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Element 3 of 10 Asset Structuring & Wealth Management Level I · Foundations

An Introduction and Primer on Family Finance and Investment

Financial literacy for the legacy family — the practical knowledge and templates to manage income, expenses, savings and investment with discipline from one generation to the next.

If you don't control your wealth, it will control you.

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A Primer on Family Finance and Investment

Fully onlineSelf-pacedOn demandEstimated duration 4–6 weeks

Course overview

Financial literacy is one of the most critical foundations for continued family success — yet rarely taught in schools or at home.

This Foundation course is your practical starting point for organising and managing family finances and wealth. It works from a clear monthly budget to a classical approach to investor profile, asset allocation, and the "family financial ecosystem" — preparing you for a long and successful family wealth and legacy journey.

Who will benefit from this course

For the rising generation, the wider family, and those who advise them.

NextGen Members
All Other Family Members, Spouses & In-Laws
Family Office Professionals & Advisors

The journey you will take

Seven steps. From household budget to investment ecosystem.

By the end of the course you will have produced the core working documents for managing family finance with discipline — budgets, investor profile, allocation model, and the framework that ties them together.

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Module 01

Supporting course materials

Everything you will get from us to succeed in this course.

Course instructors

Prof. Heinrich von und zu Liechtenstein

Prof. Heinrich von und zu Liechtenstein

Family Legacy & Business

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Mark Haynes Daniell

Mark Haynes Daniell

Founder & Chairman

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What you create here

The foundation of financial discipline
your family can rely on for decades.

By the end of this course you will have the practical knowledge and core documents to manage revenue, costs, savings and investment with discipline — the financial foundation that every other element of legacy strategy depends on.

Day-to-day discipline

A clear monthly budget, expense tracking, savings policy, and the discipline to distinguish wealth-building decisions from wealth-eroding ones — with a Student Budget for younger family members starting their journey.

Long-term wealth thinking

Your philosophy of wealth, investor profile, S-curve asset allocation, an overview of asset classes including sustainable and impact investing — and a clear map of the family financial ecosystem you rely on.

For younger members of the family, preparing a Student Budget can begin the journey to responsible stewardship of personal and family wealth across a lifetime.

Take control of your wealth

Build the financial discipline and investment framework your family will rely on for generations to come.

CHF 1,500 lifetime access

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Enrollment is open year-round. Access to the CourseBook and templates is immediate.