Thoughts on Singapore’s Appeal as the Asian Hub for Family Offices: Information for advisors
The number of family offices established in Singapore has increased considerably over the past several years.
Flexibility is Key to Succession Planning for LGBTQ, Blended Families, Cohabitation, and other Nontraditional Families
Thanks to this week’s contributor, Matthew Erskine, for his article that explores the importance of building flexibility into the estate planning process for advisors working with nontraditional families.
FFI Practitioner: The many facets of family enterprise governance
For years, family enterprise governance has been among the most popular topics for advisors in the field.
Psychodynamics and Family Governance: An interview with Julien Lescs
This week’s edition of FFI Practitioner features a podcast interview with Julien Lescs, family office advisor and co-founder of Kanopé Impact.
FFI Practitioner: Most Popular Articles from the First Quarter of 2021
We hope you’ve been enjoying the articles published in FFI Practitioner so far this year. This week, we’re pleased to share the most popular editions from the first quarter of 2021!
FFI Practitioner: Curated Articles from the 2020 FFI Fellows
FFI Fellows represent the highest level of professional designation within the organization. They demonstrate ongoing expertise and commitment to the field of family enterprise.
Antifragility: What is it and how does it relate to family businesses?
Thanks to this week’s contributor, Markus Weishaupt, for his article exploring the concept of antifragility and how it may apply to family business clients.
Research Applied: FBR Précis for FFI Practitioner
Thanks to this week’s contributor, Kim Schneider Malek of the FBR Research Applied Board, for her précis of “Founder-Controlled Family Firms, Overconfidence, and Corporate Social Responsibility Engagement: Evidence from Survey Data,” which appears in the March 2021 issue of FBR.
Diary of a Family Enterprise Advisor
Thanks to this week’s contributor, Ruth Steverlynck, for sharing her diary of some insights she’s acquired as a family enterprise advisor.
The B Corp: A global values framework for the family enterprise
Thanks to Brett Coffman for this week’s edition discussing “B Corps” and how related assessments may provide your family enterprise clients a framework to codify family values around a set of corporate principles that relate to discussions of social responsibility.
Research Applied: FBR Précis for FFI Practitioner
This week, we are pleased to publish the first précis of the 2021 Applied Research Board.
How We Survived Our First Virtual Family Meeting
Thanks to Shelley Taylor, a family business advisor and family council chair for her own family business, for describing her family’s experience hosting its first virtual family meeting.
FFI Practitioner: Articles by FFI GEN Advanced Certificate Faculty
This week we are pleased to feature a collection of articles by faculty members for the FFI Global Education Network (GEN) advanced courses.
Personal Life Crisis: How it can affect leadership in the Family Enterprise
Thanks to Steven Rolfe for this week’s edition about the importance of recognizing the impacts that a family business leader’s personal life crisis can have on the entire enterprise. In his article, Steven shares two examples and his reflections for practitioners to consider when their clients are confronted with such a scenario.
Five Sisters and Two Executors: A case study
Thanks to Vijay Sathe, Alfredo Enrione, Donna Finley for this week’s edition, which is a case study about how five sisters, who suddenly and unexpectedly inherited their father’s businesses, and how they dealt with the influence of two executors to reach harmonious ownership of the family enterprise.
Family Offices and Artwork: Mitigating the Risks
Thanks to Matthew Erskine for this week’s issue discussing the most important steps that family offices and their clients can take to mitigate risk to clients’ collections of art and other collectibles.
From the Managing Editor: Moving forward in 2021
As we embark upon a new year for FFI Practitioner, we are pleased to share a letter about the year ahead from our Managing Editor, Dan Frosh.
FFI Practitioner: Most Popular Articles of 2020
As 2020 comes to a close, you can take a look back at the FFI Practitioner “year that was” by going to www.ffipractitioner.org — where you will find all 50 issues.
The Family Business with a Thousand Faces: How myths and archetypes cast the family business narrative
Thanks to FFI Fellow Guillermo Salazar, a member of the FFI Iberoamérica Virtual Study Group, for this article that explores the relationship between the hero archetype and storytelling in family enterprises.
Family Philanthropy and Donor-Advised Funds: A multi-generational approach to giving
In this week’s edition of FFI Practitioner, author John Canady examines how donor-advised funds (DAFs) can provide enterprising families an alternative to establishing a family foundation to accomplish their philanthropic objectives.