The Wealthesaurustm

A Glossary of Family Wealth Advising Terms

The Wealthesaurus provides standardized definitions of common and specialized family wealth advising industry terms. By sharing this glossary, we hope to improve communication across the UHNW community.

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Learning, Development, and the Rising Generation domain

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The many needs and activities involved in fostering the growth, development, parenting, education, and training of individuals and families across the lifespan of a multigenerational UHNW family.  

The Learning, Development, and the Rising Generation domain encompasses the personal, family enterprise, and family system activities that foster, support, and educate family members at all life stages, accounting for learning styles, decision-making roles, and positions within family, ownership, and business relationships.

Although this domain is often thought of primarily as financial education of children in a family of wealth, the domain is much broader.  It covers all members of the family across the lifespan, including spouses and partners entering the family through committed relationships, elders undergoing life transitions, and stepfamilies having to learn knowledge and skills when joining the family. It also covers the multiple roles and responsibilities that require education such as becoming shareholders, beneficiaries of trusts, members of boards, and clients of a family office. These parenting, education, training, and personal development activities must account for learning styles or other issues that may impact the process of education or training. Families may provide support for learning programs either at the individual level or in family-wide programs supported by family governance and its leadership.

The Learning, Development, and the Rising Generation domain is a component of the Cultivation of Family Capital cluster in the Ten Domains of Family Wealth model of The UHNW Institute.

The UHNW Institute. Our Thinking, December 15, 2022.  www.uhnwinstitute.org/our-thinking/.

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  • Provide an intellectual framework, understanding and organization of family wealth management content
  • Educate advisors and family offices on how best to support evolving UHNW families
  • Provide thought leadership, insights and resources to advisors and family offices
  • Promote best practices, provide professional development and support sustainable, positive change within our industry
  • Foster an equitable, collaborative and safe learning environment within the wealth management industry