As 2025 comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on the year that that was for FFI Practitioner by counting down the ten most popular editions of the year!

Thank you to William J. Kambas and Linda B. Meade for today’s edition, the fourth of a periodic series of issues dedicated to topics related to private trust companies.

In this week’s FFI Practitioner, FFI Asian Circle Virtual Study Group member Nelson Lam addresses the challenges that can emerge in family enterprises when the successor is the family’s only child, as is the case for those born in China during the country’s one-child policy.

This issue is the fourth in our series of “Articles We Love,” curated by GEN faculty members.

In this week’s edition of FFI Practitioner, FFI Fellow James E. Hughes, Jr., and Keith Whitaker consider the responsibilities of a trustee to a beneficiary.

In this issue of FFI Practitioner, FFI Fellow Matthew Erskine examines the December 2024 Family Business Review article, “Why and How Do Family Firms Go Public? A Socioemotional Wealth Perspective of IPO.”

Thank you to Pauline Lemaire, Daniel Trimarchi, and Wanja Michuki from the Systems Thinking Virtual Study Group for this week’s edition.

Thank you to Asian Circle VSG members Keng-Fun Loh and Randel S. Carlock for this week’s FFI Practitioner.

Thanks to Anneleen Michiels and Claudia Astrachan for this issue exploring another lens for encouraging conversations on values and goals before moving clients into technical solutions.