Working With You

Step 1 – Discovery

Our first meeting is relatively informal. Often it is over coffee in a mutually acceptable location away from our office. We want to ascertain if we are likely to work well together and try to give you an understanding of how we work and the services we offer.

Most important for us is to learn more about you as a person and your hopes and expectations. So we engage in a question-and-answer process, which helps us quickly find out your needs and desires, and get to know you as well as we can in a short time.

If we both agree that we are well suited, we arrange to meet again in a more formal setting to discuss your current financial situation and your investment goals.

Step 2 – The Findings

We present our findings, letting you know where we think you’re doing well in your finances and what you could be doing better. We will present a number of options for you to select the one that best fits your objectives and risk tolerance.

Depending on your specific needs, we will then draw up account paperwork for your signature. Once signed, transfer authorizations will be submitted for the assets from your current institution to be transferred in-kind.

Step 3 – Your Wealth Plan

This is the stage where a complete Wealth plan will be written  and then reviewed with you. Depending on the needs identified during the planning process, this plan will include investments, retirement needs, estate planning and tax planning, along with an action plan for you to follow.

We will work with your other professionals, such as your lawyer and accountant, to help put the action plan into effect.

If you do not have a professional network, we can refer you to experts in all relevant areas.

Step 4 – Regular Portfolio Review

We monitor your portfolio carefully, making adjustments and refinements as necessary.

On scheduled reviews, we provide you with a statement that summarizes the consolidated holidings held in your portfolio. Also, each month in which a transaction has been made, you will receive a monthly statement.

We will schedule regular communication through phone conversations, newsletters, research reports, and value-added seminars.

1. Efficiency

Our team environment enables us to manage our time more effectively and support each other when circumstances require.

2. Productivity

As a team, we are able to assign resources where they may be best used. In addition, our complementary skill sets make our collaboration more effective, further enhancing our productivity.

3. Accountability

We are always accountable to our clients, but, by working together we have an additional layer of immediate accountability to each other.

4. Vision

By sharing our thinking, we broaden the vision of what we can offer our clients, and ensure we provide our clients the full benefit of group synergy without losing focus on what’s important.

5. Opportunity

Through a single point of contact our clients are able to benefit from the opportunities afforded by the individual specializations of each team member.