Why does consolidated wealth matter more than the sum of its parts?
Many people hold investments, pensions and insurance spread across several institutions, each with its own separate reporting. The result is that nobody — not even the owner — has a genuine overall view of their wealth: what it really returns, what it costs in total, whether it is consistent with stated goals. A consolidated report brings these pieces together into a single picture, regardless of where each one is currently managed.
What does a genuinely useful report contain?
Not a simple list of balances, but a reading that answers one precise question: are you still on track towards your goals? The report compares investments, pensions, insurance protection and real estate against the path you had set out, flagging where a correction is needed and where things are going according to plan.
How often does it make sense to review it?
A full review makes sense at least once a year, a pace that captures genuine changes without reacting to every short-term swing. On top of that come targeted meetings whenever something relevant changes in your life — a new job, an inheritance, the birth of a child — because it is these events, more than the calendar, that genuinely call for the strategy to be updated.