Mars Avery's The protector of salvation sold for $20,480 at Doyle's Impressionist & Modern Art/Post-War & Contemporary Art auction on May 8, 2024 in New York City. The brightly colored oil on canvas evokes nostalgia for carefree childhood beach days and is a perfect match for our summer cover. The painting, along with many others…

• The repurchase agreement does not affect the company's valuation–IN Estate of Connelly v. United States, No. 23-146 (June 6, 2024), the US Supreme Court agreed with the Internal Revenue Service that life insurance proceeds paid to a business were not offset by the business' obligation to repay the decedent's ownership in the company. As…

Sara Barba and Sandra Swirski look at the fate of philanthropy in 2025. Source link

Charles A. Redd explains why it is unfortunate that the taxpayers in Moore v. United States did not seek proof of their argument. Source link

Osaic, one of the largest independent broker/dealer networks, has released enhanced versions of its NextPhase Pro and NextPhase Plus retirement income planning tools, with the help of IncomeConductor. The NextPhase platform calculates readable and personalized retirement income plans that are based on simple data collected from end clients by their advisors. Connected: Retirement income moves…

Irrevocable grantor trusts are ubiquitous in estate planning for good reason: Taxpayers can give valuable, appreciating assets to a trust that can be protected from the beneficiaries' creditors. Transactions, such as loans and sales, between the lessor and grantor fund are disregarded for income tax purposes, providing considerable flexibility and opportunity for onward transfer of…

Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) individuals and their families engage in trust and estate planning for many reasons, the most common of which is to protect their family's assets and ensure the most tax-efficient transfer of wealth between generations. UHNWs are becoming increasingly global – whether in the migration or actual movement of family members…

Editor-in-Chief Susan R. Lipp weighs in on the contents of this month's issue. Source link

Morgan Stanley's wealth business missed expectations this quarter, as the division faced a steep 17% year-over-year decline in net interest income. The company boasted that its wealth division hit record client assets and asset management fee income during the quarter. But according to third-quarter earnings, the wealth division's net income was $6.79 billion, down 1%…

BlackRock's plans to use its recent acquisition of Preqin to build private market ETFs have drawn skeptics, reports the Financial Times. Fortune profiled nine leaders in the growing private lending arena. These are among the investment must-reads we found this week for wealth advisors. WealthManagement.com | July 16, 2024 Source link