Liquid Alternatives have risen in popularity for family offices and families as they increasingly bring these vehicles to supplement their alternative allocations. Packaging and delivery of these return streams have been brought to market in the form of Alternative '40 Act Funds or Alternative Private Investment Partnerships. Do the...
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FOX and FDX Capital are pleased to profile current investment strategies of importance to our members, and will ask some investors to provide updates on their activities over the past year. We will also present new sources of deal flow for your consideration, as the dynamics of the private equity industry are changing rapidly. On the research...
Families continue to seek a better way of communicating performance results so that end users can gain a thorough understanding of the impact of strategic asset allocation, rebalancing, tactical shifts, and individual manager results and other performance measures. Critical to the success of such reporting is starting the performance discussion at ...
PFTCs provide significant flexibility with respect to investment management. The governance models afforded under PFTCs allow families to carefully craft the role of investment management, from the what, to the who, to the how. Modern trust laws in select states will allow you to create this flexibility through PFTCs, or for those less ...
In today’s increasing complex global investment marketplace there is an incredible diversity of investment opportunities—each with their own underlying risk/reward characteristics. The Optimal Advisor is now more challenged than ever to assimilate the most effective strategies for the families they serve while continuing to minimize the...
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...
In today’s burgeoning Family Office Industry marketplace, the key word is “Integration”, yet, many firms have not yet learned how to deliver true Integrated Family Wealth Management. Firms often silo their offerings creating tremendous inefficiencies and costs for the client while simultaneously missing tremendous opportunities. S...
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...
For-Warned is For-Armed: The Value of Due DiligenceMatthew P. Morris, Director, Grant & Eisenhofer PA; and Charles B. Grace III, Senior Consultant, Family Office Exchange In the world of alternative investments, it is important for investors to protect themselves and know their rights. This session will explore strategies such as how to ex...
All in the Family: The Risk and Rewards of a Family BankWarner King Babcock, AM Private Enterprises, Inc.; and Karen Neal, Managing Director, Consulting, Family Office Exchange Stimulating…and funding…entrepreneurship within a family enterprise can become risky business. How do you find the balance between encouraging the next ge...
This seminar supports members engaged in direct investments and family-owned funds. The programs offers perspective on the motivations and best practices of families involved in direct investing. The FDX partners will introduce the FDX online deal platform which can be used to access deals sponsored by other families. Members in th...
Wealth owner and family office investment performance bounced back in 2012. So how are these investors feeling about the economy and planning for 2013? FOX will dig into the results of two recent investment surveys to provide a look at both ends of the market - self-directed wealth owners with less than $100M investable and families with family off...
Goals-based wealth allocation sets forth the premise that upward mobility is unlikely without the assumption of idiosyncratic risk. And wealth mobility, as defined by keeping up with one's wealth segment, requires structuring a portfolio within three dimensions of risk: personal, market and aspirational.
The commercial real estate market in New York, San Francisco and Washington may have become overbought in the past year, but wealthy investors can still find attractive opportunities for capital appreciation via direct investment in second-tier markets such as Seattle, Austin and Dallas.
This research report explains what private equity has to offer, answers many of the questions being asked by investors today and explains why now may be an opportune time to make a commitment to a private equity fund of funds, particularly for first-time investors.