Family Enterprise

Below are resources that address the complex and vast landscape of Family Enterprise.

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Complex Family Enterprise: A new way to describe a growing phenomenon

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published in Trusts & Estates, March 2023 Trusts and estates practitioners (for example, lawyers, accountants and investment advisors) take their clients as they find them. If you’re writing a will or doing an estate plan,...
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Mental Health and Estate Planning

Patricia joins Arden O'Connor of the Beyond the Balance Sheet podcast in a discussion of how mental illness may impact the estate planning process. Click below to listen for insightful information and aspects to consider. Listen on Apple Podcasts
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In Tax We Trust: Implications of growing societal and client trends

By Patricia M. Angus - Originally published on WealthManagement.com on February 13, 2022 Most private wealth advisors (including trusts and estates lawyers, accountants and investment advisors) assume that a primary goal of their work is to reduce their clients’ taxes...
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Guidance for Family Offices: How to approach ESG investing

By Patricia Angus and Camille Korschun - Originally published in Family Enterprise Insights, March 2021 Introduction: Environmental, Social, and Governance investing (ESG investing) is an approach that incorporates factors beyond financial return in an investment decision. Namely, the investor incorporates...
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Family Enterprise in The Center of it All

By Patricia M. Angus - Originally published on WealthManagement.com, December 2020 It’s impossible to look at 2020 and not see family enterprises in the center of the astounding confluence of events that shook the world in the past year. Family...
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Founding Women of Family Wealth

Patricia Angus convened the Founding Women of Family Wealth for a series of panel discussions exploring the practitioner perspective, at Columbia Business School Global Family Enterprise Program. Below are links to: "What is wealth?" and "Competition vs. Collaboration": https://youtu.be/qd7ZTwWPBC4 A...
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House of Redstone: Family Enterprise in Three Acts

By Patricia M. Angus - Originally published on Columbia CaseWorks Fall 2018 What family enterprise, ownership, and governance lessons can be gleaned from the multigenerational saga of the Redstone family? Read Full Article on Columbia Business School Caseworks
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Governance for Business-Owning Families (Part II): It starts at the top

By Patricia M. Angus - Originally published in WealthManagement.com March 2018 The world is full of family businesses. Literally. Most of the world’s businesses are owned, controlled and often managed by a group of family members.1 These families face challenges...
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Governance for Business-Owning Families (Part I): An often overlooked challenge

By Patricia M. Angus - Originally published in WealthManagement.com March 2017 Families who own businesses face a challenge they often overlook, that is, “governing” all that they do together inside, and outside, of the business. Admittedly, governance itself is fraught...
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Next Gen 2.0: Taking things to a higher level

By Patricia M. Angus - Originally published in Trusts & Estates in March 2016.  You can’t miss it (or them). “Next Gen” is everywhere. The private wealth management industry is awash in Next Gen summits, educational programs, research studies and...
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Estate and Wealth Planning for Family Enterprises: Reality – not myth – As the Proper Starting Point

By Patricia M. Angus - Originally published on FFI on April 15, 2015. The 2015 FFI Global Conference theme of “myths and realities” provides an excellent opportunity to focus attention on how best to advise family enterprises for the long-term...
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Pritzker Family Enterprise: A Family Governance Case Study

By Patricia M. Angus - Originally published on Columbia CaseWorks Fall 2013 What does the Pritzker family story, one of the wealthiest and most philanthropic families in the United States, tell us about family governance? Read Full Article on Columbia...
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Reality Trumps Myth: Pritzker family enterprise story

By Patricia M. Angus - Originally published in Trusts & Estates, March 2014 Family business, trust and estate planners have been relying on a set of assumptions about client goals, family relationships and the definition of “success” for as long...
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Family Meetings Come of Age: How to create an effective forum for all generations

By Patricia M. Angus - Originally published on WealthManagement.com, 2013 As older members of the Baby Boom generation were reaching adulthood, I spent many an hour watching the bevy of TV shows that were focused on the ways that the...
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Family Governance: A Primer for Philanthropic Families

By Patricia M. Angus - Originally published on NCFP Passages in 2004. Families who engage in philanthropy together have a unique opportunity to make a positive impact on the world and to share an experience that can enrich their lives...
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Complex Family Enterprise: A new way to describe a growing phenomenon

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published in Trusts & Estates, March 2023 Trusts and estates practitioners (for example, lawyers, accountants and investment advisors) take their…

Read More

Mental Health and Estate Planning

Patricia joins Arden O’Connor of the Beyond the Balance Sheet podcast in a discussion of how mental illness may impact the estate planning process. Click…

Read More

In Tax We Trust: Implications of growing societal and client trends

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published on WealthManagement.com on February 13, 2022 Most private wealth advisors (including trusts and estates lawyers, accountants and investment…

Read More

Guidance for Family Offices: How to approach ESG investing

By Patricia Angus and Camille Korschun – Originally published in Family Enterprise Insights, March 2021 Introduction: Environmental, Social, and Governance investing (ESG investing) is an…

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Family Enterprise in The Center of it All

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published on WealthManagement.com, December 2020 It’s impossible to look at 2020 and not see family enterprises in the center…

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Founding Women of Family Wealth

Patricia Angus convened the Founding Women of Family Wealth for a series of panel discussions exploring the practitioner perspective, at Columbia Business School Global Family…

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House of Redstone: Family Enterprise in Three Acts

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published on Columbia CaseWorks Fall 2018 What family enterprise, ownership, and governance lessons can be gleaned from the multigenerational…

Read More

Governance for Business-Owning Families (Part II): It starts at the top

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published in WealthManagement.com March 2018 The world is full of family businesses. Literally. Most of the world’s businesses are…

Read More

Governance for Business-Owning Families (Part I): An often overlooked challenge

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published in WealthManagement.com March 2017 Families who own businesses face a challenge they often overlook, that is, “governing” all…

Read More

Next Gen 2.0: Taking things to a higher level

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published in Trusts & Estates in March 2016.  You can’t miss it (or them). “Next Gen” is everywhere. The…

Read More

Estate and Wealth Planning for Family Enterprises: Reality – not myth – As the Proper Starting Point

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published on FFI on April 15, 2015. The 2015 FFI Global Conference theme of “myths and realities” provides an…

Read More

Pritzker Family Enterprise: A Family Governance Case Study

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published on Columbia CaseWorks Fall 2013 What does the Pritzker family story, one of the wealthiest and most philanthropic…

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Reality Trumps Myth: Pritzker family enterprise story

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published in Trusts & Estates, March 2014 Family business, trust and estate planners have been relying on a set…

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Family Meetings Come of Age: How to create an effective forum for all generations

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published on WealthManagement.com, 2013 As older members of the Baby Boom generation were reaching adulthood, I spent many an…

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Family Governance: A Primer for Philanthropic Families

By Patricia M. Angus – Originally published on NCFP Passages in 2004. Families who engage in philanthropy together have a unique opportunity to make a…

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