Ben Ledyard

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  Year-End Tax Strategies Advisors Can Still Recommend to Clients

  By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne  |  December 29, 2010

  Steps to take as 2010 ends to maximize client deductions, limit taxes paid.

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  Top Five Wealth Management News Stories of 2010: AdvisorOne

  By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne  |  December 28, 2010

  Extension of Bush-era income-tax cuts for two years, and clarity on estate, gift and other wealth transfer issues top the list of must-read wealth management articles for 2010.

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  Generation-Skipping Tax: How to Save $20 Million Before 2011

  By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne  |  December 22, 2010

  Clients have big assets to transfer? Better postpone that ski vacation!

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  Clarity Comes to Estate Planning With Tax Bill's Passage

  By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne  |  December 16, 2010

  Provisions for 2010 afford choice to heirs; gifts to children provide ‘huge opportunities.’

• A Recession Silver Lining

  By Robert F. Keane  |  October 1, 2009

  For estate planning these days, "the low-interest-rate environment offers incredible advantages," observes Ben Ledyard, director of wealth strategies for Boston-based Silver Bridge Advisors who leads...

• Wealth Matters

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne, Robert F. Keane  |  October 1, 2009

  While the outcomes of the healthcare and financial services reform debates now in high gear in Washington will have pivotal effects on advisors this year...