Estate Planning
Estate Planning
Definition
What is Estate Planning?
Arranging ownership, beneficiaries, documents, and taxes for incapacity or death.
Example in practice
How This Looks in Practice
The investor updates a will and beneficiary nominations after marriage.
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Estate Planning
Estate
The property, investments, rights, and obligations left by a person at death.
Estate PlanningWill
A legal document directing how a person's estate should be handled after death.
Estate PlanningBeneficiary
A person or entity entitled to receive assets, income, insurance proceeds, or trust benefits.
Behavioural FinanceLoss Aversion
The tendency to feel losses more strongly than equivalent gains.