What to expect:

We begin by gathering important information and creating a picture to reflect what your current financial situation is. We focus on getting to know you and your family while understanding all aspects of your financial life. We ask questions to understand your core values and areas you wish to focus on and obtain guidance. We also take this opportunity to go through and outline our financial planning process and strategies and explain the services we provide and the roles and responsibilities of our various team members.

We know that a holistic financial plan is not merely to have more money, but to achieve different goals and dreams you, your family, or your business might have. Working together, we define these goals and dreams to help articulate what is most important to you. Through understanding your goals, we can ensure we put together a detailed Living Plan that executes what is most important to you while giving you the peace of mind that you have a plan in place for all of life’s possibilities.

Using the information we gathered through the discovery process and understanding your goals and core values, we conduct a detailed review of your cash flow and debt management to assess how best to manage your money. After we have illustrated your current picture, we develop strategies to address your financial needs and priorities. We then go through detailed tax planning and minimization and focus on investment management and portfolio risk reduction. We take a thorough review of your cash flow and debt management and how to best overall manage your money. Built into your plan is also education planning, family trusts, retirement planning, succession planning, philanthropic goals, estate planning, and leaving a legacy strategy. Altogether, this contributes to your holistic financial well-being.

After we have illustrated your current financial picture and created a living plan focused on your goals and values, our next step is presenting to you and implementing the living plan. A plan is only successful if it can be appropriately implemented and executed.

We understand that everyone wants more time, and that is where we fill in and hold the responsibility of implementing the Living Plan for our clients. We become the quarterback to put together client meetings and help you stay on track to achieve your goals. We are continually reviewing your progress and success to ensure your financial plan is truly living; It adjusts with you as life changes and new possibilities happen.

We understand that every client is unique, and every family situation is different. Your dreams, goals, concerns, and every family or business dynamic all play a role in contributing to the appropriate asset allocation and risk management strategy. We do not limit ourselves to just investment planning; we also do a full insurance analysis for life, disability, and critical illness to ensure you are fully covered for your needs and wants. We thoroughly analyze and assess each client’s comfort with risk and volatility to ensure that you are always comfortable with the investment strategies we implement while fully understanding that this can change as you move through life.

The final piece to the puzzle is a fully integrated estate strategy. Tax minimization and planning, protecting family legacies for children, philanthropic gifts, and structuring family trusts or companies are critical components to designing family estate structures and plans.

We also enjoy the opportunity to work with many intergenerational families within our practice. We respect the highest standard of confidentiality and, with permission, do intergenerational estate planning with family members all present together. Detailed estate planning allows for a smoother transition when a family member passes away.

We regularly revisit your Living Plan's progress to ensure you are meeting and ideally exceeding your goals. We also take into consideration that tax laws are continually changing, and economies and markets are shifting. We take the worry and stress away from our clients by continuously keeping up with these changes. We ensure we make the appropriate adjustments when necessary and inform our clients of changes as they happen.