Implementing the Wealth Management Index (eBook)

Tools to Build Your Practice and Measure Client Success

Ross Levin (Autor)

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2011 | 1. Auflage
288 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-15979-8 (ISBN)

Infos

The gold standard for measuring financial progress, updated for
today's market

From Ross Levin, a trusted financial planner, comes
Implementing the Wealth Management Index. The new edition of
the book Investment Advisor called a "landmark opus," this
revised and updated volume expands upon his legendary Wealth
Management Index tool. A benchmark system that, through a series of
questions and evaluations, enables advisors to score their
performance for individual clients, the tool is used by firms
around the world. In this new edition, the index looks at asset
protection, disability and income protection, debt management,
investment planning, and estate planning.

The new edition adds more how-to information, as well as actual
client examples and case studies to show how Levin's firm
successfully uses the index as a daily strategy.

* Asks the important questions, like "Did you use all reasonable
means to reduce your taxes?" and "Have you established and funded
all the necessary trusts? Have you made your desired gifts for this
year?

* Newly revised and expanded for the first time since 1997

Essential guidance from a top man in the game, Implementing
the Wealth Management Index is the one-stop resource for
measuring client financial progress.

Autor

ROSS LEVIN, CFP¯®, is the Founding Principal and President of Accredited Investors Inc., and a nationally recognized expert in financial planning. He was named one of the five most influential people in financial planning by Financial Planning magazine and as one of the twenty-five most influential individuals in and around the advisory profession by Investment Advisor magazine. A much sought after speaker on financial matters, Levin has appeared in numerous publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, Fortune, the New York Times, Newsweek, Barron's, and Money magazine, as well as on television and radio shows such as NBC Nightly News, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and American Public Media's Marketplace Money. Levin was the first recipient of the Financial Planning Association's Heart of Financial Planning Award.

Inhalt

Introduction xi

Chapter 1 Turning a Concept into a Practice 01

The Format 02

The Wealth Management Index Overview 03

The Wealth Management Index 04

Conclusion 11

Chapter 2 Building and Operating a Practice 13

What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? 13

Partners 21

Broader Ownership 23

Conclusion 32

Chapter 3 Growing Your Business 33

Quantitative Prospect Metrics 33

Behavioral Types of Prospects 35

The Prospect Meeting 39

Questions 42

Other Questions 46

Next Steps 47

Conclusion 49

Chapter 4 Developing Staff 51

The Client Team 51

Leadership Pipeline 52

Conclusion 52

Chapter 5 Training Staff in Using the Wealth Management Index 65

The New Hire Process 65

Conclusion 83

Chapter 6 The Work Plan 85

Pre-meeting 85

Post-meeting 87

Agenda 92

Conclusion 92

Chapter 7 Objective Setting 95

Asset Protection 95

Disability and Income Protection 98

Debt Management 103

Investment Planning 105

Estate Planning 107

Conclusion 112

Chapter 8 Scoring the Wealth Management Index 113

Spreadsheet 114

Chapter 9 Asset Protection (Preservation) 117

Components 119

Have You Articulated a Life Insurance Philosophy? 119

What are Your Concerns Regarding Risks of Large Losses from Medical, Long- Term Care, Property/Casualty, and Personal or Professional Liability Issues? 128

Have You Defined and Protected Your Business Interests? 138

Conclusion 142

Chapter 10 Disability and Income Protection (Protection) 145

What are the Income and Lifestyle Needs and Wants of Your Family Currently and Prospectively? 147

Have You Evaluated All Current Sources of Income and Potential Changes to These Sources? 159

Are You Fully Utilizing All Benefits Available to You? 168

Conclusion 189

Chapter 11 Debt Management 191

Have You Established Your Philosophy Regarding Using Savings or Credit? 192

Is Your Type of Debt Appropriate Given Your Wealth-Management Objectives? 196

Conclusion 201

Chapter 12 Investment Planning (Accumulation) 203

Have You Developed an Investment Philosophy? 205

Have You Determined the Mechanics for Managing Your Portfolio and the Evaluation of What Success Looks Like? 222

Conclusion 228

Chapter 13 Estate Planning (Distribution) 231

Have You a Philosophy on Wealth Transfer? 232

Have You Articulated Your Charitable Philosophy or Mission Statement? 244

Have You Planned for Incapacitation, Elder Care Issues, and Final Planning Needs? 248

Conclusion 251

Epilogue 253

About the Author 255

Index 257

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.9.2011
• Reihe/Serie: Bloomberg Professional
• Reihe/Serie: Bloomberg Professional
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
• Schlagworte: Finance & Investments • Finanz- u. Anlagewesen • Investments & Securities • Kapitalanlage • Kapitalanlagen u. Wertpapiere
• ISBN-10: 1-118-15979-9 / 1118159799
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-15979-8 / 9781118159798