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Our ability to protect and grow wealth through customized advice has brought us the success we care about most: highly satisfied, loyal clients whose relationships with us span generations.
The Value of Advice PDF
At BNY Mellon Wealth Management, we believe that many in our industry have underestimated the impact of two gradual but significant developments over the past two decades.
The first is the shift in retirement benefits from company-provided pension plans to employee-funded savings plans, which has made individuals primarily responsible for their own financial futures. The second is the synchronized aging of the population in the world's largest economies (Europe, China, Japan and the United States), which we believe will lead to incrementally lower economic growth and market returns in the future. Taken together, these two developments have profound implications for successful wealth management.
Historically, investors have focused on the concept of "alpha" — the excess return above an investment benchmark that can be earned by the careful selection of securities. But as families expand their wealth and their financial affairs become more complex, beating the market becomes a much smaller factor in the success of their overall wealth management plan. The new “alpha" must be a broader measure of success related to a range of financial planning disciplines.
Drawing from our years of experience working with successful institutions and individuals, we have developed five practices to help our clients achieve long-term financial success:
- Investing to maximize compounding
- Borrowing strategically
- Spending dynamically
- Managing taxes
- Protecting legacy
This framework is designed to help clients sustain wealth over the next decade and beyond. We call it "Active Wealth."
The comprehensive support we provide around these practices and the proprietary technology we utilize can empower our clients to stay focused on what is important so they can confidently navigate what is to come. And we know that it works — in fact, consistently following our advice has the potential to increase wealth accumulation by up to 5.2% on an annualized basis.*
Over our 200+ year history, we've seen times of prosperity, uncertainty and possibility. Our team of wealth management experts has the knowledge and experience necessary to guide our clients through all of it. Our ability to protect and grow wealth through customized advice has brought us the success we care about most: highly satisfied, loyal clients whose relationships with us span generations. Our specialist advisors will work closely with clients to ensure that the strategies we recommend are in tune with their lives and provide for the future they want for their family.
To read the full article, download the "The Value of Advice” PDF.
Footnotes
*Advice alpha is defined as the value of comprehensive wealth management that leads to better wealth accumulation and greater success of achieving financial goals and objectives over the life cycle of a clients' relationship. For further information about how BNY Mellon adds value, including an explanation of how the value we add is quantified, please see "Leading With Advice Overview and Active Wealth Value Proposition Discussion" (December, 2019), a copy of which is available at HTTPS://WWW.BNYMELLONWEALTH.COM/ASSETS/DOCUMENTS/LWA/LEADING_WITH_ADVICE_OVERVIEW.PDF or from your BNY Mellon Wealth Manager or relationship contact.
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