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Inheritance and other windfalls: Specific considerations

By Kate McCaffery | April 3, 2020, 10:17 a.m.

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Unplanned and unmanaged inheritances have a way of eroding very, very quickly. How a client receives their money will have an impact on the planning you will do.

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