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investmentnews.com > practice-management > wealth-transfer-timing-why-waiting-is-the-costliest-mistake-families-make > 267956

Wealth transfer timing: why waiting is the costliest mistake families make

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (885+ words) Warren Buffett's announcement in July that he plans to distribute the remainder of his Berkshire Hathaway shares over eight years rather than leave them to an estate has surfaced a question many wealthy families keep deferring: when is the right…...

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investmentnews.com > mergers-acquisitions > wealth-enhancement-enters-alabama-with-ria-managing-462m-in-client-assets > 267627

Wealth Enhancement enters Alabama with RIA managing $462M in client assets

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (295+ words) Wealth Enhancement has agreed to acquire Cloud Investments, LLC, a registered investment advisor headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, adding more than $462 million in client assets under management and opening the company's first offices in the state. The transaction, terms of which…...

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investmentnews.com > retirement-planning > estate-planning-gaps-leave-families-facing-steep-probate-costs-new-report-finds > 267589

Estate planning gaps leave families facing steep probate costs, new report finds

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (572+ words) The cost of settling an estate can vary dramatically depending on where someone lives, and those differences are increasingly shaping how Americans approach estate planning. A new report from LegalZoom finds probate costs on a $500,000 estate range from about $5,000 in…...

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investmentnews.com > practice-management > why-the-biggest-risk-in-wealth-transfer-isnt-taxes-its-silence > 267556

Why the biggest risk in wealth transfer isn't taxes. It's silence

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (698+ words) The Great Wealth Transfer is reshaping the financial advice industry, but Charles Massimo, Senior Vice President and Financial Advisor at Wealth Enhancement in New York, says advisors are focused on the wrong problem. Moving money efficiently, he argues, is the…...

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investmentnews.com > practice-management > big-beautiful-bill > 267422

One year of the OBBBA: How advisors are replanning around its biggest provisions

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (289+ words) For advisors, 2026 is the first full year all of these provisions are in effect simultaneously — and the planning implications are still being digested. Three advisors describe the provisions that have changed their client conversations most, which ones remain underused, and…...

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investmentnews.com > independent-broker-dealers > want-to-win-in-the-advisor-wars-then-make-sure-youre-offering-plenty-of-choices > 267509

Want to win in the advisor wars? Then make sure you’re offering plenty of choices

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (494+ words) Choice and culture are key weapons in the advisor playbook when it comes to battling market volatility, according to Centaurus Financial. While the financial advisory industry has seen widespread consolidation in recent years, the national independent broker-dealer offers its network…...

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investmentnews.com > retirement-planning > mass-affluents-are-saving-less-in-anticipation-of-inheritance-but-theres-a-big-problem > 267435

Mass affluents are saving less in anticipation of inheritance. But there’s a big problem

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (565+ words) Most mass affluent Americans are making financial decisions based on a future inheritance but ignoring a critical issue that could derail their finances. Nearly two thirds of respondents to Key Wealth's 2026 Inheritance Pulse Poll who anticipate an inheritance say the…...

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investmentnews.com > retirement-planning > estate-planning-becomes-a-client-retention-issue-for-financial-advisors-survey-finds > 267265

Estate planning becomes a client retention issue for financial advisors, survey finds

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (544+ words) Estate planning is becoming less of an optional service and more of an expectation among advisory clients, with new research suggesting firms that fail to offer it could risk losing business. According to Trust & Will’s 2026 Financial Advisor Report, 68% of advised…...

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investmentnews.com > practice-management > widow-spouses > 267060

How financial advisors can guide widowed clients through grief

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (742+ words) When a client loses a spouse, the emotional weight of grief and the pressure of immediate financial decisions can collide in ways that make planning sound nearly impossible. For financial advisors and wealth managers, the first weeks after a client's…...

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investmentnews.com > advisor-tech > wealthcom-raises-65m-to-become-the-all-in-one-ai-software-for-specialized-planning > 266590

Wealth.com raises $65M to become the all-in-one AI software for specialized planning?

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (221+ words) Michael Kitces is Head of Planning Strategy at Focus Partners Wealth, which provides an evidence-based approach to private wealth management for near- and current retirees, and Focus Partners Advisor Solutions, a turnkey wealth management services provider supporting thousands of independent…...