Members of the baby-boom generation find ourselves managing our own healthcare needs along with those of our aging parents and our maturing children. This blog post discusses documents you should have in place to help make the process of managing the healthcare needs of others more streamlined and less frustrating.             1. A HIPAA...

  One of most rewarding things about having wealth is the opportunities it provides to help others and make a difference in the world. With careful planning and strategy, you can focus your philanthropic or charitable efforts on the causes that are most important to you, while also building out a balanced wealth plan for yourself and future generations.     To that end, a...

  Whether you reside hundreds of miles away from your loved ones or just around the corner, you may find yourself at some point having to take on more responsibilities on their behalf as they age.     Many of our clients are dealing with aging parent issues, including the early signs of dementia. In addition, we have aging clients who want to make sure that we as a firm can...

  Your child is now 18. Congratulations!  It is a milestone age for both parents and children. It can also be a highly emotional time. For parents, your son or daughter may soon be leaving for college, travel or work, and the family dynamics will inevitably change. For the teenager, he or she is now a legal adult, eligible to vote and own property and to make financial and...

        To beset or victimize in two opposite ways at once… (Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary)     The S&P 500 Index is about where it was 18 months ago. Due to rising volatility and sector rotation, however, there have been all sorts of ways to make and lose money over this time. Even within the first quarter of 2016, we have seen a distinct change...

  Last week, CNBC reported that a majority of America’s 80 million millennials are not active in the stock market. Though the article cited a lack of funds as one reason for what it calls a “generation gap” in investing, MarketWatch suggests that lack of financial education may also be a contributing factor.     Rest assured—this is not rocket science, even if you’re new to...

  Building wealth in any life stage is as much about protecting your wealth as it is about growing it. As we discussed last week in Part II of this series, investing your money is key to growing it, and plenty of tools exist to help you protect your wealth, as well. Of course, leveraging the expertise of a trusted advisor can help in this area also.         ...

  As expected, the Federal Open Market Committee voted to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 0.25% to 0.50%.  The Fed’s statement included some marginal adjustments to growth and inflation when compared to its January release, but the accompanying Summary of Economic Projections lowered expectations for short-term rates.     Following is a summary of...

  We are pleased to announce that Atlantic Trust received two awards at the 2016 Family Wealth Report awards ceremony held on March 10 in New York:                   Leading individual (multi-family office): David L. Donabedian, CFA Multi-family office (client initiative) for the firm’s G2G Impact, Women’s CIRCLE and internal...

If you’re like me (and most Americans), taxes can be a bit more involved than a simple click, click, add, add and, poof, done, like some of these crazy tax solution commercials might lead you to believe. Instead, tax time probably includes bang, bang, kick, kick, facepalm and, phew, done! I may not be able to make tax preparation your idea of a fun Friday night, but I can offer some tips that...

  One of the greatest opportunities young women have is the ability to grow wealth through investing. Because of the power of compounding, time is a very good friend to the young investor.     However, many women find a discomfort with risk, which is inherent in investing. Risk means exactly what it sounds like: the chance that something could go wrong. But even with recent...

  The 2016 presidential race is heating up, giving rise to important questions about the candidates and their views, as well as how the eventual outcome of the election might influence the markets in the U.S. and impact the global economy.     To provide insight on these questions, Atlantic Trust was pleased to host editor and political analyst David Wasserman for an engaging...

  Picture this: You’re enjoying dinner with a few close friends and the bill has just arrived. You pay the bill, leave the signed receipt on the table and head off to your next destination. A few days later, you get a call from your bank asking about a few “suspicious” high-dollar charges that you definitely didn’t make. What happened?     Credit card fraud is one of the...

  Welcome to Part I of our four-part series on millennial women and money, which will explore and attempt to answer critical questions about money and finance as they relate to millennial women. For an overview of the series and the goals we hope to achieve over the course of this month, click here.     Ah, money management! To some, it might sound like a kind of mysterious...

  Atlantic Trust and the Art Institute of Chicago brought some much-needed warmth to the Windy City last week with a special viewing of Vincent Van Gogh paintings in the “Van Gogh’s Bedroom” exhibition.     The exclusive event, which took place Wednesday, February 24, at the Art Institute’s Arthur Rubloff Building, hosted more than 200 Atlantic Trust guests and partners....