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Should you add a Family Office to your wealth management firm?

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As many of you know, my passion is in working with the ultra-high net worth space. I've spent the majority of my career in business development and marketing around the ultra-high net worth investor community. And within that specifically, I have a lot of expertise and passion around the family office space. Family offices are a booming industry, and many wealth managers are looking to embark on it.

Our firm has worked with many wealth management firms go to market with family office services.

  • But what exactly are family offices?

  • What do they do that's different than a wealth management firm?

  • Can anyone just call themselves a family office?

  • Are there legal restrictions to being a family office?

  • Why would someone hire a family office? How do family offices charge?

    All of those are going to be answered in this video where I have the great pleasure of having one are my top resources in the family office space join me.

    Ron Geffner from Sadis and Goldberg, a full practice law firm based in New York City, is going to join me and talk about all of these questions that I had and answer them for you. So with that, let's get started.

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