UBS On-Air: Conversations

Join us as we explore a new provision that allows excess college 529 assets to be rolled to the 529 beneficiary’s Roth IRA. Isaac Chota, UBS 529 and Donor-advised fund program manager and George Walsh, UBS IRA program manager, from the UBS Chief Investment Office, discuss the possibilities and limitations of such rollovers. Host: Daniel Cassidy

Our conversation outlines considerations when it comes to earmarking assets for tax-efficient retirement spending, along with those for inheritance and philanthropy. Featured are Ainsley Carbone, Retirement Strategist Americas, and Justin Waring, Senior Total Wealth Strategist Americas, UBS Chief Investment Office. Host: Daniel Cassidy

Mark Tepsich, Family Office Design and Governance Strategist sits down with Judi Galst, Managing Director of Private Clients for Henley & Partners, to discuss Investment migration, the difference between residence and citizenship and the different ways clients can expand their citizenship options.

In this episode, we’re rejoined by Katherine Kroll of Brown Advisory for a discussion around the decarbonization of the shipping industry, and how this intersects with artificial intelligence. Featured are Amantia Muhedini, Sustainable and Impact Investing Strategist Americas with the UBS Chief Investment Office, and Katherine Kroll, Director of Equity Research, Sustainable Investing with Brown Advisory. Host: Daniel Cassidy

Family Office Quarterly Deep Dive: There's compensation and then there is long-term compensation tied to alignment of the family offices objectives. Mark Tepsich, Family Office Design and Governance Strategist sits down Paul Westall and Tayyab Mohamaed, Agreus co-founders toto take a deeper dive on long-term compensation and the perspective of both family offices and employees and candidates.

Leora Zach, CFA, Client Solution Specialist for Family Office Solutions sits down with Gold Porter, Owner of Riveter Consulting Group to discuss hiring and staffing of lifestyle, domestic and administrative hires. Together, they discuss what families should look out for when hiring domestic and administrative staff as well as the salary expectations these hires often look for.

With a new year underway, we discuss what investors will be focused on and how factors spanning global elections to potential shifts in monetary policy might impact the sustainable investing landscape. Featured are Amantia Muhedini, Sustainable & Impact Investing Strategist Americas, UBS Chief Investment Office, and Lucy Thomas, Head of Sustainable Investing at UBS Asset Management. Host: Daniel Cassidy

Join us for a conversation with Lenore Champagne Beirne, Founder & Managing Partner at Bright Ventures and Betina Dowdell, Senior Strategist in the UBS Multicultural Client Segment. Lenore and Betina discuss what led Lenore to create a venture capital fund that invests in inclusively-led companies, and how community and well-being are tied to success.

On site at Art Basel Miami Beach 2023, Matthew Newton, UBS Art Advisory Specialist, is joined in conversation by artist Jeffrey Gibson, curator Kathleen Ash-Milby, and collector Becky Gochman. Centered on Gibson’s multidisciplinary practice, the group offers perspectives on how the curatorial and collecting roles contribute to the overall preservation and enrichment of indigenous culture. Gibson, a member of the Choctaw and Cherokee Nations, will represent the United States at the Venice Biennale in 2024 and his work was featured this year in the UBS Art Collection presentation in the UBS Lounge. Kathleen Ash-Milby is Curator of Native American Art, Portland Art Museum and co-commissioner of the U.S Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale. Becky Gochman is a prominent private collector of contemporary indigenous art.

On site at Art Basel Miami Beach 2023, Matthew Newton, UBS Art Advisory Specialist, is joined in conversation by Mexico City-based artist Gabriel de la Mora, who is best known for constructing technically complex artworks from found, discarded, and obsolete objects. Alongside de la Mora, Matthew is joined by author and private collector, Dani Levinas, as well as Magali Arriola, Director of Museo Tamayo in Mexico City and Curator of the Meridians section at Art Basel Miami Beach. Through the lens of Gabriel’s work, the group explore the connectivity between artist, curator, and collector.