Michael P Hedden

September 12, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Mark B. Rubin and Michael P. Hedden write: The estate planning community has benefited from low interest rates, initially coupled with low asset values, for nearly a decade. During this period, many families took advantage of tax incentives to transfer both wealth and ultimate control of those assets to younger generations, while ensuring that the older generation still enjoyed sufficient income. The economic and tax factors that encouraged families and non-family groups to engage in this type of planning still exist, and so do various techniques that accomplish a broad range of tax, financial, and family objectives.

By Mark B. Rubin and Michael P. Hedden

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June 18, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Michael P. Hedden, a managing director in the real estate solutions practice at FTI Consulting, writes: Reading between the lines of real estate headlines is a crucial skill for understanding what's happening in today's real estate market. In an economy filled with mixed signals, a thorough analysis of attendant risk and its impact on the value of real estate is the most important factor in valuation, and will help to explain the differences between the highs and the lows in the marketplace.

By Michael P. Hedden

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