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One of the greatest concerns among wealthy parents is that the family’s great fortune might inadvertently lead to misfortune for their children. Raising responsible children in affluence is a life-long task requiring patience and persistence. Like learning to read, financial literacy is a process that is best started in early childhood. Teachable m...

This study finds many companies still using divestments as a short-term tactical tool, often to raise cash or pay down debt. That’s no surprise given the difficulties many businesses have faced in terms of cash and credit since the financial crisis. However, in this prolonged period of low growth, divestments are likely to play a more strateg...

This paper answers frequently asked questions on how health care reform will affect companies with more than 50 employees. The report includes sections on options available to employers, penalties for non-compliance and the industries impacted the most.

In a family enterprise - particularly in a multigenerational family business - the company is often the dominant aspect of the family's identity. Adding a philanthropic track to the enterprise not only creates a significant return on investment in terms of the company's relationship with its customers and employees, but also can affirm the core val...

The time to consider the reinvestment risk of selling a family business is before, not after, the sale. A reinvention plan can help by taking into consideration the remaining ties to the business, estate and tax planning issues related to the sale, and personal reinvention for family members as they continue on without the business.

The sale of a business can be one of the most significant events for families of wealth. Often, family members have devoted substantial time and resources to building a successful enterprise.While the sale of the business may be viewed as the successful culmination of years of work, it may also cause concern for the owner, who feels there is not en...

The Worldwide Family Business Tax Guide brings together detailed information on family businesses from 41 countries worldwide. The Guide is a detailed source of information for practitioners, family business owners, tax advisors, tax legislators and tax academics. In trying to distil leading practices and help promote sound tax policy for family bu...

Technology, science, geopolitics, and critical natural forces are changing the way people live, work, and interact with others. What will these changes mean to your family enterprises? To help envision and prepare for the forces of change and how they may affect your family, we turn to the work of “futurists.”

Edelman, the multi generational family owned communications specialist has released its latest research into Family Businesses and the loyalty & trust they command. This research examines the prominent paradox that has arisen in 2014, namely that while family businesses are highly trusted, the wealth they generate is criticized.

Business brokerage services are critically important to the liquidity of small business ownership, business growth, and related jobs preservation and creation. Baby boomers are faced with the prospects of either selling or closing their businesses to retire. Small business owners need and rely upon the professional services of merger and acquisitio...

Some believe you must sacrifice family relationships for success in a family business. But in fact, focus on the family doesn’t drain business success — it enhances it. That is one key finding of a new global family business survey conducted by EY with research partner Kennesaw State University’s Cox Family Ent...

The author provides a paper on medical office investing which begins by sizing the Medical Office Building (MOB) investment universe and contrasting it with the commercial office sector. Supply and demand fundamentals are explored in the context of emerging trends in the delivery of U.S. healthcare. Returns, pricing and ot...

This guide to selling your business provides a high level overview of the business sale process including pre-transaction planning, wealth planning and investment management.

Boards can assist with some of the particularly challenging issues family companies face. There are several different factors that should be considered as a board is created or renewed. While each family company’s situation is unique and every scenario cannot be addressed, the goal is to provide a framework of how corporate governance practic...

This Family Business Corporate Governance Series "What is a Board's Role in a Family Business?" explains how to build an effective board for your family company, and how boards can assist with some of the particularly challenging issues family companies face. This module discusses why you might want to evolve or ch...