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How confident are you in your long term financial plan?

Did you know that people who work with a wealth manager feel more at ease about their finances, and end up with about 20% more money to spend in retirement on average.

Why do we need this information?

Your wealth manager will use this information to help evaluate your current financial plan or, if you don't have one, help you create a strategic plan for your retirement.

When would you like to retire?

Why do we need this information?

Your wealth manager will use this information to understand your retirement timeline and create the best plan for you.

How do you currently manage your money?

Why do we need this information?

This information helps your wealth manager understand how you like to invest your money.

What activity is most important to you in retirement?

Why do we need this information?

This information helps your wealth manager understand the kind of retirement you envision.

Which word most accurately describes your vision of retirement?

Why do we need this information?

This information will help your wealth manager understand and help plan for your ideal retirement.

Where do you expect the majority of your retirement income to come from

Why do we need this information?

This information will help your wealth manager understand how you envision your retirement.

How would you characterize your overall health?

Why do we need this information?

This information helps your wealth manager understand what health plan or coverage is best for you.

How comfortable are you with investing?/What is your risk factor? Are you comfortable with losing your investments?

Why do we need this information?

This information helps your wealth manager understand your current level of comfort with investing and helps them pick the right investments for you. If you're not sure how to answer, just say you're somewhat comfortable.

Are you married?

Why do we need this information?

Marriage can have financial and tax implications. Knowing whether or not you're married helps your wealth manager understand your financial situation.

Do you own your home?

Why do we need this information?

Owning a home has financial implications, from being an asset to liability for mortgage payments. Your wealth manager can help you navigate the effects of home ownership.

Do you currently have children under 18?

Why do we need this information?

Navigating through financial planning when you have kids can be tough, but your wealth manager can help. This information lets your wealth manager know if you have children so they can adjust your financial plan.

Owning a business has financial implications from taxes to the financial effects of different forms of incorporation. Your wealth manager can help you navigate the effects of owning a business.

Why do we need this information?

This information helps your wealth manager understand your risk appetite. If you're not sure, just say that you're looking for advice.

Do you have a 401k/403(b) or 457?

Why do we need this information?

This information helps your wealth manager understand your current retirement savings.

Do you have an IRA/SEP IRA?

Why do we need this information?

This information helps your wealth manager understand your current retirement savings.

Do you have an emergency fund

Why do we need this information?

This information helps your wealth manager understand your savings preferences.

Which of these is most important for your wealth manager to have?

Why do we need this information?

Wealth managers can help out in other areas besides financial planning. This answer helps your wealth manager understand whether you want help with other areas.

Is socially responsible investing important to you?

Why do we need this information?

This information can help your wealth manager create a socially responsible investing plan for you.

Do you currently have a wealth manager/financial advisor?

Why do we need this information?

If you have a wealth manager or financial advisor and are looking for a second opinion, we will provide other qualified options. Don't worry - if you are working with your current wealth manager, we can re-match you so your wealth manager will be notified.

Do you currently have a wealth manager?

Why do we need this information?

This allows your advisor matches to understand how you and your spouse's accounts are organized.

FINANCIAL SERVICES SPOTLIGHT

The Financial Services Industry in the United States

OVERVIEW

Financial markets in the United States are the largest and most liquid in the world. In 2018, finance and insurance represented 7.4 percent (or $1.5 trillion) of U.S. gross domestic product. Leadership in this large, high-growth sector translates into substantial economic activity and direct and indirect job creation in the United States. 

Financial services and products help facilitate and finance the export of U.S. manufactured goods and agricultural products. In 2017, the United States exported $114.5 billion in financial services and insurance and had a $40.8 billion surplus in financial services and insurance trade (excluding re-insurance, the financial services and insurance sectors had a surplus of $69.6 billion). The financial services and insurance sectors employed more than 6.3 million people at the end of 2018.  

Investment in the U.S. financial services industry offers significant advantages for financial firms. As of 2018, at least 28 financial services companies out of all companies in Fortune’s Global 500 listing have chosen to locate their headquarters in the United States to take advantage of its creative, competitive, and comprehensive financial services sector. The industry offers the greatest array of financial instruments and products to allow consumers to manage risk, create wealth, and meet financial needs.

Retirement Planning System for Wealth Managers/Financial Advisors

Technology when used for good can change the world.

Our system will transform the entire process between wealth managers/advisors and their clients, and also give clients the information they’re looking for towards their retirement goals. Your clients have specific retirement questions and we are the expert to empower them with specific retirement strategies.

We’re bringing wealth managers and clients together in one unique platform.

We are is proud to partner with financial professionals, wealth managers, and financial advisors to create the most engaging experience for our clients. We’re your partner for expert industry intelligence you can trust.

Unlimited Partner Community Membership (Flexible) Plan

Online Appointment Center

Partner Community Membership (Flexible) Plan gives you access to our global appointment center to reserve scheduled meetings. You also have access to our gap analysis software kit that will help you move from sales to education, allowing you to really engage with your clients in the retirement planning process. The proof is in what our client say. Our broker dealer with 500 wealth managers/advisors said that “all of our top wealth managers/advisors use Experience Cloud and you can access it from anywhere using a browser with a tablet, Mac, or Windows.

Paycheck Analysis

Our System Paycheck Calculator is a suite of three separate calculators that help our clients quickly and easily understand their paystub; opportunities to save/invest more towards retirement; identify Return on Investment’s (ROI). Provide clients a comprehensive report illustrating their contributions; their impact on retirement and answering their most important question: “Am I ready for retirement?”

Converting your clients to sales

Clients who understand the financial concepts being communicated are much more likely to buy the solutions their wealth manager/advisors present. Our system will allow you to quickly enter detailed information that will illustrate how the appropriate tools will maximize their retirement goals by saving and investing more into Life Insurance, Roth IRA’s, 403b, 457, Traditional IRA, Annuity products.

Will we have enough when we retire?

It’s the burning question most clients ask. The system gives wealth manager/advisor the ability to illustrate a split annuity (between two and five tiers), quickly showing a client the income that can be produced from a lump sum value, or working backwards; it can also calculate the cash balance needed to produce a required income.

Financial Planning

In the financial planning arena, it’s been said for years that accumulation and distribution are different. But what does that mean? The Tax Wise Distribution Strategy definitively articulates the differences and provides clients the maximum after-tax income in retirement. Wealth manager/advisor using the strategy can clearly share with clients how their advice is easy to understand, solid and advantageous to their financial futures.

Retirement Analysis

Sometimes clients need to see their “income gap” before they are motivated to make a change with their financial strategy. Our Gap Analysis Calculator provides a rapid, visual gap analysis of a client’s retirement needs taking into account their retirement plan, Social Security, and nearly any combination of additional assets and incomes.

Income Gap

The illustration software will show the income Gap/Shortfall which the wealth manager/advisor can leverage in order to encourage the client to save the maximum amounts through investments and Life Insurance.

Public Employee Options

Defined Benefit Programs applies to clients who are teachers; federal, state or municipal government employees. The online Gap Analysis software is a tool which allows wealth managers/advisors a simple process to illustrate over 650 pension plans throughout the US.

Social Security

Strategic Social Security calculator will evaluate both timing and strategies, helping clients determine when it’s ideal for them to begin their social security distribution.