Preserving Wealth Is a Different Mindset

Businessman sitting on stacks of paper currencyHard-charging entrepreneurs might need to flip their risk perspective.

By Anthony Glomski

After helping clients sell a business, it’s crucial to focus on preserving wealth. This may require them to adopt a new mindset about their money, investing and risk.

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In the old world, you could choose not to help your clients with their investments. Now it’s expected that at a minimum you will understand their investment plan and overall retirement plan. You don’t have to be the expert in every aspect of their financial plan, but you do need to make sure that all the different parts of the plan are aligned – and that all the other specialists working on behalf of your clients are aligned in their efforts.