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Financial Planning

Financial planning is driven by a client’s personal and financial priorities. In this way, each plan is unique. Understanding basic and advanced planning techniques can help you deliver personalized plans to all your clients, regardless of where they are in their financial lifecycle, to help them achieve their most important goals in life.

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The Role of Support in Helping Home Offices Scale Planning Among Advisors

Broadening the reach of your financial planning services is good for the health of your business, helps your advisors become… Read More

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Financial Planning That Helps Clients Weather Disasters

Billion-dollar disasters, inflation, and increased building costs mean a perfect storm is brewing for financial planners’ risk management strategies. If… Read More

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DAF Before QCD? A Charitable Giving Strategies Q&A with Dr. James

When it comes to charitable giving, cash is not king. If you have a client who’s making cash donations, and… Read More

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Translating Client Dreams to Planning Goals

When asked about your financial goals, do you have a ready answer? And if you do, how detailed is that… Read More

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Top Estate Planning Resources for Financial Planners

It turns out that nearly a third of Americans would rather do anything else than create a will.1 Even after… Read More

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The Value of Interactive Financial Planning: Engaging Clients on What Matters Most

Financial professionals are forever searching for better ways to serve clients and grow their businesses. Our research shows that advisors who adopt… Read More

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3 Celebrity Estate Planning Slipups Clients Can Learn From

“It has been a long six years,” Prince’s lawyer L. Londell McMillan said in a 2022 hearing. That occasion marked… Read More

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10 Questions to Help Clients Navigate Estate Planning

Estate planning: for financial planners, it’s complicated. If you’ve been wondering what estate planning questions to ask clients, you’re not… Read More

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Monte Carlo Simulations for Retirement: Sparking Conversations that Matter

When talking about retirement, financial planners may find themselves answering some of the same questions for many of their clients:… Read More

Understanding the Financial Challenges and Needs of the Mass Affluent Client

While many financial advisors focus their efforts on courting high-net-worth individuals to add to their client roster, there is a… Read More

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