Vanilla Guides and Reports

Take a closer look at estate planning concepts with in-depth guides and reports
Vanilla
Aug 22, 2025

Estate Planning for Every Client: How Top Advisors 
Serve the Full Wealth Spectrum

A practical guide for financial advisors on how to deliver quality estate planning to every client, across every level of wealth.

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Gift box illustration symbolizing estate planning benefits and wealth transfer opportunities.

Vanilla

Jul 11, 2025

A Guide to Gifting (Non-Charitable)

Making lifetime gifts is one of the most common, tried-and-true strategies to reduce estate tax liability. We’ll walk you through the major types of non-charitable gifts that you might want to consider, as this year draws to an end.

Estate planning trust strategies for wealth management and tax efficiency.

Vanilla

May 05, 2025

Connected Financial and Estate Planning: Delivering Holistic Client Outcomes

Financial advisors are increasingly recognizing that comprehensive financial planning must include estate planning to truly serve clients’ long-term goals. Traditionally, financial planning (investments, retirement, tax, etc.) and estate planning (wills, trusts, legacy) operated in silos. However, this separation is no longer viable or competitive in today’s client-centric advisory landscape. In this whitepaper, we explore: Why integrating financial and estate planning is essential How leading platforms like eMoney Advisor and Vanilla enable a seamless, holistic planning experience when connected What benefits advisors and clients can expect from this integration. Industry statistics, real-world workflow examples, and forward-looking trends to help financial advisors...

Estate planning trust strategies for wealth transfer and tax optimization.

Vanilla

Feb 26, 2025

A guide to trusts for estate planning

Trusts are an important component of financial and estate planning, but there are many types of trusts – each with unique pros and cons. This guide helps financial advisors and clients sort through the many different types of trusts to better understand what they might want to employ for their own estate strategies.

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