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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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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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How financial advisors can get family offices and high net worth individuals as clients

Sara Grillo

“I want to upgrade my client base and work with ultra high net worth individuals and Family Office clients. It depends on how high you go, but in some cases these types of clients function more as institutions than an as individuals – and their needs reflect that. How do I meet them?” That is the first step.

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Financial Advisor Client Education: Improving Financial Literacy for Multigenerational Planning

eMoney Advisor

1 But have you been putting any effort into ensuring you will continue to work with the heirs of this wealth when your older clients hand it over? Financial advisor client education can play a crucial role in providing the knowledge and life skills they’ll need to oversee and sustain their inherited wealth.