A communications failure can derail your legacy
When wealth transfer fails from one generation to the next, a communications failure may be one of the leading causes.
When wealth transfer fails from one generation to the next, a communications failure may be one of the leading causes.
As trillions of dollars are expected to move from boomers to the next generation, advisors may consider using social strategies to meet the entire family.
Only a small percentage of heirs stay with the financial advisor used by their parents, making it critical for advisors to connect with the next generation.
A proposal from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) would change the way family-owned businesses are valued for family business transfers.
Survey found that making connections with the next generation of investors can be challenging.
Wealth transfer requires estate planning whether an estate is large or small.
Planning topics to engage the next generation
Wealth transfer creates opportunity for advice
Despite projections of a significant transfer of wealth from baby boomers to heirs in the coming decades, many investors may not be talking about estate planning with their financial advisors. In fact, a 2014 study found that only 35% of investors said their advisors provide family wealth management defined as a specific service.* Financial professionals
The next great wave of wealth transfer in the United States has already begun. More than $30 trillion in assets held by the baby boomer generation will shift to the next generation over the next 30 years, according to research firm Cerulli Associates. For many financial advisors, this wave represents a business-building opportunity. For others,