Strategies for individuals and families
Since our founding, we've worked with many individuals and families to design wealth management solutions that evolve and complement the many stages of your journey, helping manage the obstacles that come with significant wealth.
At Wilmington Trust, we take a deeply personalized approach to helping individuals and families navigate the complexities of wealth.
Whether you're planning for future generations or seeking guidance through life’s transitions, our experienced advisors work closely with you to uncover opportunities and craft strategies tailored to your goals. With a legacy of trust and a commitment to enduring relationships, we help you preserve what matters most—your wealth, your passions, and your family.
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Helping wealthy individuals thrive
Through our personalized approach to wealth management, we have built trusted relationships by recognizing that every client is different and deserves our best thinking and attention. We are committed to providing ideas and solutions to help you achieve the aspirations you have for your wealth.
Solutions for individuals
Significant wealth may bring both opportunity and responsibility, and requires solutions tailored to your goals at each stage of your life. You may have substantial liquid assets, either self-created or through inheritance, that require specialized services.
Our goal is to actively listen and understand your personal objectives, providing the guidance and resources you need to make informed decisions for your wealth today and as your life and financial complexity evolve.
By creating and maintaining a customized wealth plan, you may need a roadmap that can help you identify and prioritize your goals. Our team brings the objective advice and we can develop actionable recommendations you may need to bring those goals to fruition. Whether you’re looking to build your wealth, enjoy your future retirement, or create a lasting legacy, we can develop a customized plan to help you reach your destination.
Benefit from our open architecture platform and economics-led process that are intended to help preserve and grow your wealth while managing risk, delivered through sophisticated portfolio management. We offer an array of investment solutions based on your short-and long-term objectives and individual circumstances.
Your custom credit advisor works in tandem with your entire wealth team, collaborating to help make sure that your financing strategies are aligned with the rest of your wealth plan. We can provide you with customized and flexible sources of funding to achieve liquidity and make significant purchases, along with consumer lending services offered through our parent company, M&T Bank.{{wt-d6*}}
As you strive to maximize your savings during your career—and your income stream in retirement—our team can help. Take advantage of our comprehensive analysis of your current and future income sources, expenses, and assets to determine your expected cash flow needs. Once you've reached your retirement years, we'll explore options for structuring your retirement account distributions and portfolio techniques focused on your investment income and returns while striving to mitigate risk.
Helping families sustain legacies
With deep experience in navigating intricate wealth and financial issues, we have guided generations of families through times of growth as well as transition, with a focus on preserving and protecting your legacy for generations to come.
Solutions for families
Multigenerational families with significant wealth often face complex planning needs and family dynamics. Growing your wealth for your heirs and transferring it in a tax-efficient way may require more sophisticated solutions.
Our goal is to understand the needs of your unique family and to tailor a plan that incorporates the myriad concerns you may face, offering independent advice and decision making to bring you confidence and help promote harmony among beneficiaries.
Through our comprehensive approach to estate planning, we can assess the ability of your estate to meet the needs of you and your family in the event of incapacity, retirement, or untimely death. Our team can also help you take advantage of planning opportunities under the current tax law while creating strategies that may enable you to leave more of a legacy for your heirs.
You may consider implementing generational trusts designed to leave a lasting legacy for your heirs and charitable organizations, as well as vehicles that may provide confidentiality and privacy. We provide professional trust management, administration, Delaware trust solutions{{wt-d254*}}, and estate settlement, and can serve as your trusted fiduciary and/or executor.
Our team can offer a philanthropic plan to help promote family values and social responsibility while leveraging the tax-deductible nature of charitable gifts. Our team offers guidance on the different varieties of strategies, including: charitable trusts; outright gifts of appreciated securities; and private/family foundations.
As part of our integrated services for families with complex needs, we can help facilitate communication and learning and foster individuality among family members, while cultivating shared family values and honoring family history. This process can help set a path for effective family governance.
We also offer a comprehensive educational program, Wealth Compass, designed to help prepare the next generation of your family to become responsible and informed stewards of your wealth.
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You and your goals are unique
Whether you are an individual or multigenerational family, you may also have other considerations that require additional attention and resources.
Are you a corporate executive?
You may face distinct financial management and planning challenges because of your position as a successful executive. Learn about our strategies for corporate executives.
Are you a business owner?
Complexity increases for those who manage and own businesses, particularly family owned companies. Learn more about our strategies for business owners.
Are you changing your marital status?
It’s important to understand the many financial factors involved when facing a divorce, as well as ways to protect your interests with prenuptial planning. Learn more about our divorce and matrimonial planning services.
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