wealth transfer

Financial planning

Preparing for the end of a client-adviser relationship

With four in 10 advisers viewing the intergenerational wealth transfer as a threat to their practice, Business Health explores what to do when an established client relat...

Financial planning

Retaining client assets in the face of wealth transfer

Nearly half of financial advisers worldwide view the intergenerational wealth transfer as an existential threat, Natixis Investment Managers finds, as one-third say they ...

Financial planning

How can advisers mitigate wealth transfer concerns?

Clients are exhibiting multiple concerns on the intergenerational wealth transfer, making it imperative for advisers to address these fears through comprehensive strategi...

Financial planning

Over 1 in 10 Aussies plan to pass down $1m and more

Australia’s looming intergenerational wealth transfer remains a crucial opportunity for financial advisers, with 14 per cent of consumers looking to transfer $1 million o...

Financial planning

The downsides of the $4.9tn intergenerational wealth ‘tsunami’

Two reports have highlighted potential problems around the $4.9 trillion intergenerational wealth “tsunami”, particularly for women who are most likely to be a beneficiar...

Financial planning

AMP expands advice network with estate planning service

AMP has launched a new estate planning offering across its financial advice network in response to client demand ahead of Australia’s looming intergenerational wealth tra...

Financial planning

Advisers lean into the great wealth transfer’s benefits

Financial advisers who actively engage with their clients’ wealth transfer to their children are seeing greater client satisfaction and higher retention rates, Australian...

Financial planning

Thousands of practices have shut up shop since 2018

Almost 3,000 advice practices have closed their doors in the past five years, but there is a “renewed purpose and direction” for those who remain, says Adviser Ratings....

Financial planning

Advisers ‘in the box seat’ of upcoming wealth transfer: Fidelity

Seeking to help their loved ones achieve greater financial security through an inheritance, Australians are increasingly looking to advisers for estate planning and engag...

Financial planning

Aussies remain underprepared in succession planning

With the great wealth transfer looming alongside weakening financial literacy, an HLB wealth adviser urges families to engage in more financial discussions around legacy ...

Financial planning

Younger generation averse to advice despite $3.5t wealth transfer

Less than half of millennials and Gen-Z say they would be open to using a financial adviser in the future, according to Findex, despite $3.5 trillion expected to transfer...