ESTATE PLANNING

Plan for What Comes Next

Estate planning

Make your wishes clear

Your estate can include your home, savings, investments, insurance, business interests, and personal belongings. Planning ahead gives the people you trust a clearer picture of who should act on your behalf and what you want to leave to the people and causes you care about.

Areas of expertise

Tools to discuss with your advisors

We help you see how your estate decisions fit your financial plan and identify questions to take to your legal and tax professionals.

Wills & executors

Record how you want your assets distributed and who you trust to administer your estate.

Beneficiary designations

Review the people named on registered accounts and insurance policies alongside your other estate documents.

Powers of attorney

Discuss who you would trust to manage finances or make personal care decisions if you could no longer do so.

Trusts

Ask your lawyer whether a trust could support a beneficiary’s needs or set conditions for how assets are managed.

Insurance & estate liquidity

Consider how your estate could pay expenses, debts, or taxes without having to sell assets quickly.

Tax considerations

Flag questions about registered accounts, business interests, or property to review with your tax professional.

Charitable giving

Decide which causes you want to support and discuss how to record those gifts as part of your plan.

Digital assets

List important digital accounts and discuss how to give the right person access where permitted.

When to review

Update your plan as life changes

  1. Family changes

    Revisit your instructions after a marriage, separation, birth, death, or change in a dependant’s needs.

  2. A change in who can act

    Check whether the people named as executor or attorney are still willing and able to take on the role.

  3. New assets or commitments

    Review the plan after buying or selling a business, acquiring property, or taking on significant obligations.

  4. A change in priorities

    Update beneficiaries and gifts when your plans for family, philanthropy, or your business change.

Every family has different needs

Let’s talk about what you want to put in place and what questions to bring to your advisors.

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