Looking back on 2020, I suspect many people will see it as a turning point. And not just because we now have multiple vaccines to tame a raging pandem...
Often, one of the most avoided topics within families with significant wealth is talking to kids or grandkids about family money. Even when the opport...
As someone who has been administering Special Needs Trusts (SNTs) for more than 25 years, most of them at the Laird Norton Trust Co., I get many quest...
A new era is starting at Laird Norton Wealth Management: This Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, we officially merged with Filament LLC, a wealth advisory firm th...
In 2020, because of the great needs caused by Covid-19 and also because of a 2020-only tax break, the best holiday gift to charities might be cash. He...
It has been a surprising year for real estate, with some sectors holding up phenomenally well while others struggle, as Covid-19 winds its way through...
Today in the Family Wealth Report there’s a forward-looking article about wealth management in the Seattle area. One of the executives interview...
Real estate has been a bright spot in the US economy for the last 10 years, but look below the surface in today’s context and you see some segments...
It’s not easy for a family to stay wealthy, happy and wise — through crisis years such as 2020 and generation after generation. In one of hi...
