Financial planning

As more investors look to make portfolio allocations based on their values, we explore what ESG ratings can do — and what they can't.

Leadership worried that by trying to be everything to everyone, the association risked diminishing its appeal and determined to address the issue once and for all.

Understanding how gifted money will impact the student’s FASFA is critical.

After months of talk of steep tax increases on the wealthy, a kinder reality has emerged for well-off clients.

Amid the pandemic, staying informed about life insurance strategies with trusts and estates is critical.

Democrats, unable to gain traction on taxes that affect only the ultra wealthy, have turned to trusts as little as $200k.

There is little doubt that growing and protecting wealth is a critical pillar in everyone's financial plan. But what about maintaining and improving your health? So how can the financial planning industry innovate health and wealth management in the post pandemic era? Join Tobias Salinger, Chief Correspondent at Financial Planning as we explore these issues with Maria Elena Lagomasino, CEO & Managing Partner of We Family Offices and Carolyn McClanahan, Founder of Life Planning Partners.

The wealth management business is undergoing considerable transformation. The pandemic has created a new breed of investors, with distinct expectations and tastes formed by new technology and having lived through the financial crisis. This has resulted in new industry standards in terms of how advice and investment products are given. Join Tobias Salinger, Chief Correspondent at Financial Planning as he explores the state of the industry and the trends that will impact wealth management with Erinn Ford, Executive Vice President of Advisor Engagement at Advisor Group and Debra Shannon, Chief Compliance Officer and Co-Founder of Veritas Independent Partners.

Financial advisors have a variety of objectives in working with their investment-planning clients. But when all is said and done, clients are usually mainly interested in a successful road map to growing and protecting their wealth to and through retirement. Risk management is a crucial part of that plan and how wealth managers can bring value to clients. In this session Michael Moriarty, Chief Investment of Wealthspire and Rick Bookstaber, Founder & Head of Risk of Fabric will discuss how investors and markets are changing and how advisors can position themselves to excel in this new landscape.

Any type of unreimbursed long-term care expense, be it for a mental or physical impairment, can completely ruin a client’s personal and retirement plans.