of prior generations. The qualitative needs an...

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...

Many wealth advisors and specialists have a strong technical or financial background, but the importance of cultivating interpersonal and relational skills to serve families cannot be overstated. Join a panel of exceptional peers who discuss the invaluable impact of continuous development in the everchanging environment many advisors and specialist...

There are few issues in family business that create more conflict and tension than the employment of family members. The complexities involved and the breakdowns in communication and trust can contribute significantly to the alarmingly high rate of failed intergenerational transitions in family business. The good news is that there is a way for fam...

From Australia to United States and many places in between, this Global Employer Guide reflects an easy-to-read summary of employment law that changed in each country over the past year, including pandemic-related changes where applicable. Visa processes, employee rights, contract requirements, transfer of business considerations, privacy standards...

With the passage of time, the fear-based approach of Wealth 2.0 has evolved to a more positive, strengths-based paradigm. This new approach—the Wealth 3.0—is a call to action for greater professionalism and rigor by the diverse practitioners of family wealth advising. Dr. James Grubman, Dr. Dennis T. Jaffe, and Kristin Keffeler illuminate what need...

Whether an employee leaves for another job or because the employer decided it was time for the employee to go, employers typically need to figure out how to replace a departing worker. Sometimes, the break is clean. Other times, it can be complicated. Regardless of the reason or circumstance, now-former employees may have post-employment obligation...

Consumer Protection Attorney Anthony DiResta takes a look at the Federal Trade Commission's proposed rule to ban non-compete clauses in employment agreements. Mr. DiResta analyzes wide-ranging implications of the proposed rule and provides questions for companies to consider when submitting public comments on it. Download the file fo...

With the shift moving away from a fear-based approach to a more positive paradigm, Wealth 3.0 presents the way forward in the wealth advising community. In practice, Wealth 3.0 empowers family clients to work together toward the creative possibilities their wealth and business can offer. Here are some of the practical shifts in mindset and practice...

As the largest intergenerational wealth transfer in history unfolds during a time of rapid technological, climate, and social change, some families view philanthropy as a way to build family cohesion and teach younger members a sense of responsibility. Philanthropy can be a unifying force – but it can also lead to conflict as families work to balan...

In 2022 Dr. Jamie Weiner published The Quest for Legitimacy: How Children of Prominent Families Find Their Place in the World, a collection of qualitative research modeling rites of passage, pathways to individuation, creating trusted partnerships, and addressing family dynamics. Similarly, in 2022 FOX has conducted focus groups and a rising gen st...

The transition from 2022 to 2023 has been met with significant economic challenges, leaving employers to contemplate and prepare for workforce reductions. This guide provides a quick access to the Terminations of Employment sections from the Global Employer Guide 2023 where you will find additional employment policies across nearly 20 countrie...

In today’s global economy, more companies than ever have employees in numerous countries, often relying on a mobile global workforce to expand into new markets and meet strategic and operational needs. This updated Global Employer Guide includes basic outlines of employment requirements in nearly 20 countries in a concise table format that all...