Flash Update: Knight Fallout 

As we were going to press with the March 2008 issue of Trusts & Estates magazine, we received an email from Kevin Matz of White & Case, LLP, who has a piece in that issue entitled "Knight's Decided....

Do-Good Investing 

If a client wants his assets invested in socially and environmentally responsible companies, how do you oblige?...

Sound the Alarm 

The Brits are about to heavily tax Americans living in the United Kingdom...

Only the IRS Knows for Sure! 

The Pension Protection Act of 2006, for the first time, permitted non-spouse beneficiaries to have inherited benefits transferred from a qualified retirement plan to an "inherited IRA." ...

Money 'n Sanity 

A new TV series shows families learning to break the taboo against talking about money...

Horton Foote's Dividing the Estate 

Horton Foote's Dividing the Estate, a play about family interdependence, love, hate and estate planning, had a limited run, Sept. 27 to Oct. 28, to critical acclaim in New York City....

Richistan 

A peek at the country within our country, where the rich live and consume -- copiously...

Restorative Payments 

Good news for taxpayers: the Internal Revenue Service extended these payments to retirement plans...

New Programs Guarantee Retirement Income 

Highly paid executives have a new way to guarantee lifetime monthly income from their company's 401(k) plans. It's a nifty new array of products; but they do have drawbacks. ...

The 419(e) Plan Is a Good Option—If Handled Well 

If your clients who are business owners are thinking about setting up a 419(e) single-employer welfare benefit arrangement plan, beware: It must be airtight to escape the tentacles of the Internal Revenue Service....

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It's a Whole New Game

Charlie Ratner talks with estate-planning expert Lou Harrison, investment guru Michael Lewitt and retirement benefits specialist Mike Jones. Register for this timely podcast......

Webinars

Aligning Charitable Giving & Life Insurance

Best Practices, Planning Techniques, and Philanthropic Benefits. Tanya Howe Johnson, President & CEO of the PPP, Kelly Kidwell, President & CEO of Pacific Advisors and Chairman of the AALU Charitable Planning Committee, and Phil Cubeta, the Sallie B. and William B. Wallace Chair in Philanthropy at the American College. Available On Demand!...

Integrative Philanthropy

Times are tough - in fact, donors are more careful to integrate their philanthropy with their financial and estate planning. Robert F. Sharpe, Jr. and Marc D. Hoffman describe the current philanthropic/political landscape and review the techniques that donors of means are now increasingly using to optimize their giving.
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Press Releases

Findings from the Third Annual Industry Trends Survey

WealthCounsel, a nationwide organization of estate planning attorneys, and Trusts & Estates magazine today released the results of the Third Annual Industry Trends Survey which was released at the 44th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning educational conference....

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