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EY Global Family Business
Center of Excellence

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Dear Reader
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The Center for Family Business

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Peter Englisch

Peter Brock

EY

EY

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Separation

The reasons why

Centralization of risk

Centralization of other services

Governance and management structure

Why might there be doubts about setting up a

Alignment of interest
Cost

Potential higher returns

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The multi family office offering

Financial planning
Investment management services

The preference for privacy

Trust of external managers

Expectations on returns

Philanthropic management

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Life management and budgeting


Training and education

Succession planning

Tax and legal advisory

Strategy
Reporting and record keeping

Compliance and regulatory assistance


Administrative services
Estate and wealth transfer

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Determining servicing priorities:


the make-or-buy dilemma

Risk management and


insurance services

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The traditional model

Type of services

Service category

In-house

Outsourced

Investment management and


asset allocation
Tax and legal advisory
Reporting and record keeping

Philanthropic management
Compliance and regulatory
assistance

Table 3.1. Key determinants of the make-or-buy decision


Cost and budget

Risk management and insurance


services
Life management and budgeting

Expertise

Training and education

Regulatory restrictions
Technology and infrastructure
Complexity

Business advisory

Estate and wealth transfer


Administrative services

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Case study

Daniel Goldstein

Other external factors

Time-cost-quality

Likelihood of change

Repetition of the function


Value of the function

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The costs of running a

Staff costs

Assets

Administrative
Hybrid

Chief

Chief

Chief

Investment
analysts

staff

Fully integrated
Accountants

Source:

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think

Decisions

Decision-maker
In-house managed

In-house advised

Outsourced

Objectives and policy

Principal

Principal

Principal

Strategic asset allocation

Principal

Trustees

Trustees

Mandate design and manager selection

Internal
investment team

Internal
investment team

Advisor/fund
manager of funds

Security selection

Internal
investment team

Fund
manager

Fund
manager

Asset

Asset

Asset

Note: The lighter the shade, closer are the principal-agents. Deeper shade indicates higher level of principal-agent concerns.
Source: World Economic Forum, Future of Long-term Investing, 2011.

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professionals

Retaining talent

1. Compensation

2. Feedback

Family

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Constructing a business plan

The entrepreneur and the family business

Operational model

Family skills
Jurisdiction

The choice of jurisdiction, legal, regulatory and tax issues is


addressed in Appendix 1 and 2

Family business

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scoping design build test


deploy

Figure 7.1. The phases of business planning


Scoping study

Step 1

Design

Scoping

Step 2

Design

Scoping study proposed approach


Business model assessment
Business and operating model alignment
Operating model assessment
Program management
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Risk management

Figure 8.1. Risk management system

Risk

Return
Liquidity

Risk management system

Key risk areas

Source: xx.

Risk mitigation

Cost reduction

Risk management systems

Back to Business, Family

Building a Family

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Turning risks into results

Value creation

Figure 8.3. The key risk areas that drive results


The RISK Agenda: Research study leading practices
Enhance risk strategy

Embed risk management

Figure 8.2. Risk management process


Risk measurement

Risk reporting

Risk mitigation

Turning
risk into
results

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Enable risk management |

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Case study
JMH Capital Management

The investment process

Background

Family

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Role of the family

Stress testing and modeling

Figure 9.1. Projected total return and volatility of various asset classes
13%
Private Equity

Tax considerations

Projected total return (5-year average)

11%

9%

Dev. Asia Equity (ex. Japan)

Australia Equity
UK Equity
Commodities

7%

EM Government
Hedge Funds

US Equity

Emerging Markets Equity


Asia Listed Real Estate

Eurobloc Equity
Japan Equity

US HY

Europe Real Estate Funds

5%

US Listed Real Estate

Global Equity

US Real Property

EM Europe Equity

US Conv. Bonds

Swiss Equity

Gold
AUD Cash

AUS Government

3%
US Corporation
Europe Corporation

Europe Government
UK Government
1%
US Government
USD Cash
EUR Cash
JPY Cash
1%
0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

Projected volatility (5-year average)


Source: Credit Suisse, Data Stream, 2013.

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IT, trading tools and platforms

Custody platform

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Consolidated reporting

Figure 10.1. Structure with global custody

Human capital and technology

Client

Trading and portfolio management tools


Global custodian

Centralized custody and administration of all securities

Portfolio
Global custodian

Portfolio
2

Portfolio
3

Portfolio
4

Global custodian

Portfolio manager
2

Portfolio manager
3

Portfolio manager
4

External positions

Securities
trading

Securities
trading

Securities
trading

Securities
trading

Asset
management

Asset
management

Asset
management

Asset
management

Real estate
Yacht
Car
Private jet
Business

A portfolio management system

Implementing technology
An execution management system

Source: Credit Suisse, Global Custody Pitchbook, 2013.

Order management system

CRM tool

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Appendix

The legal setup


Setting the scene

Germany
Regulatory environment

Finanzdienstleistungsaufischt

Eigengeschft

Limitation regarding legal and


tax advice

Asking the right questions


on location

UK

Germany
Switzerland Austria
US

Limitation of liability

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Limitation of liability

Limitation of liability
Dodd-Frank Act
Limitation of liability

Regulatory environment

The US
Regulatory environment

The UK
Regulatory environment

Austria
Regulatory environment

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Background

Germany

Limited liability partnership

Legal structures

structures
and tax

Tax issues

Limited liability company

Legal structures

UK

Germany
Switzerland Austria

Stock corporations

US

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Austria
Legal structures
Informal or contractual
relationship

The UK

Tax structures

Legal structures

Limited company

Tax

Partnerships

A trust

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Setting up a
in the Middle
East: the Dubai
International
Financial Center

The process
US taxation of partnerships

Letter from a regulated lawyer


or auditor

operating companies

The US
Legal structures

Letter from a regulated entity such as


a bank, law firm or audit firm
Single Family Office Application Form

US taxation of corporations

Activity plan

Private trust companies

the DIFC

Letter of intent

Duration and DIFC fees

US taxation of individuals
and trusts
S corporations

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Appendix

US regulatory and tax issues

Investment adviser registration


prior to 2011

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Investment adviser registration,


2011 and thereafter

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IRS oversight

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US taxation of partnerships

US legal structures
and trusts

Cost allocations and treatment


of expenses

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S corporations

US taxation of corporations

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EY

Credit Suisse

Peter Brock

Eberhard Dilger

Peter Englisch
Christopher Riedel
Astrid Wimmer
Adib Rashid

Bernard Fung
Raphael Matt

Johannes Volpini
Roland Suter

Lucia Moreno

Christian Wasser-Petrnousek
Pascal Rohner
John Cooney

Bill Woodson

Craig DeLucia
Jeff Brodsky

Marc Halsema

EY, Credit Suisse and University of St. Gallen would like to thank the following individuals for generously sharing
their time, expertise and insights:
Christian Sulger-Buel
Alexander Hayward
Daniel Goldstein

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