Wealth managers work with you to develop and implement a funding strategy tailored specifically to your goals and risk tolerance. They may charge an annual fee, or work on commission, depending on their business model.
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Wealth managers typically share similar backgrounds as financial planners but typically offer higher investment minimums and additional services, such as estate planning strategies and charitable giving plans.
Investing
Wealth managers specialize in offering investment services to high-net-worth clients, helping wealthy people with significant assets achieve their financial goals through sophisticated strategies not available to the general investing public. Their initial client meeting entails the manager assessing planned and unplanned goals before developing a tailored investment portfolio for them.
At this meeting, the manager gets to know their client and devises an investing plan tailored specifically to them and their circumstances. Strategies used may include asset allocation, diversification and rebalancing while tax optimization techniques like capital gains harvesting are employed as well.
Wealth managers typically come from professional backgrounds related to personal finance. They may be Certified Financial Planners, registered representatives, investment advisers or holders of degrees such as master of trust and wealth management. Many work independently or with large brokerage firms; others use newer roboadvisors with lower fees and minimums that offer cheaper investment solutions; they may charge an hourly or flat fee, commission on investments sold or a combination thereof as their fee of service.
Taxes
Taxes should also be given careful consideration when investing, so having a wealth manager on board can help manage your assets tax-smart while working alongside accountants and estate planning specialists on your behalf.
If you own concentrated positions in private or public equity (or real estate investments) such as real estate investments or other illiquid securities, Baird advisors can work closely with your attorney and CPA to develop a plan to monetize them over time while minimizing capital gains taxes and tax loss harvesting can play an essential part in keeping overall taxes to a minimum.
If you prefer an easier financial management experience, a financial planner might be best. Online advisors tend to cater to wealthy clients and have lower minimum fees than traditional wealth managers – though always select someone with appropriate credentials and experience who understands your unique requirements.
Estate Planning
Estate planning helps ensure that your assets will pass to your heirs as per your wishes and with as few taxes due. This may involve creating wills, power of attorney documents and trusts; as well as devising gifting strategies or tax-efficient transfers between generations.
Based on the complexity of your estate, your wealth manager may collaborate with legal and/or tax professionals to offer a full-service approach to managing family finances. They typically participate in both initial plan development as well as ongoing monitoring services.
As an example, when purchasing a lake house, your wealth manager should notify your estate planning attorney and ensure it's properly titled. They may also understand how any changes in your net worth statement might alter your overall estate plan; should this occur they will either assist with updating documents or bring in an attorney as necessary.
Insurance
Wealth management firms are at a pivotal moment, poised for an unprecedented transformation toward customer risk-centricity. To deliver this unprecedented change, both investment and non-investment risks must be contextualized with one another through holistically integrated financial solutions like insurance.
Insurance policies found within a comprehensive wealth management solution typically include personal auto and life coverage policies as well as trust instruments like wills, living wills and durable power of attorney documents. Additional uses could include setting aside charitable donations tax-efficiently while offering protection from unexpected events.
Wealth managers provide high-net-worth individuals with assistance in growing their assets, reducing taxes and loss exposure, protecting family legacy and planning for the future. While wealth managers tend to require high account minimums, their services can provide a much clearer picture of customers' current finances, future goals, risk tolerance levels and so forth, which ultimately aid in devising a suitable financial strategy plan.