We began our process by working with our UBS advisor partner to understand all areas of the family’s interests. We conducted meaningful conversations with all 40-plus members of the family, their family office head and key external professional advisors. We evaluated their current and future needs, focusing specifically on estate and tax planning strategies, philanthropy and family governance as a means for ultimately understanding their investment goals.
Leveraging our deep relationships with the extensive resources of UBS Private Wealth Management, we then assembled the right team to provide resources appropriate to their situation. We brought on the guidance of specialists from across UBS including the Advanced Planning Group to conduct a Strategic Wealth Assessment and Family Advisory and Philanthropy to present on family governance. We worked with the Portfolio Advisory Group to develop customized portfolio allocations, including a family mandate for custom private equity and private real estate funds.
With additional, and considerable, input from our specialists in UBS Asset Management, the Hedge Fund Solutions Group, the Multi-Manager Private Equity Team Americas, Sustainable Investing and UBS Global Real Estate, we then put together a private briefing and proposed a detailed plan. This included the appropriate resources, education and platform to help ensure an efficient structure that addressed all their challenges around investment, family governance, operational workflow, tax mitigation and risk management. By tapping into the full resources of the firm, we were able to distill a complicated structure in to a simple mandate.