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    A Stress Test For Your Estate Plan

    Are there surprises lurking in your plan?

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    Navigate to The Well-Prepared Family
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    The Well-Prepared Family

    Gain a complete view of your wealth, goals and intentions.

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    Navigate to Tools to Transfer Values with Wealth
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    Tools to Transfer Values with Wealth

    Maintain family harmony with these wealth transfer tools.

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    Navigate to How One Family Instilled Purpose in Their Wealth Plan
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    How One Family Instilled Purpose in Their Wealth Plan

    Avoid family conflict with a new approach to wealth planning.

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    Funding Education: Know Your Options

    Explore your options for funding education.

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    Navigate to Succession Stories
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    Succession Stories

    Lessons learned from former family office CEOs.

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    Navigate to Engaging the Rising Generation
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    Engaging the Rising Generation

    Prepare future family leaders for success.

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    Navigate to Optimizing the Family Office Tech Stack
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    Optimizing the Family Office Tech Stack

    Family offices gather data from a wide variety of investments across an expanding range of asset types.

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    Navigate to Attracting and Retaining Talent in Family Offices
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    Attracting and Retaining Talent in Family Offices

    Attract and retain top talent to set your family office up for success.

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    Mitigating Cyber Risks In Family Offices for Long-Term Security

    Protect family data with strong cybersecurity practices.

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    Money and the Mind

    Stan Treger is using psychology to help others understand “the why” behind their money story.

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    College-Bound Planning: Key Financial and Health Care Decisions

    Understand key financial and healthcare planning decisions for families of college-bound students.

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    Navigate to Modern Trust Provisions
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    Modern Trust Provisions

    Evolve your clients’ trusts and wills with more than 30 provisions.

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    Navigate to Money & Meaning
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    Money & Meaning

    Exploring our complex relationship with wealth.

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    Navigate to The Entrepreneur's Trust
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    The Entrepreneur's Trust

    Will your wealth plan encourage your children’s entrepreneurial spirit or foster complacency?

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    Wealth Planning for Couples Without Children

    Planning considerations for modern families.

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    Navigate to Working Together on Passive Income and Estate Planning Goals
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    Working Together on Passive Income and Estate Planning Goals

    The sale of an interest in commercial real-estate among relatives unlocks value.

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    Secrets of Enterprising Families

    Five secrets of successful intergenerational wealth transfer.

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    Navigate to Tools to Transfer Values with Wealth
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    Tools to Transfer Values with Wealth

    Maintain family harmony with these wealth transfer tools.

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    Navigate to Five Ways to Make Year-End Philanthropic Conversations Meaningful
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    Five Ways to Make Year-End Philanthropic Conversations Meaningful

    A guide to discussing philanthropy with your family.

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    Navigate to Strategies for 2023 Year-End Charitable Giving
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    Strategies for 2023 Year-End Charitable Giving

    Make the most of your charitable donations.

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    Navigate to Should I Hire an Investment Bank to Sell My Business?
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    Should I Hire an Investment Bank to Sell My Business?

    Learn the benefits of hiring an investment bank when selling your business.

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    Building Relationships and Wealth Together

    Psychological research on love and prosperity.

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    Navigate to Funding Education: Know Your Options
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    Funding Education: Know Your Options

    Explore your options for funding education.

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    Take Your Dream to Sea: Financing a Yacht Purchase

    Successful projects marry expert planning with passion.

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    Money May Not Buy Happiness. But Purpose Can.

    Find a common purpose today by developing a vision of future success.

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    Can a Private Equity Partner Help Grow Your Business?

    Expert insights on building the right relationship with a PE partner.

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    Valuing, Appraising and Transferring Your Art Collection

    Understand the financial implications of transferring your collection to family or charity.

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    Navigate to How Will You Fund Your "Next Big Thing"?
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    How Will You Fund Your "Next Big Thing"?

    A framework to raise capital for new opportunities.

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    Navigate to Executive Spotlight: Have You Planned for the Possibility of Disability?
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    Executive Spotlight: Have You Planned for the Possibility of Disability?

    Minimize the impact of potential disability for your family and wealth.

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    How to Invest with Less Bias

    Keep common investment biases from impacting results.

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    Navigate to Keeping the Family Business in the Family
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    Keeping the Family Business in the Family

    Five strategies to preserve your family business for future generations.

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    Navigate to Divorce & Real Estate: Avoiding a Tax Surprise
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    Divorce & Real Estate: Avoiding a Tax Surprise

    Align assets and goals with expert analysis.

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    Navigate to Does Placing Your Business in Trust Mean Giving Up Control?
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    Does Placing Your Business in Trust Mean Giving Up Control?

    Strategies for striking a balance between trustee duty and family control.

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    Navigate to Planning with Purpose: Philanthropic Intent
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    Planning with Purpose: Philanthropic Intent

    Build an enduring legacy with intentional philanthropic planning.

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    Navigate to Taking Flight: Evaluating Your Private Travel Options
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    Taking Flight: Evaluating Your Private Travel Options

    Understand when private jet travel makes sense for you.

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    Navigate to Making Philanthropy Part of Your Leadership Succession Plan
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    Making Philanthropy Part of Your Leadership Succession Plan

    How to make philanthropy part of succession planning.

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    Navigate to Retiring Into Philanthropy: Strategies For Business Owners
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    Retiring Into Philanthropy: Strategies For Business Owners

    Make the shift from corporate to individual philanthropy.

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    Spending in Retirement: Planning for Withdrawals

    Learn how to balance optimal asset allocation with your withdrawal needs.

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    Navigate to The Gray Remarriage: Avoid Accidentally Disinheriting Your Loved Ones
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    The Gray Remarriage: Avoid Accidentally Disinheriting Your Loved Ones

    In blended marriages, the threat of accidental disinheritance is real.

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    Navigate to Navigating Trustee Selection
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    Navigating Trustee Selection

    Your wealth transfer plan’s success depends on the trustee.

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    Navigate to Research Findings: How Executives Make Wealth Decisions
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    Research Findings: How Executives Make Wealth Decisions

    Research reveals executives’ financial decision making process.

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    Navigate to Transfer Wealth Purposefully with a Statement of Intent
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    Transfer Wealth Purposefully with a Statement of Intent

    Set your family up for success by sharing your intentions.

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    Navigate to Transitioning from Business Owner to Wealth Owner
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    Transitioning from Business Owner to Wealth Owner

    Will you be able to meet your post-sale cash flow needs?

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    Navigate to Family Business: The Keep or Sell Decision
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    Family Business: The Keep or Sell Decision

    Decide whether to keep or sell your family business.

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    Navigate to Navigating Generational Divides
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    Navigating Generational Divides

    Establish a plan to manage wealth together.

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    Navigate to Rethink Giving: Newer Ways to Make an Impact
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    Rethink Giving: Newer Ways to Make an Impact

    Explore new charitable giving opportunities.

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    Navigate to 8 Ways to Strengthen Your Board of Directors
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    8 Ways to Strengthen Your Board of Directors

    Build an effective board for your private business.

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    Navigate to 5 Components of a Successful Succession Plan
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    5 Components of a Successful Succession Plan

    Help your business thrive through a succession plan.

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    Navigate to Financial Mistakes Women Make During the Divorce Process
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    Financial Mistakes Women Make During the Divorce Process

    Take steps to avoid common high net worth pitfalls.

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    Navigate to Maximizing Executive Compensation
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    Maximizing Executive Compensation

    Navigate the intricacies of your executive compensation.

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    Navigate to Cash Flow: Planning to Fund Major Purchases
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    Cash Flow: Planning to Fund Major Purchases

    Cash-flow management strategies for the C-suite.

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    Navigate to Executive Tax Reference Guide
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    Executive Tax Reference Guide

    Optimize tax treatment for executive compensation.

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    Navigate to Personal Risk Management: Protecting What Matters Most
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    Personal Risk Management: Protecting What Matters Most

    Protect your financial security and well-being.

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    Navigate to Legacy Planning: Supporting Family and Causes
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    Legacy Planning: Supporting Family and Causes

    Know your options for gifting to family and charitable causes.

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    Navigate to Incorporating Family Well-Being In Your Plan
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    Incorporating Family Well-Being In Your Plan

    Prepare your family for challenges they could encounter.

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    Navigate to Building Your Wealth Management Team
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    Building Your Wealth Management Team

    Assemble a team of advisors for the executive journey.

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    Navigate to Understanding Your Executive Employment Agreement
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    Understanding Your Executive Employment Agreement

    Learn common characteristics of compensation, restrictions and provisions.

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    Navigate to What You Can Learn From My Divorce
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    What You Can Learn From My Divorce

    Navigate the challenges of a high net-worth divorce.

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    Navigate to Common Reasons Business Sale Transactions Fail
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    Common Reasons Business Sale Transactions Fail

    Avoid common pitfalls that derail the sale of a business.

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    Navigate to How to Relocate Successfully
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    How to Relocate Successfully

    Consider all aspects of relocation, from health care to tax.

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    Navigate to Mitigating Concentration Risk Through Diversification
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    Mitigating Concentration Risk Through Diversification

    Understand the risks of single stock concentration.

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    Navigate to Who Do You Want On Your Divorce Team?
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    Who Do You Want On Your Divorce Team?

    Build the right professional team to guide you through divorce.

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    Navigate to Preparing the Next Generation to Lead the Business
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    Preparing the Next Generation to Lead the Business

    Prepare the next generation to lead your company.

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    Navigate to First Financial Steps for the Newly Single
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    First Financial Steps for the Newly Single

    Position yourself to financially thrive in your next chapter.

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    Navigate to Staying Involved in Your Business After You Sell
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    Staying Involved in Your Business After You Sell

    Employee, board member, consultant, or shareholder?

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    Navigate to Family Business: Hiring and Working with Family
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    Family Business: Hiring and Working with Family

    Five strategies to preserve your family business for future generations.

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    Navigate to Overcoming Obstacles to Financial Conversations
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    Overcoming Obstacles to Financial Conversations

    Prepare the next generation for financial responsibility.

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    Navigate to How to Select the Right Estate Executor
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    How to Select the Right Estate Executor

    Learn how to select the executor of your estate.

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    Navigate to Prepare for Unexpected Health Costs
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    Prepare for Unexpected Health Costs

    Explore three ways to go beyond primary insurance to protect your lifestyle.

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    Navigate to Prepare to Navigate Medicare
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    Prepare to Navigate Medicare

    Find answers to common questions about the benefit.

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    Navigate to 11 Best Practices for Nonprofit Directors
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    11 Best Practices for Nonprofit Directors

    Become a more effective nonprofit leader.

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    Navigate to Joining a Nonprofit Board? Know Your Fiduciary Duties
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    Joining a Nonprofit Board? Know Your Fiduciary Duties

    Recognize common pitfalls before they happen.

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    Navigate to The Family Vacation Home: Planning for the Future
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    The Family Vacation Home: Planning for the Future

    Prepare yourself, your estate and your family for the future.

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    Navigate to 10 Questions for Finding the Right Estate Planner
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    10 Questions for Finding the Right Estate Planner

    Look for relevant experience and a good rapport.

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    Navigate to Estate Planning Strategies to Help Avoid Disaster
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    Estate Planning Strategies to Help Avoid Disaster

    Keep the family peace and help ensure your wishes are carried out.

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    Navigate to The Road to Why Podcast
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    The Road to Why Podcast

    Discover the “why” that drives today’s most successful business leaders.

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    Navigate to 4 Steps to Help You Take Charge of Your Financial Life
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    4 Steps to Help You Take Charge of Your Financial Life

    Discover key steps for your next financial chapter.

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    Navigate to Building Consensus: Addressing Behavioral Biases
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    Building Consensus: Addressing Behavioral Biases

    Recognizing behavioral investment biases helps build consensus among investment committees.

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    Navigate to Discovering New Possibilities
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    Discovering New Possibilities

    Learn how one woman moved past worry and is confidently guiding her financial future.

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    Navigate to Spotlight: Maximizing the Sale of a Family Business
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    Spotlight: Maximizing the Sale of a Family Business

    How Northern Trust helped a family maximize a business sale.

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    Navigate to Planning with Purpose
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    Planning with Purpose

    Partnering on a new approach to wealth planning.

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    Navigate to Strategies to Support Growing Families
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    Strategies to Support Growing Families

    Adapt to meet the evolving needs of a growing family.

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    Navigate to Selecting a Financial Advisor
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    Selecting a Financial Advisor

    What qualities should wealthy individuals look for in a financial advisor?

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    Navigate to Do You Need a Co-Trustee?
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    Do You Need a Co-Trustee?

    Evaluate the benefits of having a co-trustee.

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    Navigate to Solving for Illiquidity in Divorce
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    Solving for Illiquidity in Divorce

    Illiquid assets present a significant challenge in high-net-worth divorces.

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    Social Security Strategy Planning: 10 Questions to Ask

    Key questions to help maximize your Social Security benefits.

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    Successful Wealth Transfer Starts with Conversations

    Insights on Successful Wealth Transfer.

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    Navigate to The Purpose Trust
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    The Purpose Trust

    Learn how a relatively new vehicle allows a business to be owned by its purpose.

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    Navigate to Passing Down More than Money
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    Passing Down More than Money

    Study: Gain greater peace of mind and family harmony with a goals-driven approach to wealth management.

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    Navigate to How One Couple Successfully Sold Their Family Business
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    How One Couple Successfully Sold Their Family Business

    Coordinated advice helps guide a successful and confident transition

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    Kids and Money

    How parents can prepare their children to manage wealth.

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    Navigate to Navigating International Family Office Trends
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    Navigating International Family Office Trends

    Leverage global opportunities to meet your client’s complex needs.

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    Navigate to Divorce and The Liquidity Crunch
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    Divorce and The Liquidity Crunch

    Ways to strategically use credit during divorce.

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    Navigate to Guiding Effective Investment Decision-Making
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    Guiding Effective Investment Decision-Making

    How an investment policy statement drives more than just investments.

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    Navigate to Modern Trust Provisions
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    Modern Trust Provisions

    Evolve your clients’ trusts and wills with these 26 provisions.

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    Navigate to Women in Philanthropy
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    Women in Philanthropy

    Answers to the top questions on establishing a philanthropic legacy.

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    Navigate to Funding your Lifestyle and Ambitions
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    Funding your Lifestyle and Ambitions

    Our goals-based approach helps you make critical financial decisions and do more with your wealth.

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    Navigate to Keeping the Family Business in the Family
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    Keeping the Family Business in the Family

    Five strategies to preserve the legacy of your family business for future generations.

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    Navigate to Tipping the Scales: Balancing Private & Public Investments
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    Tipping the Scales: Balancing Private & Public Investments

    Make informed decisions by building your knowledge on financial concepts and principles.

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    Navigate to Interstate Relocation Checklist
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    Interstate Relocation Checklist

    Consider all aspects of relocation, from health care to tax.

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    Navigate to A Stress Test For Your Estate Plan
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    A Stress Test For Your Estate Plan

    Are there surprises lurking in your plan?

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    Navigate to Avoiding Financial Mistakes in Divorce
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    Avoiding Financial Mistakes in Divorce

    Learn common financial mistakes women make in divorce and how to avoid them.

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    Navigate to How Will You Fund Your "Next Big Thing?"
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    How Will You Fund Your "Next Big Thing?"

    A framework to raise capital for new opportunities.

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    Navigate to Five Ways to Make Year-End Philanthropic Conversations Meaningful
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    Five Ways to Make Year-End Philanthropic Conversations Meaningful

    A guide to discussing philanthropy with your family.

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    Navigate to How a Vesting Event Revealed Flaws in an Executive's Estate Plan
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    How a Vesting Event Revealed Flaws in an Executive's Estate Plan

    Refining an estate plan to address concentrated equity risk.

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    Navigate to A Gift for Today and Tomorrow
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    A Gift for Today and Tomorrow

    Giving a hands-on lesson in investing.

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    Navigate to A Family Shares the Value of Education Among Generations
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    A Family Shares the Value of Education Among Generations

    Jumpstarting education saving with a strategic gift.

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