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Financial Planning September 1, 2006 Suzanne McGee |
The New High Net Worth Client Thinks Globally Wealthy, sophisticated baby boomers are accumulating multinational holdings, ranging from Mexican real estate to Belgian pension benefits. The plans they need are anything but routine.  |
Financial Advisor January 2012 Gail Liberman |
State Of Affairs Most clients are unaware that state death taxes can take a substantial cut of an inheritance.  |
Financial Planning May 1, 2007 John J. Bowen |
Rx for Affluent Physicians Here's how financial advisors can approach the wealth management challenges of one attractive niche market.  |
Financial Planning September 1, 2009 Jim Grote |
The Multinationals Cross-border financial planning can evoke an aura of sophistication and romance. But the reality is more about the technical aspects of immigration, tax, investments, risk management, employee benefits, estate planning and social insurance between countries.  |
Financial Planning February 1, 2013 Martin Shenkman |
Estate Planning Game Changer This year's tax deal could radically shift the way your clients handle tax and estate issues. Here are some strategies to consider.  |
Financial Planning December 1, 2012 Ann Marsh |
Massive Wealth Transfer: Clients Rush Before Year's End Advisors have been racing to finish what some say is an unprecedented transfer of wealth to descendants because Bush-era tax exemptions may expire at year s end..  |
Registered Rep. February 4, 2015 Jason Smolen |
Is the "Step-Up" Stepping Down? When President Obama delivered his State of the Union Address last month, he proposed ending the "step up" provision in the capital gains tax.  |
Financial Planning December 1, 2012 Martin Shenkman |
Estate Planning Nirvana? Self-Settled Trusts Explored Self-settled trusts seem to offer the impossible: They remove assets from an individual's estate while still allowing them to benefit from them.  |
Registered Rep. November 22, 2011 Charles Paikert |
Nagging `NextGen' Problem: Protecting the Inheritance In addition to wealth managers' concerns about retaining the children of their clients as customers, evidence continues to pile up that parents remain highly concerned that their children won't even be able to hold on to their inheritance in the first place.  |
Financial Planning June 1, 2012 Martin Shenkman |
Estate-Tax Minefield The rest of this year promises to be very challenging for planners with wealthy clients. The federal exemptions on gift and estate taxes currently stand at $5.12 million, but they are scheduled to drop to $1 million in 2013 unless lawmakers act.  |
Registered Rep. November 2, 2015 David H. Lenok |
A Look Inside The Wealthiest Estate Plans in America How does estate asset allocation change as clients climb the wealth ladder?  |
On Wall Street December 1, 2011 Ann Marsh |
All In The Family In this low interest rate environment, some financial planners are advising their clients to cut the middleman out entirely with intra-family loans.  |
Financial Planning October 1, 2013 Ann Rieder |
Connect with Clients' Kids: 5 Steps Is your firm prepared for the transfer of assets from your clients to their heirs?  |
Investment Advisor August 2007 Lewis Schiff |
Keeping It in the Family More than money is at stake when assets transfer to clients' children. Estate planning is a poor substitute for not being able to communicate with your children.  |
On Wall Street January 1, 2013 Mira Fine |
Tax Tips for Business Owners What advisors can still do to protect business owners assets even though last year is gone.  |
Investment Advisor October 2006 Chris Blunt |
Advancing the Conversation Advisors' role in helping clients and heirs address end-of-life issues -- Behind the Numbers: 72% of parents said they would encourage their own financial advisor to discuss... etc.  |
Financial Planning August 1, 2012 Martin Shenkman |
Highly Versatile Tools Amid the great uncertainty engulfing the estate tax, family limited partnerships and family limited liability companies may prove particularly valuable.  |
Financial Planning September 1, 2012 Ann Marsh |
Family Feud: Review Estate Plans Annually A bitter court dispute between a father and two of his children underscores how vital it is to review estate plans annually including tax provisions.  |
Financial Planning September 1, 2011 Ed Slott |
Taking Special Care With Inherited IRAs Advisors can help families with special-needs beneficiaries preserve assets, and reduce unnecessary costs and losses.  |
Investment Advisor August 2008 Lewis Schiff |
A Prospect With a Plan A prospect with an existing plan often presents opportunities.  |
On Wall Street November 1, 2012 Elizabeth Wine |
10 Biggest Estate Planning Mistakes 10 tips to prevent the missteps that cannot always be repaired after the client s death.  |
On Wall Street November 1, 2009 Parisi & Leung |
Intergenerational Wealth Transfer: The New Advisor Challenge A new survey estimates that 80% to 90% of financial advisors lose assets when their client dies -- mainly because the advisor doesn't know the client's children or heirs.  |
Financial Advisor June 2005 Bruce W. Fraser |
The Rush To Dynasty Trusts It remains to be seen whether dynasty trusts will endure. Meantime, they remain a viable way for the wealthy to shield assets over generations, and for financial advisors they can be a lucrative source of fee income.  |
Financial Planning May 1, 2013 Ingrid Case |
New Rules for Real Estate Investing Real estate investing is not for everyone - but for interested clients, a good planner can make all the difference.  |
Financial Advisor October 2012 Mary Rowland |
Tough Choices Financial advisors describe how they are helping clients potentially minimize the bite when taxes go up next year.  |
Investment Advisor October 2008 Lewis Schiff |
Even Affluent Clients Feel the Chill The affluent may have significant assets, but that doesn't make them immune to the recent economic chills.  |
Financial Planning April 1, 2013 Martin Shenkman |
Time for a New Estate Planning Strategy? Recent tax changes mean that planners may have to rethink the ways they invest clients assets.  |
Financial Planning March 1, 2013 Martin Shenkman |
Wealthy Need New Trust Strategy With federal estate taxes no longer a threat, the standard planning approach for wealthy couples needs to change.  |
On Wall Street August 1, 2013 Mason Braswell |
Attracting Ultra-Wealthy International Clients Firms scale their U.S. operations in hopes of netting the coveted ultra-wealthy international client.  |
On Wall Street October 1, 2012 Elizabeth Wine |
Same-Sex Couples: The Emerging Client Niche Advisors are helping gay and lesbian clients face the unique barriers to achieving their financial goals.  |
Financial Planning August 1, 2011 Ingrid Case |
Foreign Affairs Financial planners need to ask clients whether they hold money outside the U.S. and advise them on the proper tax steps. Many clients clearly don't know the law.  |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2011 Jerry Gleeson |
Getting the Boot Often after the inheritance of an estate advisors mishandle their relationship with the heirs, focusing on the clients at hand and neglecting the next generation.  |
Financial Planning November 1, 2007 John J. Bowen |
Advanced Planning Basics Here's an overview of what it means to offer advanced planning -- and how best to provide those services to your clients.  |
BusinessWeek June 18, 2007 |
Estates: Keeping It All In The Family Estate planner Armond Budish explains how to use trusts to safeguard your legacy.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Sep/Oct 2015 Mary Stark-Hood |
Succession Planning According to a 2014 Financial Planning Association Survey, the greatest financial challenge facing small business owners is developing a retirement plan and exit strategy.  |
Financial Advisor November 2004 Alan Lavine |
Search For Alternatives Crimps Survivorship Sales Despite tax laws that have cut the estate tax bite, survivorship life insurance (SLI) continues as a popular estate planning tool. But it is not the panacea that it was for baby boomers' parents in the late 1980s and 1990s.  |
Financial Planning February 1, 2012 Ann Marsh |
15 Top Tax Strategies For 2012 There's a one-word theme for the 2012 tax year: uncertainty. Chief among the reasons are the sky-high exemptions on the estate tax, the lifetime gift tax and the generation-skipping tax.  |
Financial Advisor July 2009 Mary Rowland |
Avoiding The Tax Man Moving out of a state might help a client save taxes; moving out of the U.S. probably won't.  |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2005 Russ Alan Prince |
Being Advanced Before advisors can provide advanced-planning services they must first understand the process; this article aims to outline the basics.  |
Financial Planning September 1, 2012 Martin Shenkman |
Helping High Net Worth Clients to Act Before Possible Cut in Tax Exemptions Consider the possibilities and problems dealing with wealthy clients seeking to act before a possible cut in tax exemptions.  |
Financial Planning October 1, 2010 |
Bequests and Parity Edward Wolff finds that small inheritances are equalizing, and you don't want to tax them away. That is very relevant to the current debate on whether the estate tax should be maintained.  |
Financial Planning May 1, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Do Your Clients Want to Retire Abroad? Living overseas offers a sense of adventure and, often, a reduced cost of living. Yet most people -- and their financial advisors -- don't realize how much planning is needed to make the move a success.  |
Registered Rep. June 19, 2012 Alan Lavine |
Best Small Business Insurance Strategies Few financial advisors counsel their small business owner clients on insurance, but they should. Insurance funded by buy-sell agreements is essential for most of these clients.  |
InsideFlyer June 2012 |
Death, Divorce and Miles We take a look at what happens to your miles and points when you reach the end of the road.  |
Financial Advisor March 2012 Bernie Clark |
The Changing Affluent Investor Advisors must prepare for new affluent clients and the changes, attitudes and expectations they will bring with them.  |
BusinessWeek January 30, 2006 Anne Tergesen |
Interest Rates And Your Estate Even small changes can affect what you'll pass along to your heirs, so bear these tips in mind when shopping for trusts.  |
Financial Planning May 1, 2013 Jim Grote |
How to Find Cash-Flow Real Estate Planner Rich Arzaga believes individually owned property is key to a diversified portfolio. Just don t get him started on home ownership.  |
AskMen.com Michael Estrin |
Personal Finance: Inheritance 101 Here's a broad overview of the issues you'll face when a relative, friend or even an acquaintance leaves you an inheritance.  |
The Motley Fool July 12, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Touch That Money! It may come as a surprise, but if you find yourself entitled to an inheritance, sometimes it's best to choose not to take it. This article discusses a few of the common situations in which such a decision, called a qualified disclaimer, can be your best move.  |
CFO February 1, 2007 Chuck Jaffe |
The Other Facts of Life One of the simplest ways to introduce the subject of fiscal responsibility is to demonstrate the power of savings to younger children by setting up a matching account for them.  |