Integrating the Rising Generation: Drafting and Design For Cohesion Among Purpose, Structure and Operational Governance When Planning the Estate
In this week’s edition of FFI Practitioner, William Kambas of Withers and Amy Szostak of Northern Trust explore how estate-planning structures can help prepare rising-generation family members to understand, participate in, and eventually steward shared assets.
Instilling Knowledge and Confidence: Why Rising Generation Family Members Need Both Financial Acumen and Personal Empowerment
Thank you to Kristen Heaney and Stephan Lindenthal for this week’s FFI Practitioner discussing peer learning programs as a resource for advisors working with the rising generation.
How Wealthy Families Can Instill a Culture of Stewardship Part II: From Value Contribution to Leadership—Increasing Engagement in the Rising Generation
The second part in this article by Dennis Jaffe and Amy Hart Clyne picks up where Part I ends.
Letting Time Pass You By: Why Next Generation Daughters and Sisters Fail to Negotiate Their Futures Today
Continuing our quarterly series on the FFI conference theme, "Mean Time: Time, Timing, and Timelessness in Family Enterprise,” we are pleased to feature four issues based on presentations that will be made in London in October.
FFI Practitioner: NextGen Development and Intergenerational Communication
Effectively preparing members of the next generation for a variety of diverse roles within the family enterprise is necessary to ensuring the multigenerational success of the family and its business activities.
Discussing Prenuptial Agreements with Next-Generation Family Members
In this week’s issue of FFI Practitioner, Matthew Erskine considers the ways that a prenuptial agreement can be an effective tool for family enterprises not only to protect family assets, but to articulate their philosophy and vision for the family’s future.
Using ESG to Rebuild the “Trust Bonus”
In this week’s FFI Practitioner, Andrea Baars and Cydnee Griffin share findings from PwC’s Global NextGen Survey 2022 on the topic of ESG.
How to Break a Vicious Intergenerational Cycle in Family Enterprises
In this week’s FFI Practitioner, Eduardo Gentil, Bruna Tokunaga Dias, and Renata Brecailo share their observations about a common challenge facing intergenerational enterprising families
“I’m Never Working for My Family Business.” What I Learned from My Transition to My Family Business and Becoming a Family Advisor
In this week’s FFI Practitioner, members of FFI’s Asian Circle Virtual Study Group, Kimberly Go and FFI Fellow Paul Chung, explore the complex choices facing next gen family members about whether to join the family business and the role of family business advisors in helping the family navigate these decisions.
To Empower Members of the Next Generation, We Need to Answer Their Questions
Thank you to Peter Jaskiewicz, Sabine Rau, and Katrina Barclay for an overview of their recent research into the hopes and desires of next generation members of family enterprises.