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Good Preparation Leads to a Good Audit Experience: What to Expect from Your Investment Advisor

Brown Advisory

Explain the timing difference and cutoff on valuations. Regardless of an entity’s scale, proactively defined audit requirements set mutual expectations for advisor and client alike, helping to ensure efficient and effective goal setting and communication. Define the type of investments involved, (e.g., Offer constructive feedback.

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2019 Year-End Planning Letter

Brown Advisory

Market conditions may be volatile, but our planning efforts are, as always, focused on stability and consistency. Interest rates are currently low, which positively impacts the valuation of GRATs and CLATs and therefore creates a favorable environment for these strategies. The December 2016 7520 rate of 1.8%

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Transcript: William Cohan

The Big Picture

COHAN: — right now, that allowed people to communicate with one another. You know, they hired this guy, Mike Carpenter, you know, from McKinsey to be the M&A guy and you know, just create a strategic planning department just to do deals. I mean, of course, as we all know, he capitalized it on 2016. times book.