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Nerd's Eye View
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
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Wealth Management
JANUARY 15, 2025
The right estate planning approach can result in a significant, tax-efficient transfer of your clients wealth.
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Wealth Management
MARCH 10, 2023
Helping improve your clients' estate plans can ensure their financial wellness for generations to come.
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Wealth Management
JUNE 24, 2024
Six ways to help clients gain peace of mind regarding inflation.
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Nerd's Eye View
APRIL 5, 2023
In recent years, the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) has endured some drastic changes resulting from legislative action that have altered the strategies estate planning professionals have recommended to clients. However, the passage of TCJA resulted in the estate gift tax exemption nearly doubling (from $5.6M
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Nerd's Eye View
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Which could prove to be a boon for the financial advice industry as more consumers are willing to entrust their assets to an advisor (while at the same time possibly making it tougher for some advisors to differentiate themselves primarily by how they put their clients' interests first?). Read More.
Abnormal Returns
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
obliviousinvestor.com) Estate planning Changing an estate plan takes time. wealthmanagement.com) Do your clients have a digital estate plan? thinkadvisor.com) How tax treatment differs across states for 529-to-Roth IRA rollovers. thinkadvisor.com) How to research a Social Security question.
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Abnormal Returns
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
(riabiz.com) A round-up of recent financial advisortech news including Holistiplan's estate planning module. theirrelevantinvestor.com) How client expectations are changing. kitces.com) What it means to be a great adviser to retired clients. thinkadvisor.com) A year-end tax planning checklist.
Nerd's Eye View
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Taxes are a central component of financial planning. Almost every financial planning issue – whether it is retirement, investments, cash flow, insurance, or estate planning – has tax considerations, and advisors provide a great deal of value in helping clients minimize their overall tax burden.
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Wealth Management
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
A legally trained financial advisor helps clients stay on track and avoid missed opportunities for estate planning.
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Nerd's Eye View
AUGUST 21, 2024
Irrevocable trusts lie at the heart of a variety of estate planning strategies, as gifts to irrevocable trusts can allow for the transfer of assets outside of an owner’s estate for estate tax purposes with more structure than an outright gift. the assets' original owner). Read More.
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Nerd's Eye View
OCTOBER 7, 2024
This month's edition kicks off with the news that digital estate planning platform Wealth.com has raised a whopping $30 million in Series A funding, following on the heels of Vanilla's follow-on $20M capital round just a few months ago – which on the one hand reflects the anticipated enthusiasm for solutions that can help advisors efficiently (..)
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Nerd's Eye View
JUNE 19, 2024
The role of estate planning is most commonly considered to be about transferring assets from one generation to the next in the most efficient manner possible (e.g., how to minimize the burden of estate taxes and avoid the public spectacle of the probate process). at age 21 or 30) or stagger distributions at multiple ages.
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Wealth Management
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Private Client Solutions will help advisors access areas of expertise beyond investment management, including tax and estate planning and acquisition strategies.
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Nerd's Eye View
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Financial advisory clients are routinely concerned about lurking threats to their hard-earned wealth in the form of a large unforeseen judgment on a liability claim. While asset protection is a popular planning topic for High-Net-Worth (HNW) and ultra-high-net-worth clients, those who are not HNW are susceptible to the same threats to wealth.
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Nerd's Eye View
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
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.
Nerd's Eye View
JUNE 21, 2024
million in assets to both retire and pass on a legacy interest (though many have yet to establish an estate plan), according to a recent survey. Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" – this week's edition kicks off with the news that affluent Americans believe they need an average of $5.5
Nerd's Eye View
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Jon is the Founder and CIO for Echo45 Advisors, an independent RIA based in Walnut Creek, California, that oversees $163 million in assets under management for more than 180 client households.
Nerd's Eye View
JANUARY 22, 2024
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.
Nerd's Eye View
JANUARY 8, 2024
For instance, the financial advice industry has seen many changes to regulations (for both advisors and their clients), advisor business models, and the advisor technology landscape. In the context of the financial planning industry, whereas Financial Advice 1.0 Specifically, Financial Advice 3.0 Specifically, Financial Advice 3.0
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Abnormal Returns
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Podcasts Rick Ferri talks estate planning with Ryan Barrett and Mike Piper. bloomberg.com) Charitable giving strategies are as varied as the client. bloomberg.com) Charitable giving strategies are as varied as the client. wealthmanagement.com) Should you write your clients an annual letter?
Nerd's Eye View
JUNE 19, 2024
The role of estate planning is most commonly considered to be about transferring assets from one generation to the next in the most efficient manner possible (e.g., how to minimize the burden of estate taxes and avoid the public spectacle of the probate process). at age 21 or 30) or stagger distributions at multiple ages.
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The Big Picture
MAY 29, 2024
Not just the stocks and bonds, but your taxes, your will, your estate, any trusts, insurance, credit line, real estate, and anything that affects your financial health. He’s the CEO of Creative Planning. The firm manages over 300 billion in client assets. He is the author Money, Simplified.
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Abnormal Returns
MAY 8, 2023
thinkadvisor.com) The latest in advisortech news from April including the SEC's scrutiny of tax-loss harvesting systems. kitces.com) Practice management Why succession planning is important to firm owners whether they plan to sell or not. sciencedaily.com) How tax-adjusting a portfolio works in practice.
Nerd's Eye View
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
This month's edition kicks off with the news that financial planning software platform RightCapital has launched a workflow management tool called RightFlows to help advisors manage and assign steps in the financial planning process to team members and clients – which on the one hand capitalizes on advisor demand for workflow solutions tailored (..)
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Nerd's Eye View
APRIL 1, 2024
Vanilla announced a new Scenarios tool to facilitate advisors working with ultra-HNW clients that need to model various four-letter estate planning strategies (e.g., GRATs, SLATs, CRUTs, and ILITs) to show the impact of the advisor’s advice (at least for those clients who still have Federal estate tax exposure).
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Nerd's Eye View
JULY 25, 2022
Yet despite this – and perhaps even because of it – advisory firms are putting an ever-greater focus on financial planning in 2022, as a way to both show value to clients in the midst of difficult market returns, and, more broadly, to help clients navigate the current environment.
Nerd's Eye View
JULY 3, 2023
From there, the latest highlights also feature a number of other interesting advisor technology announcements, including: All-in-one software platform Blueleaf has launched a new “aggregation-as-a-service” solution, promising better client data aggregation capabilities than existing solutions by automating the process of weaving multiple (..)
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Nerd's Eye View
SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
Orion (re-)partners with Apex Clearing with an integrated financial-planning-and-digital-account-opening experience for younger clients with smaller accounts.
Nerd's Eye View
JUNE 7, 2024
detecting fraud or analyzing data) to provide a better client experience! Nonetheless, respondents (particularly those in younger generations) do not see this as an either-or choice, but rather anticipate benefitting from working with human advisors who leverage AI tools for certain tasks (e.g.,
Abnormal Returns
AUGUST 5, 2024
kitces.com) Taxes Following the RMD rules for inherited IRAs may not be optimal. investmentnews.com) On the importance of tax planning in the first few years of retirement. nber.org) Advisers Stellar client care requires the right metrics. papers.ssrn.com) Four steps to create a digital estate plan.
Nerd's Eye View
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
Early on, the ‘financial plan’ was primarily used as a way to demonstrate a prospective client’s ‘gaps’ and needs for products such as mutual funds or life insurance (which the advisor would then be ready to sell to the client). A lot has changed since 2020, though.
eMoney Advisor
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
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? By staying in tune with your clients, you can proactively meet their needs. Estate Plan Basics.
eMoney Advisor
MARCH 7, 2023
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.
Advisor Perspectives
JUNE 1, 2023
Provisions of the SECURE Act may require advisors to revisit estate plans for clients who aren't utilizing their RMDs or who have qualified assets intended for the next generation. Some clients may benefit from strategies for using life insurance to maximize the value of qualified assets while minimizing their tax burden.
Abnormal Returns
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Podcasts Daniel Crosby talks with Saundra Davis on how to effectively meet clients where they are. advisorperspectives.com) Vanilla is rolling out more AI tools for estate planning. riabiz.com) The upside of pro bono financial planning. wealthmanagement.com) Another example of an RIA adding tax capabilities.
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Nerd's Eye View
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
When it comes to advising clients on student loan issues, many financial advisors might first think about recent graduates seeking advice regarding the most effective way to pay down their balances.
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Harness Wealth
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Only 26% of Americans have an estate plan. If you’re thinking, “But my clients are high-net-worth…many more have an estate plan.” And you’ll see in our Q&A below, that tax advisors can bring estate planning into the conversation early on in a client relationship.
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Abnormal Returns
MAY 22, 2023
citywire.com) Estate planning Can new estate planning platforms put the adviser at the center of the process? wealthmanagement.com) Carson Group and Trust & Will announced a new partnership (thinkadvisor.com) Direct indexing For what clients is direct indexing appropriate?
WiserAdvisor
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
They can easily keep track of transactions, identify any changes or miscalculations, and help their clients take timely actions to spot any kind of misuse. Further, financial advisors can educate their clients on elder investments that may be appropriate for investors in their age group. Annuity plans, pension plans , etc.,
eMoney Advisor
APRIL 4, 2023
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.
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Park Place Financial
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
Estates Estate Planning in this Economic Climate Schedule a Complimentary Financial Review CLICK HERE TO SCHEDULE. If you are in the middle of estate planning , consider the following strategies to develop a sound plan amidst widespread economic challenges. . Create a Trust . Charitable Remainder Unitrust .
Abnormal Returns
OCTOBER 10, 2022
peterlazaroff.com) Michael Kitces and Carl Richards on when it makes sense to fire a client. riabiz.com) Taxes Why RIAs love to buy accounting firms. citywireusa.com) A look at the performance of automated tax-loss harvesting strategies. thinkadvisor.com) How taxes affect sustainable withdrawal rates. Panic is not.
Advisor Perspectives
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Including one or more charitable trusts as part of a testamentary estate plan is a creative and powerful way for clients to achieve multiple goals in one estate planning vehicle.
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