The Manifestations of Money in the Business Family: An interview with Claudia Astrachan, Anneleen Michiels, and Randy Waesche
FFI Practitioner is pleased to feature a podcast discussion with Claudia Astrachan, Anneleen Michiels, and Randy Waesche.
A Renewed Call for Accurate Research about Family Wealth Longevity
This week’s FFI Practitioner comes from Jim Grubman, FFI Fellow and family wealth consultant. In his article, Jim considers the origins of the “three-generation rule,” the ways this axiom has been repeated and used by wealth consultants, and the research that has followed in its wake.
How to Preserve Wealth? The Answer is Infrastructure
Thank you to this week’s contributor, Natasha Pearl, for continuing our series of articles by presenters at the virtual 2020 FFI Global Conference, October 26-28. In her article, Natasha outlines the importance of developing an effective infrastructure as an important element in wealth preservation for family enterprises.
Interdependent Wealth: How family systems theory illuminates successful intergenerational wealth transitions
Thanks to this week’s contributor, Steve Legler, for highlighting key concepts in his recently released book, Interdependent Wealth: How Family Systems Theory Illuminates Successful Intergenerational Wealth Transitions, on relationships between family wealth and family systems theory.
Study Finds Children of Millionaires Want to be Stewards of Wealth
Thanks to this week’s author, Natalie McVeigh, for summarizing a recent US-based study on children (ages 16-26) of millionaires, presenting key points that could be useful to advisors, their clients, and researchers globally.
Conversation-Starting Articles to Share with your Clients
One of the primary goals of FFI Practitioner is to provide readers with thought-provoking and practical articles to improve the services they offer to their family enterprise clients and the field in general. To further this mission, this week, we are pleased to feature a selection of articles addressing common topics, across disciplines, that can be used as examples or conversation starters with clients.
A Rose by Any Other Name: Family firm terminology as divider or unifier?
Thank you to Patricia Angus of the FFI Practitioner editorial committee for kicking off a month-long series of editions relating to the theme of “Reflections.” In this week’s edition, Patricia reflects on the complexities of defining some key terminology in the field. In upcoming weeks, we’re excited to continue this reflective theme with pieces by Jamie Weiner, Ken Moores, Paul Chung and Chin Chin Koh, and an interview with Dennis Jaffe. We hope you enjoy the series!