Trust & Estate

Trust & estate planning for what matters most

Legacy planning is not only about transferring assets. It is about protecting the people you love, reducing friction, and making your intentions easier to carry forward.

A clearer path for wealth, family, and future decisions

Savvy helps connect estate planning to the rest of your financial life so your plan reflects both your assets and your intentions.

Wealth transfer with intention

Your advisor can help clarify who you want to support, when, how, and under what guardrails.

Trust strategy in context

Trust structures can support control, privacy, tax planning, asset protection, or charitable goals when designed by qualified legal counsel.

Tax and charitable coordination

Estate, gift, income, and capital gains considerations often overlap with charitable giving and investment strategy.

How trust and estate planning works

Savvy helps you organize financial goals and coordinate with attorneys and tax professionals so the planning process is more focused.

Step 1

Clarify your legacy objectives

Your advisor helps identify beneficiaries, charitable goals, family dynamics, business interests, and planning priorities.

Step 2

Coordinate the financial strategy

The plan connects investments, insurance, taxes, liquidity, gifting, and retirement income to estate goals.

Step 3

Work with legal and tax professionals

Your attorney drafts documents and your tax team advises on tax matters while your advisor helps coordinate the financial picture.

What you get with a Savvy advisor

Personal guidance with more attention

Savvy handles the operational lift behind the scenes so your advisor can stay focused on your goals, your questions, and the decisions that matter.

70%

More time focused on you

Most financial advisors aren’t legally required to act in your best interest. Savvy Advisors are.

Your advisor is a fiduciary

Many advisors are tied to product incentives, sales targets, or firm priorities. Your advisor is different. As an independent fiduciary, they are required to put your best interest first and give advice shaped around what is genuinely right for you.

Backed by institutional-grade intelligence

Behind your advisor sits an in-house investment team, a direct line to Savvy's Chief Investment Officer, and the best-in-class technology that makes it all run.

18% higher relative return compared to the S&P 500 in 2025*

*Savvy Total Portfolios All Equity vs S&P 500. Relative return refers to the percentage increase between percentages

How we partner with advisors

Make your intentions easier to carry forward

A Savvy advisor can help coordinate the financial side of your trust and estate plan with your legal and tax professionals.

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FAQ

What is trust and estate planning?

A trust may be useful for privacy, control, asset management, tax planning, charitable goals, or complex family circumstances. An estate attorney should advise on whether a trust is appropriate.

Do I need a trust?

A trust may be useful for privacy, control, asset management, tax planning, charitable goals, or complex family circumstances. An estate attorney should advise on whether a trust is appropriate.

How does a financial advisor help with estate planning?

A financial advisor can help clarify goals, organize assets, evaluate liquidity needs, coordinate beneficiary designations, model gifting strategies, and work with your attorney and tax professionals.

Does Savvy draft wills or trusts?

No. Wills, trusts, and legal documents should be drafted by a qualified attorney. Savvy can help coordinate the financial planning inputs.

How often should I review my estate plan?

Review your estate plan after major life events, tax law changes, business changes, family changes, moves to a new state, or every few years.

Can estate planning help reduce taxes?

Some estate and gifting strategies may help manage taxes, but outcomes depend on your situation and current law. Coordinate with qualified legal and tax professionals.