Wealth Transfer Planning
Preparing the next generation to be wise financial stewards.
We believe that money should be managed by the same principles that guide your life. Nowhere is that more important than when planning a financial future that spans generations.
The wealth you leave behind for your children and grandchildren isn’t merely measured in dollars and cents, but in values and sense. Estate planning is an opportunity to reflect on what matters most and plan for a future that pays dividends in joy, wisdom, and growth for your family, and family yet to come.
Preparing the Next Generation
In our three-part video series, Brian Cochran meets with experts to talk about some important lessons for transferring wealth to the next generation:
Caring for Aging Family Members
Do you have a plan in place for aging? In this video, the first of a three-part series, Brian Cochran joins care manager Susan Stuart to discuss the importance of getting your affairs in order, how to choose a care team, and how to minimize uncertainty around life’s greatest inevitability.
Do you have a plan in place for aging? In this video, the first of a three-part series, Brian Cochran joins care manager Susan Stuart to discuss the importance of getting your affairs in order, how to choose a care team, and how to minimize uncertainty around life’s greatest inevitability.
Preparing Executors and Trustees
Who will be responsible for your money after you die? Is there a plan for ensuring your family is cared for? In this video, Brian Cochran meets with estate attorney Curtis Vernon to discuss the process of naming an executor, simplifying your resources, and deciding who should handle the details of your estate.
Who will be responsible for your money after you die? Is there a plan for ensuring your family is cared for? In this video, Brian Cochran meets with estate attorney Curtis Vernon to discuss the process of naming an executor, simplifying your resources, and deciding who should handle the details of your estate.
Being a Wise Steward of an Inheritance
Inheriting wealth can change your life dramatically. Are you prepared to steward those resources wisely and responsibly? Brian Cochran and Cole Leonida discuss ways individuals can better prepare their family members for a lifetime of healthy money habits, and how young people can ready themselves for the future.
Inheriting wealth can change your life dramatically. Are you prepared to steward those resources wisely and responsibly? Brian Cochran and Cole Leonida discuss ways individuals can better prepare their family members for a lifetime of healthy money habits, and how young people can ready themselves for the future.
Additional Wealth Transfer Insights
Wealth That Stays for Generations
You work hard throughout your life to secure a future for the next generation. But the unpleasant reality is that wealth transfer often fails within three generations. According to a study by the Williams Group, approximately 70% of families have lost control of their assets by the third generation. That’s true across the world, independent of culture and tax…
2025 Education Day with David York
David R. York is an attorney specializing in estate planning and wealth transfer. He is also a Certified Public Accountant and Managing Partner with York Howell in Utah. He joined us for Education Day to talk about preparing the next generation for wealth. Watch below to learn about four vital lessons, and why it’s more…
Estate Planning Basics
You’ve just finished paying a few thousand dollars to an estate lawyer to draw up a will or trust. You’ve named executors and trustees and appointed a financial power of attorney. You’ve even drafted a living will and advanced directive and chosen your medical agent. You’re all finished with estate planning, right? Not so fast….
Successful Succession Planning
Too many businesses stumble at the point of succession. Unspoken assumptions about who will take the helm of a company can lead to last-minute surprises and disappointments. Succession built on an unsteady foundation can create instability for everyone on a team. But when succession is planned carefully and handled as a collaboration between successor and…
Love them equally, treat them uniquely
We often use this quote from Ron Blue when describing our recommended thought process for designing an estate plan. Over the years, we continue to find that each beneficiary has unique needs that should be addressed using unique solutions. For example, a large lump sum could be a financial disservice to a family member who…
Tuition Paid & Lessons Learned
Millennials are now the largest generation in the US and the most represented age group in the workforce. I’m one of them. We are starting to save and invest in stocks, real estate and other markets, which is great news. Everyone benefits from a new generation of buyers as the baby boomers retire and become…