Financial Advisers

Holistic financial planning brings together financial strategy, life planning, and legacy considerations. This approach helps clients feel more prepared, supported, and confident in long-term decisions.

Legacy planning strengthens financial advice by helping clients organise care wishes, personal records, and essential documents. This supports clearer decision-making and stronger long-term client outcomes.

Legacy planning is no longer just about documents and beneficiaries. Financial services firms are increasingly using Evaheld to help clients capture values, wishes, and life context alongside financial decisions. This guide explores how Evaheld strengthens relationships, improves engagement, supports compliant long-term planning, and helps advisers deliver more human, future-ready client experiences.

Ambiguity in estate planning is a major source of family disputes and legal challenges. For financial and legal professionals, guiding clients to clearly document their intentions is a critical risk mitigation strategy. This article outlines how structured tools help clients articulate the reasoning behind beneficiary choices, explain unequal distributions, or leave guidance for trustees. This documented intent provides invaluable evidence if a will is contested, clarifies the client’s wishes beyond the strict legal text, and reduces the likelihood of successful claims. It protects the client’s legacy, provides clear direction for executors, and safeguards the professional from potential disputes over interpretation.

Comprehensive financial advice looks beyond numbers to the life goals and legacy clients wish to create. This article explores the integration of legacy planning into financial services. Advisers can help clients document the ‘why’ behind their financial decisions—the values guiding their investment choices, the stories they want their wealth to tell, and the personal messages for beneficiaries. This deepens the client-adviser relationship, provides crucial context for estate planning, and helps align financial strategies with deeply held personal values. The result is a holistic plan that doesn’t just grow wealth but ensures it transfers in a way that reflects the client’s life and loves.

Clients now expect more than financial outcomes. Shifting values around trust, autonomy and legacy mean professionals encounter broader life context. Without structure, expectations fragment. Addressing the client expectation gap strengthens relationships while protecting professional boundaries.