Madison Eubanks
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May 05, 2025
Connected Financial and Estate Planning: Delivering Holistic Client Outcomes
Financial advisors are increasingly recognizing that comprehensive financial planning must include estate planning to truly serve clients’ long-term goals. Traditionally, financial planning (investments, retirement, tax, etc.) and estate planning (wills, trusts, legacy) operated in silos. However, this separation is no longer viable or competitive in today’s client-centric advisory landscape. In this whitepaper, we explore: Why integrating financial and estate planning is essential How leading platforms like eMoney Advisor and Vanilla enable a seamless, holistic planning experience when connected What benefits advisors and clients can expect from this integration. Industry statistics, real-world workflow examples, and forward-looking trends to help financial advisors...
Vanilla
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Dec 01, 2024
The Vanilla Estate Planning Playbook (updated for 2025)
A step-by-step checklist to guide your client conversations, updated for 2025. This playbook is inspired by the guide used by Vanilla founder Steve Lockshin and his advisory firm AdvicePeriod, based on Lockshin’s 30+ years of financial advice and estate planning for some of the most successful ultra-high net worth clients in the world.
Vanilla
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Nov 07, 2024
A Guide to Gifting
Making lifetime gifts is one of the most common, tried-and-true strategies to reduce estate tax liability. We’ll walk you through the major types of charitable and non-charitable gifts that you might want to consider, as this year draws to an end.
Vanilla
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Sep 12, 2024
Vanilla Plan Snapshot
With Vanilla, advisors can offer a new deliverable that both clients and prospects have never seen before. Plan Snapshot visualizes family, financial, and estate information in one easy to understand diagram to provide an intuitive and personalized overview of your client's plan.