Choosing a Trustee: Navigating the Complexities and Key Considerations
Do I Need a Prenuptial Agreement?
Insights on Planned Giving From the BNY Annual Charitable Giving Report for 2024
Love Actually: Planning Considerations for Marriage, Divorce, Cohabitation, the Death of a Spouse, and More
Investing Charity and Foundation Assets in Turbulent Times With Jennifer Nelson
Charitable Split Interest Trust Planning with Dale Schroeder and Anneke Niemira, Part Two
Charitable Split-Interest Trust Planning With Dale Schroeder and Anneke Niemira - Part One
Financial Planning Tips for the Sandwich Generation with Sherry Finkel Murphy
The Terminator: The QPRT as a Wealth Transfer Strategy and CTA Updates
Top Gun: Maverick - Core Estate Plan and Gifting Basics
Once Removed Episode 24: Expressing Goals and Intent for the Trust
AdvisorEsq Podcast Series - Episode 8 - Executive Insights: Succeeding as a COO at an RIA Firm
Once Removed Episode 21: Passing Down the “Family Cottage” or Other Legacy Property
Digital Planning Podcast Episode: Planning for Influencers
Next Generation Legacy Management - The Essence of Developing, Managing and Implementing a Plan for Future Generations
Once Removed Episode 18: The Reciprocal Trust Doctrine
Life After Love Gone Wrong Podcast: Season 3, Episode 6 - Reshaping Your Legacy: Estate Planning After Your Divorce
Charitable Planning With Guest Stephanie Hood: Navigating Complex Rules and Traps for the Unwary
A Primer On Trusts - A Podcast with Janathan Allen
Once Removed Episode 13: It’s 5 o’Clock: Do You Know Where Your Will Is? A Lesson From Aretha Franklin
The wealthtech industry is deploying AI to create more efficient, bespoke, user-driven, and data-intensive portfolio management strategies, and to streamline analytics and administration. AI can be used in a vast number of...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published an article with findings from a thematic review assessing firms who provide retirement income advice (RIA). The review assessed how effectively firms are providing RIA...more
Merit Financial Advisors, a financial advisory firm based in Georgia, recently announced its acquisition of Sanctuary Wealth Management, LLC, and Fiduciary Services, LLC. This deal will enable Merit to establish a presence in...more
Jersey and Guernsey have long been recognised as leading international investment hubs, offering asset managers a compelling mix of professional and lifestyle advantages....more
In most M&A deals involving private targets (including the sales of divisions of publicly traded companies), the purchase agreement will include a baseline dollar value for the target, with several adjustments. Often, the...more
In financial services and specifically wealth advisory, success is often measured by the growth of assets under management and the ability to navigate challenging market conditions. For David and Katie Witter, founders of...more
In the evolving landscape of financial services, there have been reports that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has recently classified FNZ, a prominent wealth management platform provider, as a ‘co-manufacturer’ of...more
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a speech by Graeme Reynolds, director of competition on addressing vulnerability in the wealth management sector. Mr Reynolds discusses the good and bad practices that have...more
UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector Trends H2 2023 | H1 2024 — Asset/Wealth Management - Current market: Consistently high M&A activity levels - We are seeing: Europe's barbell becomes more pronounced—larger...more
Alan Harter is the founder and CEO of Pactolus, a platform dedicated to knowledge-sharing and bespoke solutions tailored for discerning entrepreneurs and their high-net-worth families. Founded in 2011, Pactolus is dedicated...more
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has imposed additional principles on the use of big data analytics and artificial intelligence (BDAI) and specifically, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) by authorized...more
How can a chief operating officer be most impactful at a registered investment advisor firm? In this episode, host Matt Baum chats with Matt Sonnen, COO of Coldstream Wealth Management. They discuss what it means to be a COO...more
In recent years, there has been an increased interest in Poland in the services of so-called "family offices", ie private wealth management. Undoubtedly, the demand for such services has grown with the increased affluence...more
UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector trends H2 2022 | H1 2023 — Asset/Wealth Management - Sub-sector M&A activity levels soar—market moving deals across wealth management, financial planning, fund management, debt...more
This presentation will take a detailed look at the attorney-client privilege between a trustee and its attorney, the scope of the privilege, the fiduciary exception that would allow beneficiaries to review communications and...more
CAPTRUST announced its purchase of Monroe Vos Consulting, a Houston-based registered investment advisor (RIA) with $5.8 billion in assets. Monroe Vos provides advisory services for retirement plan sponsors, endowments, and...more
Unless you rely solely on streaming services, at some point in recent years, you have likely seen Tom Selleck pitching reverse mortgages as a retirement strategy. Is that a product for you? Or your parents? This article won’t...more
The government's updated net-zero Green Finance Strategy was published on 30 March 2023. We set out below the key elements of the updated Strategy which focuses on the need for green investment and on opportunities for the...more
Volatile technology stocks and rising interest rates put the brakes on fintech funding rounds and M&A in 2022. But even though investment activity fell from 2021’s highs, fintech deal volumes have remained well ahead of...more
Join us for the next edition of FinTech University as we focus on wealth preservation. Experienced Nelson Mullins attorney Jonathan Gopman, along with David Warren at Bridgeford Trust Company, and Mark Sims at Captive...more
What to expect? The first half of 2022 marked another banner period for asset and wealth management deals, with deal volume up 11% compared to the same period in 2021, according to PWC. And the market for buying and selling...more
UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector trends H2 2021 | H1 2022 — Asset/Wealth Management - With over 350 deals in the European AWM sector in 2021, M&A consolidation activity is hotter than it has ever been in the...more
This presentation will address the various issues that arise when a trustee enters into a self-interested transaction with the trust. Among other issues, it will address the duty of loyalty, the presumption of unfairness,...more
From manufacturers to financial and other professional service providers, no prudent company welcomes attention based upon an unfortunate client or customer affiliation. Still, in our media-saturated world, “foreign” and...more
In early September 2021, the deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China, the central bank of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), announced the impending launch of two new cross-border investment schemes: Wealth...more