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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. An auditor is often most concerned with point-in-time valuations and keenly focused on financial controls, especially the nuances of the accounting rules regarding liquidity (e.g. Define the type of investments involved, (e.g., bonds, stocks, mutual funds, limited partnerships).

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2022 Year-End Planning Letter: Reflections and Perspectives

Brown Advisory

Continually assess where you stand today against your current financial and generational plans We have a number of tools we use to help clients think through their initial goal-setting and planning, and to review those goals and plans on an ongoing basis.

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2022 Year-End Planning Letter: Reflections and Perspectives

Brown Advisory

We have a number of tools we use to help clients think through their initial goal-setting and planning, and to review those goals and plans on an ongoing basis. Regularly review and adjust near-term tactical plans to build confidence in the face of current volatility. Valuations. Interest Rates on Intra-Family Loans.

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Transcript: Joanne Bradford

The Big Picture

You can stream and download our full conversation, including any podcast extras, on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube , and Bloomberg. I went in there and the valuation was below a billion dollars. And at two years the valuation was $13 billion. And so we offer that plan for $2,500. He’s great.

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2023 Year-End Planning Letter: Reflections and Perspectives

Brown Advisory

This year, our letter will focus on some of our clients’ big-picture questions, such as: Have our priorities changed or shifted in ways that may alter our current strategic plans? For example, declining valuations in certain sectors may suggest taking action to lock in those lower values for income and gift tax purposes.

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Transcript: William Cohan

The Big Picture

You can stream and download our full conversation, including any podcast extras, on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , Google , YouTube , and Bloomberg. 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. times book.