Advisors grew assets (both AUM and AUA) by 17% and 15% respectively in 2017; however revenue grew by only 8%. What is the cause of this disconnect between assets and revenues? What are the other trends re-shaping the ultra-wealth advisor market? FOX managing directors David Toth and Karen Rush framed the issues and opportunities that are impac...
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Example document presented at the 2018 FOX Wealth Advisor Forum by James Grubman, Ph.D., Family Wealth Consulting.Session: Longevity, Aging & Incapacity: Cutting-Edge Approaches to Managing Modern Risks
A New Cybersecurity Paradigm Without Usernames & PasswordsCybersecurity has become a rapidly evolving chess game. Authentication is one of the key pillars of cybersecurity, as are data integrity assurances, firewalls, virus scans, and other security protections.In this session, learn how authentication evolved from the early days of "usernames ...
Wealth Managers are facing disruptive innovation from new and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, chatbots, and more. The future of these firms will be led by “bionic”relationship, sales, and service managers who leverage cognitive and analytics solutions to better serve their client'...
According to the 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer, people’s trust in business, government, NGOs and media has yet to recover, revealing growing levels of mistrust globally. However, positive regulatory steps, a renewed focus on client satisfaction and data security, and a clearly communicated social purpose have helped the financial services indu...
New research confirms that ultra-high net worth investors are concerned more about cybersecurity than they are about market volatility, changing interest rates, or asset allocation. Jim Trainor, Senior Vice President with Aon Cyber Solutions and former Assistant Director of the FBI’s Cyber Division, will share his perspective on the evolving ...
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This year’s FOX Wealth Advisor Forum focused on practical, business-building approaches to the many trends and issues affecting advisors to the ultra-wealthy. The forum offered methods to address the accelerating innovations in investment technology and omni-present cybersecurity risks, as well as the increasing longevity of our clients, inte...
In this session, FOX member and guest security expert, Jordan Arnold of K2, explored the cybersecurity trends and threats families and family offices need to be aware of in 2018, including:Personal cybersecurity trends for 2018The difference between identity theft and privacy theftWhy cybersecurity is also a physical security topicIn addition, Jord...
You’ve taken great efforts to enhance the technology security at your organization. Unfortunately, security concerns don’t end with a firewall and anti-virus software. Hackers are employing Social Engineering, where your people – not your systems – are the targets. It’s a powerful tool that involves disguise and exploits our natural hum...
Families of exceptional wealth enjoy abundant resources to achieve family goals, but also face peculiar, idiosyncratic risks not easily managed through traditional means. This session explores a framework for managing those risks while taking advantage of the unique edge which families can have over other investors.In this session, an experienced g...
As new social and geopolitical conflicts arise, threats to a family’s security and well-being change. This landscape has materially shifted over the last few years and, as a result, families need to be prepared to address a variety of personal, physical, and cyber risks.In this session, family security directors from three single family offic...
In the not-too-distant past, it would have been unimaginable for health care coverage to be a point of political debate. Today, Health and Welfare (H&W) benefits, while once only a “perk”, are becoming an integral part of an integrated total compensation package.Employee/contractor status, plan eligibility, operations, and compliance requiremen...
When families and family offices become involved in direct investments, whether as lead or coinvestors, they take significant additional risks that need to be appropriately managed. Such risks include regulatory exposure and potential lawsuits from coinvestors, employees and other stakeholders in the investee companies, and sellers and potential bu...
This session will focus on public (liquid) and private (illiquid) approaches to infrastructure investing. It will highlight risk factors as well as investment considerations and review deployment opportunities including fund-of-funds, direct private equity infrastructure funds and syndicated coinvestments in the infrastructure sector.