Family offices

Paul Algreen, the executive managing director and chief technology officer at Cresset Capital in Chicago, took the opportunity to turn the firm's tech stack from a "blank slate" to the scaling juggernaut it is.

For accountants with clients with multiple entities, one of the biggest bottlenecks is in multi-entity consolidation, especially family offices. How can you, as their trusted advisor, help combat the issue?

Ultrahigh net worth families often use extended networks of professionals and advisors — which is precisely what makes their financial data uniquely vulnerable.

The financial services giant lets wealthy clients pick and choose things like assistance with cybersecurity, alternative investments and estate planning.

The complementary offerings of family office and wealth management firms have the potential to capture UHNW wallet share and drive up revenues in tandem.

The figure would mark a 73% jump from the current $5.5 trillion controlled by people represented by family offices, according to the report.

Unexpected perks of family philanthropy can include mended rifts, improved financial literacy and next-gen involvement in generational wealth.

The New York-based firm recently passed $2 billion in AUM and now has over 30 financial advisors.

Meager security budgets, flammable family dynamics and set-in-their-ways employees can put assets, and sometimes the safety of family members themselves, at risk.

Ultrarich individuals and families worth more than $150 billion are helping drive a resurgence in private equity buyouts, providing capital for some of the year's biggest acquisitions to overcome a tough dealmaking environment.