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Advisors Guide to Mastering Beneficiary Designations 1 Credit

Jan 21, 2025, 04:00 PM ET

Advisors Guide to Mastering Beneficiary Designations 1 Credit

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Jan 21, 2025, 04:00 PM ET

Learning Objective

  • To identify the differences and similarities between the types of beneficiary designations.
  • To explain how using these designations allow transfer outside of the probate process.
  • To discuss inheritance taxes 
  • To analyze ways to employ beneficiary designations for generational wealth transfer.

Course Overview

POD, TOD, Totten Trusts, and beneficiary designations: all are contracts that can be used to transfer wealth from one person to another upon death. These types of beneficiary designations specifically allow transfer outside of a will. 

When clients overlook employing all of the designations available, they relinquish financial and legal power. Our job as advisors is to ensure that this does not happen. Helping our clients means that we understand the differences, the appropriate uses, and the benefits of the different designations. Clients are familiar with the use of beneficiary designations on their retirement accounts. 

In this CPE Finance webinar, we will look at all of the assets that can be paid by contract upon the death of the owner so advisors can use beneficiary designations to effect generational wealth transfer. We will also discuss what happens when beneficiary designations are not effectively used.

This course covers the following Major Topics: 

  • Why Use Beneficiary Designations?
  • Beneficiary Designation Terms Outside a Will
  • Testate vs. Intestate
  • Beneficiary Designation Myths
  • Inheritance Taxes
  • Generational Wealth

Join this CPE webinar by Ilene Slatko, a speaker and serial entrepreneur who currently coaches clients working through the long tail of administrative and financial tasks involved in the estate and divorce process. She spent over 30 years in the financial industry and has long been a resource for financial and accounting professionals.

Whether you are a financial or an accounting professional, this CPE course will inform and instruct you regarding the use of beneficiary designations.

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Finance for Certified Public Accountants (CPA-US) 1 CPE Approved
Personal Financial Planning for Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) 1 CPD Eligible
Finance for Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) 1 PL Eligible
Finance for Delaware Licensed Public Accountant (DE-LPA) 1 CPE Eligible
Finance for Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) 1 CE Eligible
Financial Planning for Certified Wealth Strategist (CWS) 1 CE Eligible
Trust and Estate Practitioners (TEP) 1 CPD Eligible
Financial Planning for Certified Fiduciary and Investment Risk Specialist (CFIRS) 1 CE Eligible
Finance for Retirement Income Certified Professional (RICP) 1 CE Eligible
Finance for Wealth Management Certified Professional (WMCP) 1 CE Eligible
Finance for Financial Services Certified Professional (FSCP) 1 CE Eligible
Finance for Iowa Licensed Public Accountant (IA-LPA) 1 CPE Eligible
Finance for Maine Licensed Public Accountant (ME-LPA) 1 CPE Eligible
Financial aspects of estate and retirement planning for Certified Senior Advisor (CSA) 1 CE Eligible
Finance for Chartered Special Needs Consultant (ChSNC) 1 CE Eligible
Finance for Chartered Advisor in Senior Living (CASL) 1 CE Eligible
Finance for CIPM 1 PL Eligible
License details Credits Status
Finance for Certified Public Accountants (CPA-US) 1 CPE Approved
Personal Financial Planning for Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) 1 CPD Eligible
Finance for Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) 1 PL Eligible
Finance for Delaware Licensed Public Accountant (DE-LPA) 1 CPE Eligible
Finance for Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) 1 CE Eligible
Financial Planning for Certified Wealth Strategist (CWS) 1 CE Eligible
Trust and Estate Practitioners (TEP) 1 CPD Eligible
Financial Planning for Certified Fiduciary and Investment Risk Specialist (CFIRS) 1 CE Eligible
Finance for Retirement Income Certified Professional (RICP) 1 CE Eligible
Finance for Wealth Management Certified Professional (WMCP) 1 CE Eligible
Finance for Financial Services Certified Professional (FSCP) 1 CE Eligible
Finance for Iowa Licensed Public Accountant (IA-LPA) 1 CPE Eligible
Finance for Maine Licensed Public Accountant (ME-LPA) 1 CPE Eligible
Financial aspects of estate and retirement planning for Certified Senior Advisor (CSA) 1 CE Eligible
Finance for Chartered Special Needs Consultant (ChSNC) 1 CE Eligible
Finance for Chartered Advisor in Senior Living (CASL) 1 CE Eligible
Finance for CIPM 1 PL Eligible

Additional Information

Credit

1

Course Level

Basic

Instructional Method

QAS Self Study
Group Internet Based

Pre-requisites

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Advance Preparation

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About Instructor

Ilene Slatko
Ilene Slatko

Principal, DSS Consulting

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For the past 35 years Ilene has provided financial literacy and investment education for individual clients to enhance their understanding of money, finances, and investments; and to organizations with a particular emphasis on retirement planning. She has worked for notable Washington, DC area investment companies in management and in building organizational depth in financial education. 

Ms. Slatko has significant experience in the areas of leadership development, team development, career development, executive coaching and talent management. She has expertise in designing learning solutions – virtual instructor-led training and instructor-led -- to meet the unique challenges of clients. She was a key provider of executive and employee education for The Southland Corporation, U.S. Mapping, Century 21, and ERA Real Estate. She has worked with executives and leaders in the areas of communication, selling, client management, leadership development, and team development. 

Ms. Slatko has extensive experience in Federal retirement programs and training federal employees. When the previous retirement system was replaced by FERS, Ilene was at the forefront of presentations to educate affected employees in their choices. She has been a trainer for retirement presentations at agencies throughout the DC area,

She has been a speaker at conferences including the Army Materiel Command Women’s Financial Day, Delaware Women’s Conference, and numerous youth financial literacy programs. Ms. Slatko is currently the host of a weekly Roku and Apple TV show called, The *It Show, the first financial program designed specifically for young women. In addition, she has been the Director of Training for companies in the financial and real estate fields. 

Ilene is an alumna of Marietta College where she studied Drama, Speech, and English. 

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Arthur Holman, AFSP
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Ilene Slatko gave a very fine presentation. The material was well-delivered, well-organized, and very useful.

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Overall experience was great. New information was relevant and known information was reinforced.

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