Single-family offices have to be structurally very flexible.
Each method has its advantages, but it's not a bad idea to utilize both methods.
The ability to stand out from other wealth managers is increasingly a requirement for significant success.
Creative practitioners are putting a new spin on the family office model.
How you explain yourself and your services should hinge on the personality profile of your client.
It doesn't take a lot of clients to significantly increase income, as long as they're the right clients.
The purchase of Aurora Private Wealth in Rockaway, N.J., is Wentworth's fifth acquisition.
A good way to think about becoming a thought leader is to look at the effort as a campaign.
Trusts and estates legal work has become commoditized, but that doesn't mean lawyers in the field can't excel.
Credit Suisse is starting to focus on more mass affluent clientele in lieu of the ultra-wealthy.
Succession plans will fail if you don't address the human and psychological factors involved.
The only logic behind combining or buying RIAs is for the new entity to be more profitable.
To be a thought leader, you have to effectively deliver your content to potential clients.
The lender plans to significantly expand its business for its strategic clients, who are mostly billionaires.
Being client-centered is an attitude and an ethical stance.
Single-family offices are booming and creating greater demand for the expertise accounting firms can provide.
Single-family office executives are expanding and strengthening relationships with their peers.
The trend is principally motivated by the need to segregate personal and business finances.
The plans follow Switzerland’s move years ago to abandon its notorious banking-secrecy laws.
A bridge has to be built between the accountants and the wealth managers.