June 12-13, 2018 | Chicago, IL
Families and executives who are thinking about being more strategic and professionalizing their family office want to do it right. They want to know what steps to take, when to take them, and how to avoid costly mistakes and setbacks. Many can’t see down the road or don't know what component pieces will be needed to devise a family office and family enterprise strategy.
Location:
University of Chicago Gleacher Center
450 North Cityfront Plaza
Chicago, IL 60611
Recommended for: Wealth Owners and family office executives considering developing and improving their family office.
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Drawing on almost 30 years of experience and using our proprietary Family Office Blueprint™ process, FOX presents the Family Office Design Workshop designed for families thinking about developing and improving their family office.
This comprehensive, two-day workshop addresses issues – strategic and tactical – that family members and family office executives need to understand:
- Family Office Overview
- Governance Structure and Oversight of the Family Office
- Scope of services and delivery
- Talent and Team Structure
- Technology and Data Security
- Costs of the Family Office
- Next Steps in the Design Process
- Best Practices and Measures of Success
The workshop includes the sharing of FOX proprietary concepts, practical solutions, and incorporates brand new data from our 2017 family office benchmarking survey. The program will be interactive, including presentations and discussion by senior facilitators and networking with your peers.
Family members and family office executives are encouraged to attend. We look forward to seeing you and your peers on June 12-13 in Chicago for this intimate workshop.
Family Office Exchange is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.NASBARegistry.org.
Tuesday, June 12, 2018 |
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| 8:00am | Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:30am | Welcome and Introductions |
| 9:00am |
Family Office Overview Speaker: Charles B. Grace, III, Managing Director, Family Office Exchange This session introduces the building blocks and sophisticated dimensions of the family office and the family enterprise. Key issues such as reasons to form and maintain an office, establishment of office goals and their alignment with the family’s needs, attributes of multi-generational and holistic wealth management, roles of family members and the office, and evolution of the office will be examined. |
| 10:15am | Networking Break |
| 10:30am |
Governance Structure and Oversight of the Family Office Speaker: Sara Hamilton, CEO and Founder, Family Office Exchange Effective governance structures and decision-making processes help guide the family office. That said, this session offers an understanding of governance in a family office and family enterprise setting, including key elements such as vision, leadership, decision-making, and types of oversight structures. The degree of formality and evolution of that governance over different generations will be explored. |
| 11:45am | Strategic Planning Peer Discussion |
| 12:15pm | Luncheon |
| 1:30pm |
Scope of Services and Delivery Speakers: Services provided by family offices are, by definition, customized and integrated to meet the needs of managing a family’s wealth (tax, investment, recordkeeping, etc.). They also help support family engagement and communication by organizing family meetings and educating the next generation. The scope of the “modern” family office’s services and their delivery, including strategies for insourcing vs. outsourcing, are considered. |
| 2:45pm | Networking Break |
| 3:00pm |
Interactive Discussion: Talent and Team Structure Speakers: The skill set and integrity of the family office staff have the greatest impact on the office’s success. In this session, we explore the roles and responsibilities of key staff members, organizational structures, alignment of staff skills with services, coordination and oversight of third party advisors, and compensation and benefits strategies. |
| 4:30pm | Adjourn |
| 5:30pm | Cocktail Reception & Dinner |
Wednesday, June 13, 2018 |
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| 8:30am | Breakfast |
| 9:00am |
Technology and Data Security Speaker: Jane Flanagan, Managing Director, Family Office Exchange The family office is the primary source of consolidated financial information. This session addresses the integration challenge inherent in consolidating data from multiple sources and identifies appropriate technology architecture and solutions. Better reporting means better decisionmaking. In addition, solutions to enhance family communications, relations, and cohesion as well as confidentiality and data security are examined. |
| 10:00am | Networking Break |
| 10:15am |
Costs of the Family Office Speaker: Charles B. Grace, III, Managing Director, Family Office Exchange Leveraging the insights from the FOX benchmarking survey, Charles B. Grace, III, will present data and concepts about family office (and total wealth management) costs and outline common allocation methods and fee structures. The important relationship between cost and complexity will be explained as well as techniques for weighing cost vs. value. |
| 11:15am | Facilitated Attendee Peer Discussion |
| 12:30pm | Luncheon |
| 1:30pm |
Practical Applications – Next Steps in the Design Process Facilitators: This interactive session is designed to help you document your family’s needs and plans using a series of exercises to clarify your next steps in the design process. |
| 2:45pm | Networking Break |
| 3:00pm |
Best Practices and Measures of Success Speakers: How will your family measure the success of your family office? This session explores the quantitative and qualitative metrics that families use to evaluate the office’s performance each year and outlines several best practices that have helped FOX families survive and thrive for generations. |
| 4:00pm | Adjourn |
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Sara HamiltonFounder and CEO, Family Office Exchange
Sara Hamilton is the Founder and CEO of Family Office Exchange (FOX), the definitive source of information and best practices associated with the business of managing the family enterprise and the family’s wealth across generations. The strength of the FOX network is derived from the collective knowledge and experience of over 490 globally-minded family enterprises and their advisors based in 20 countries.
Sara is the co-author of Family Legacy and Leadership: Preserving True Family Wealth in Challenging Times, © 2010, Wiley & Sons. For the past 10 years, she has served on the Executive Education faculty of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business for the course on Private Wealth Management offered twice a year in Chicago. She is a member of the World Economic Forum‘s Global Advisory Council on the Future of Investing and a board member for the Private Directors Association.
Ms. Hamilton was recently named one of the The 50 Most Influential Women in Private Wealth by PAM and was honored with this award for three years running by Wealth Manager. She serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Wealth Management and Trusts and Estates magazine.
Charles B. Grace, IIIManaging Director, Family Office Exchange
Charles B. Grace, III is Managing Director at Family Office Exchange (FOX). He works on projects for families and family offices. Assignments include work on strategic planning, family office and family enterprise design, governance, development of investment programs, and advisor selection, among others. Charlie is also active on the family office and advisor membership and research side at FOX, including investment focused studies and other initiatives.
Charlie has been active for 20 years in the family office community advising high net worth families and serving as a resource to high net worth families and family offices. He advised on investment portfolios and wealth management generally for 10 years working day-to-day at the multi-family office Ashbridge Investment Management LLC and the single family office Ashbridge, LLC. His responsibilities included client relationships, business development, and membership on the firm’s investment committee, as well as business operations and firm strategy as Chairman of the Management Committee of the $1 billion investment advisory firm. He still serves on the Board of the single family office Ashbridge, LLC. Charlie has been quoted in various publications on the subject of private wealth management, including The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and New York Times and presented at many conferences focused on private investors and family offices.
Charlie is on the Executive Committee, as well as Treasurer and Investment Committee member, of the nonprofit Tuttle Fund, Inc. He graduated from the Washington College of Law with a J.D. He received a B.A. and M.A. in history from Bates College and the American University, respectively.
Jane FlanaganManaging Director, Family Office Exchange
As a Managing Director with Family Office Exchange (FOX), Jane serves as Second Chair for the FOX Owner Operator and FOX Financial Executive Councils and works as a developer, writer and editor of FOX white papers and Guides. Jane has been with the firm since 1993 and has served in a number of roles providing value to FOX members, including Director of Family Office Research, Director of Membership, and as a Senior Consultant to family offices and financial institutions on the wealth management process and family office operations.
Jane managed the firm’s annual FOX Family Office Benchmarking™ research studies for several years and co-authored many FOX publications including: The FOX Guide to the Professional Family Office, 50 Best Practices for an Enduring Family Enterprise, and Financial Reporting in the Family Office. She is a member of the 100-Year Families Research Team led by Dennis Jaffe and contributor to Good Fortune: Building a Hundred Year Family Enterprise. She develops content for FOX learning events, including the FOX Family Office Design Workshop and the FOX Family Enterprise Thinking Workshop and serves as a content resource for the Membership and Consulting Teams at FOX.
Prior to her tenure with FOX, Jane was a Relationship Manager on the global custody Foundation and Endowment Team at The Northern Trust Company. She received a B.A. in Political Science from St. Norbert College.
Venue:
University of Chicago Gleacher Center
450 North Cityfront Plaza
Chicago, IL 60611
Accommodations:
455 North Park Drive Chicago, IL, 60611
1.312.840.6600
Please note that the room block at the Loews is now closed. Do you need assistance with hotel reservations? Please email us directly at events@familyoffice.com and we are happy to assist.
FOX has reserved a limited number of rooms at the Loews Chicago Hotel, one block from the Gleacher Center, at a rate of $339 per night plus applicable taxes. To obtain this discounted rate, please contact the Loews Chicago Hotel directly at 1.877.868.8232 and mention the FOX Family Office Design Workshop. You may also make your room reservation online here.
Workshop attendees are responsible for making their own accommodation arrangements. The cutoff date for hotel reservations at this special conference rate (subject to room availability) is Wednesday, May 16, 2018.