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Get the most out of your employee benefits

When your company offers you a benefit, take it. These benefits have monetary value, and taking advantage of them can boost your overall financial health. However, many people aren’t aware

Even employees that are aware of the ever-expanding array of perks they may encounter from employers may not be taking full advantage of employee benefits.

The Quorum Private Wealth guide to trusts

Trusts (or trust funds) are one of those financial planning terms that starts to feel diluted over time. People have a general sense of what trusts are, but many would

The term trust (or trust funds) is so broad it can often be misinterpreted, which means many people aren’t fully aprised of how trusts work or when they’re helpful.

How GRATs work

Grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs) are a type of irrevocable trust designed to pass assets to beneficiaries in a tax-optimized way. These trusts pay an income (or annuity) to the

Grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs) are a type of irrevocable trust that can help manage the tax impact of an IPO, the sale of a business, or a similar event.

Women: Get the most out of your financial advisor relationship

There are so many misconceptions around how women handle money, and they can impact how women interact with financial advisors. Sue Mazzetti reviews common questions.

How to navigate taxes on a ‘big money event’

The goal of financial planning is to build and optimize wealth. Too often, we see people worry about their financial wins, like selling a business or cashing out of a

Too often, we see people worry about their financial wins because of the tax implications. Here are a few ways to manage that risk.

Do women need to take a different approach to wealth?

When it comes to women and money, the financial services industry sometimes misses the mark. Certain assumptions—like the idea that women are more risk averse than men—can be circumstantial rather

Women face certain unique challenges when it comes to money, investing, and financial planning. In other ways, they’re just like men. We break down what women need to know.

Annual financial checklist

At Quorum Private Wealth, we want to ensure your financial plan evolves with you. Use this checklist once a year to help evaluate how your life, priorities, and finances may

Use this checklist once a year to help evaluate how your life, priorities, and finances may have shifted. We can use your answers to guide our next meeting.

How contingent fee attorneys can lower their taxes

Contingent fee attorneys fight hard for their clients, who are often victims of horrible accidents or other tragedies. But when it comes to paying taxes on those contingent fees, however,

Contingent fee attorneys tend to become casualties of the progressive tax system. But they don’t have to be. We talk tax planning for contingent fee attorneys.

Send your kid to college: A checklist

Sending your child to college tends to come with complex emotions—they’re entering the “adult” phase of their lives but may still be dependent on you in many ways. This checklist

Sending your child to college tends to come with complex emotions as they transition to independence and adulthood. This checklist can help set them (and you!) up for success.

July 2024 market update

At the FOMC meeting in mid-June, the story was the drop in expectations for multiple rate cuts in 2024 to potentially only one rate cut later in the year. However,

Positive data around inflation and the labor markets appears to have counteracted market pessimism tied to fewer potential rate cuts in 2024.