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3 Celebrity Estate Planning Slipups Clients Can Learn From

eMoney Advisor

That occasion marked an agreement with the IRS on a $156 million value on Prince’s real estate and recordings for the artist who died in April 2016—without a will. What can we learn from celebrity estate planning disasters like this? Such cautionary tales prove the value of proper planning. It turns out, plenty.

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Estate Planning Strategy: Leveraging CFP® Certification Expertise

International College of Financial Planning

The Imperative of Estate Planning: Not Just for the Affluent Often, there’s a prevailing misconception that estate planning is a luxury reserved for the wealthy elite. Real estate planning is a crucial undertaking that every adult and family should prioritize.

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Estate Planning Tips for Blended Families: 3 Areas Where Advisors Can Help

eMoney Advisor

Stepchildren, remarriages, and ex-spouses: For the modern wealth management client with a blended family, planning to transfer wealth presents a web of complexity. Fortunately, financial professionals have tools and wealth transfer strategies that can help couples be intentional about the use of their assets in an estate plan.

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Master the Family Meeting for Estate Planning Success

eMoney Advisor

Amid the Great Wealth Transfer, with $84 trillion set to be passed between generations in the next two decades 1 , there’s a question you must ask yourself: Are your clients’ adult children prepared to inherit? the better path lies in improving family communication and financial education. Estate Plan Basics.

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What High-Net-Worth Prospects (Really) Want From A Financial Advisor

Nerd's Eye View

While this shift has enriched the advisor's role, it has also introduced challenges in aligning the advisor's offerings with the nuanced needs of HNW prospects and clients. If clients and advisors approach issues with a fundamentally different psychology, then an advisor's 'comprehensive' advice may not address the client's actual problems.

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Increasing Financial Planning Efficiency With A Systematized Annual Process

Nerd's Eye View

A common service model for many financial advisory firms is to schedule annual client meetings throughout the year where the advisor meets with each client in the month they started working with the firm, and conducts a comprehensive review of all planning topics for the client.

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Adviser links: the power of personalization

Abnormal Returns

Podcasts Jason Wenk and Dasarte Yarnway talk about how to approach client meetings. kitces.com) UHNW clients A Q&A with Jill Shipley, managing director and head of governance and education at AlTi-Tiedemann Global about charitable giving. thereformedbroker.com) IPO wealth is a unique financial planning opportunity.