Estate
Effective estate management enables you to manage your affairs during your lifetime and control the distribution of your wealth after death. An effective estate strategy can spell out your healthcare wishes and ensure that they're carried out – even if you are unable to communicate. It can even designate someone to manage your financial affairs should you be unable to do so.
Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
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When Do You Need a Will?
When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.
Four Steps to Valuing an Estate
Determining the value of your estate, or for someone who has passed away, can be a complex undertaking.
Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart
Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?
How Often Should You Update Your Estate Strategy?
Review your legacy approach regularly, particularly following significant life events or legislative updates.
Trends in Charitable Giving
Some people may want a more advanced gifting strategy that can maximize their gift and generate potential tax benefits.
Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (GRATs)
Explaining Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (GRATs) and their benefit to estate strategy.
Intellectual Property Rocks in a New Digital Era
Intellectual property ownership and its implications for ordinary people and estates.
Understanding the Alternate Valuation Date
Executors can value the estate on the date of death, or on its six-month anniversary —the “Alternate Valuation Date."
Strategies to Defend Purchasing Power Across Generations
Keep your wealth working by preserving purchasing power over time.
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Comparing Mortgage Terms
Compare different mortgage term lengths side by side to find the option that fits your budget.
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Estate Management 101
A will may be only one of the documents you need—and one factor to consider—when it comes to managing your estate.
When Do You Need a Will?
When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.
When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust
A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.
Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart
Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?
Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous
Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?
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