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Please join us for a continuation of our conversation with the Industry Founders panel. James (Jay) E. Hughes Jr., Author of Family Wealth: Keeping it in the Family, and of Family - The Compact Among Generations Sara Hamilton, Founder and Board Chair, FOX Dennis T. Jaffe, Senior Research Fellow, BanyanGlobal Family Business Advisors Ellen Per...

For nearly 40 years, the pioneers of the family wealth profession have been working with family leaders and family office executives to help their families manage and grow their enterprises, strengthen their family systems and well-being, and deliver a positive impact on their communities and the world. For the first time ever, FOX will gather on t...

Once the family enterprise is clear on which values it aims to preserve, the next step is to integrate and execute those values in an intentional way. Enter: The B Corps. Certified B Corporations are leaders in the global movement for an inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economy. Join this session to learn how one family office achieved B Corp...

Many family businesses are undergoing or anticipating transitions, prompting the need for trusted advisors more than ever. This session features experts who have deep breadth of experience in helping families manage business transitions and the complexity that comes with them, including new liquidity, helping founders find their next purpose, and m...

Research indicates that multigenerational involvement is the single most important factor in sustaining family wealth into the third generation and beyond. Furthermore, the families that most successfully integrate younger members into their family operations seem to share the same philosophies and core values. It’s a family enterprise mindset that...

Runaway data growth is probably one of the greatest risk factors facing organizations today. With many organizations struggling to deal with the rapid explosion of data, coupled with increasingly aggressive regulatory enforcement, how should they drive change in information governance to achieve operational efficiencies and guard against data breac...

In a rapidly evolving virtual world, many family offices are revising or creating document retention practices to make sure they have secure access to critical personnel and family financial records. Through a series of FAQs and a checklist of what documents to retain, you can ensure that you have an up-to-date document retention policy as part of ...

The Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA) is the first significant update to the U.S. anti-money laundering laws in 20 years and gives FinCEN significant authority to adopt necessary regulations to implement the provisions of the CTA. Under this new compliance environment, there will be new burdens—including the filing of “beneficial ownership” info...

Lawmakers have passed the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) to help in the ongoing fight against fraud, corruption, terrorism financing, and money laundering. The CTA contains significant new federal reporting obligations, and it may have an especially onerous impact on estate planning for those who accomplish their planning goals through the u...

On September 30, 2022, the Department of the Treasury issued final rules addressing the scope of the reporting requirements for beneficial ownership and control of entities provided under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which creates more clarity for families looking to understand their reporting requirements and potential exceptions. While t...

As the expectations and responsibilities of boards continue to grow, the corporate directors’ key priorities and considerations shift to four areas of focus: corporate purpose, values, and culture; business strategies built upon corporate purpose; enterprise risk management; and communications and reporting that highlight the need ...

Successful strategic growth planning occurs when a company identifies opportunities for growth and then focuses its organization to be efficient and effective in the pursuit of those opportunities. Having proper preparation and governance is key to reach and sustain that success. This e-book will help jump start a company’s move towards that journe...

Potential drains on business efficiency include groups of remote workers unable to communicate well with one another, tools that make it hard to adapt to changes or new needs, and the high cost of equipment and IT personnel. Integrating cloud-based solutions address these areas, including better workflow and collaboration and document management. I...

Choosing the right governance practices in a family business is a critical ingredient for its long-term sustainability. This report—the third in a series of four on family business succession—examines the many layers of family and business governance systems and mechanisms and the ways in which the evolving principles of good governance c...

It is not uncommon for enterprising families to end up making sub-optimal capital allocation decisions due to limited visibility into, and planning around, the entirety of their shared family assets. To optimize the value of shared family capital, both the business and other entities or advisors in the enterprise ecosystem must work in harmony. Wit...