Saturday 23 January 2016

A Highlight On Holistic Financial Planning

By Melissa Thompson


In most cases, human beings have goals that they would like to achieve in their lifetimes. Some even set timelines for these goals in which they strive to meet at all cost. Proper management of resources is one of the key aspect to use in order to achieve the set objectives. Some of them may include building a home, saving for a certain investment, planning for retirement among others. The process of undertaking holistic financial planning is discussed below.

This, however, involves some processes which are as highlighted in this article. Most of these objectives may require a lot of attention and ideas which may be hard to achieve individually. In most cases, the services of advisors become very crucial. In this case, a good client advisor relationship must exist. A mutual relationship between the parties must be in existence for the goals to be realistic and met within the set time.

These planning requires a lot of details. This includes all financial records of the concerned, written objectives and the period to accomplish them. They should therefore be in a position to avail all required data to the advisors at any given time. This helps in promoting a mutual relationship which is very important in these cases. Such information is used to establish whether the goals are realistic and identify the risks that may arise.

All the financial recommendations will require to be implemented. An agreement on how this should be carried out must be arrived at. At times, it may be necessary to involve personal accountants and attorney when undertaking this. This is to ensure that there exist no loopholes that may end up hindering the expected result in the future.

Planning is a process in itself. It therefore takes time before the goals can be met. A lot of monitoring is therefore required to ensure that all goes as planned. It is the work of the advisors to monitor the progress of all the investment recommendations and report to their clients. They are also expected to give some reviews on the same and adjust whatever may require some adjustments for better results.

There is a need to analyze and evaluate the financial status of the clients at a prior stage by the advisors. This gives them an opportunity to access the current situation of their client financially and determine whether it is possible to carry out the planning. Analysis may be carried out on the assets, liabilities as well as the cash flow just to mention but a few.

There is also the need of presenting the investment recommendation arrived at as well as any existing alternatives. These are based on the information provided and the likely hood of meeting the set objectives. Viable alternatives may come up after undertaking a review of the initial plans which may play a vital role in the realization of good results.

All the factors highlighted play an equal and important role in meeting the set goals. They should therefore be given equal weight and considerations when being carried out. Failure to do so may result to some shortcoming which may greatly hinder the realization of a good outcome.




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