Pass it on

Succession

Every family carries three things forward: wealth, knowledge and responsibility. Most planning handles only the first.

Inside the desk

How Succession works.

The people, the papers and the reasons, kept together. Four things to know, pinned to one screen.

  1. 1What it is

    The people, the papers and the reasoning: wills, trustees, beneficiaries, the family.

  2. 2What you see

    What is held, who is named and where an account no longer matches the will.

  1. 3Why it matters

    Most planning moves the money. The knowledge and the reasons are what get lost.

  2. 4What stays yours

    The household decides who sees what, and when the next generation is invited in.

Held to

Written so the people who inherit it can read it before they inherit it.

An illustrative household. The figures are examples, not advice.

What it does

Wealth, knowledge and responsibility, prepared together.

Papers in order

Wills, beneficiaries, ownership and instructions: organized, current and findable by the people who will need them.

Knowledge that doesn’t live in one head

The reasons behind decisions, the people to call, the way things work: written down and shared, so nothing important depends on one person remembering.

The next generation, invited in

Children and heirs join the office as family members, not as a project. They see what is right for their age, learn at their own pace and grow into responsibility years before they need it.

Wealth becomes family before it becomes legacy.

Your partner may see money differently. Your children will inherit more than assets. The decisions you make today can shape your family for decades.

Finna holds each person’s view, and the household’s.

THE HOUSEHOLD Family trust Holding company Personal accounts Two principals Children Who benefits, and when
Who holds what, and who benefits: the trust, the holding company, the principals and the children, drawn as one household.

Bring your parents in

One office for every generation.

Succession works best when the people it concerns are part of it. In Finna the family joins in three steps, at the pace the conversation allows.

  1. FreeStart with your household.

    Two adults share the office. Parents, children and siblings go into the family tree as people, without a login: entered once, and read by every desk.

  2. PlusInvite them in.

    Every generation can have its own login, so your parents can add what they hold and where the papers are, and work from the same record as you.

  3. PlusAgree who decides what.

    The Family Charter records who decides what, when the family meets and what was decided. Invite your attorney or CPA, with access limited to what they cover.

The family tree in the Finna app: three generations of a sample household, with who has a login
Records › Family, in the app. Three generations, entered once, with who has a login. A sample household.

Continuity without ceremony.

No family summit required. Carrying wealth forward becomes something your office quietly maintains: a living picture, not a binder on a shelf.

Start where you are.

Three plans, one office. Start free, and add more as your family needs it.

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