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The Role Of Brand, Culture And Planning In Running A Successful Wealth Manager - FOX
12 June 2013
Brand, culture and long-term planning are some of the most important aspects of running a successful wealth management firm, according to industry leaders.
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Business Owners Feel More Comfortable Holding Illiquid Assets - FOX Study
4 June 2013
Business-owning families are more comfortable investing in other illiquid businesses and are also drawn to tangible assets, new research from Family Office Exchange suggests. Studying a group of 56 wealthy families, some of whom were business owners and others who were financial families, FOX found that the business owners had higher holdings of real estate and direct private equity . Business owners allocated 17 per cent and 12 per cent to real estate and private equity respectively, compared to 9 per cent and 4 per cent for financial families.
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The Key To Success With Millennial Talent, Clients - FOX Wealth Advisor Forum
30 May 2013
The millennial challenge for wealth management firms is twofold: they need to be thinking about their future clients and their future employees. That was one of the key messages of a talk at this year’s FOX Wealth Advisor Forum.
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Designing An Effective Family Office - FOX Workshop
5 April 2013
Family Office Exchange unveiled the theme of its latest workshop as “designing an effective family office. ” The event will run for a day and a half and cover best practices collected from the firm’s benchmarking and consulting projects over the year . “The ‘Family Office Blueprint’ is a detailed sequence of steps used to customize a family office to a particular family situation,” FOX said.
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FOX Unveils Focus Of Upcoming Wealth Advisor Forum
27 March 2013
Family Office Exchange is set to hold its annual Wealth Advisor Forum in May, with a focus this year on advising private business owners. The event will be held in Coral Gables, FL, on May 1-2, and feature keynote speakers Howard Bragman and Dan Schawbel . A line-up of speakers will discuss the outlook for private business and wealth owners over the next decade, as well as strategies for addressing the advisor talent shortage and industry benchmarks.
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MFOs Find Growth In Tough Economic Environment - FOX
21 February 2013
Multi-family offices and other wealth advisory firms are managing to grow solidly despite the weak economic environment, according to a new benchmarking study from Family Office Exchange.
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North America Executive Moves: January 2013
8 February 2013
Baird is planning to open a new wealth management office in the Northeast and has brought in Peter Miller from Wells Fargo to lead the effort. Miller is charged with recruiting experienced advisors in the Northeast to staff a new office there; the precise location of the new office has not been determined yet . Miller himself will be based at the firm’s St Louis office.
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FOX Appoints International Head
17 January 2013
Family Office Exchange, a membership organization of single family offices and advisors, has appointed Christian Sulger-Büel as managing director for FOX International. He will be based in London . Sulger-Büel’s task is to expand and support the FOX network around the world, the organization said in a statement.
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US Trust Targets "Modern American Family" With Dynamic HNW Offering
15 January 2013
US Trust, part of Bank of America, has unveiled an integrated offering for the "modern wealthy American family" that addresses the complex and evolving needs of parents, children and extended family members.
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Client Reporting "Tipping Point" Within Three Years - PCR
20 November 2012
The time-consuming and complex nature of financial reporting is likely to trigger a "major exodus" in family offices outsourcing this duty, Rob Fiore of Private Client Resources recently told Family Wealth Report.
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Comment and Analysis
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Regulation Puts Squeeze On Global Wealth Industry - RBC/Capgemini
The rising level of financial sector regulation means that fewer firms will be able to offer the full suite of wealth management products, according to the RBC/Capgemini World Wealth Report.
Tom Burroughes
19 June 2013
Guest Opinion: An Earnings Report Every Hedge Fund Manager Should Review
Here Diane Harrison, principal and owner of Panegyric Marketing, argues that the debate over fees in the hedge fund industry often focuses on the wrong topics.
Diane Harrison
20 March 2013
Q&A: Rockefeller & Co's Jimmy Chang On The Investment Environment
Here, Jimmy Chang, a senior portfolio manager and a managing director of Rockefeller & Co, discusses some issues around investing in the current environment.
Harriet Davies
4 April 2013
INTERVIEW: Regular Risk Reviews Gain Traction In The Family Office World
The period between 2008 and 2012 saw an uptick in risk reviewing business at New York’s Rothstein Kass Family Offices Group, says partner Evan Jehle.
Harriet Davies
9 April 2013
FEATURE: Twins And The Business Of Family
Building functionality into a family’s business affairs involves defining each person’s role but it’s never easy to think differently about family members who were children at the dinner table, but are now adults around the board table.
Charles Lowenhaupt
8 April 2013
Guest Opinion: Diversification In The Age Of Globalisation
Marc Odo, director of research at software and business intelligence firm Informa Investment Solutions, discusses why diversification failed during the credit crisis.
Marc Odo
25 March 2013
