Experience an integrated approach
to growing your wealth
WHAT WE DO
Rather than focusing on individual areas of wealth management, our team provides an integrated approach to the long-term growth of your investments. All the elements of your financial universe… working in concert.
Our Portfolio Managers, Financial Planners, Tax and Insurance Specialists work together to help achieve the specific goals of our clients.
This fully integrated approach can positively impact savings behavior, wealth accumulation and retirement readiness.
our process
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IMPLEMENT
We put the plan into action, setting up the appropriate investment accounts, investing assets in the agreed upon portfolios, setting up contribution and withdrawal requirements and making sure your insurance policies are in place as needed.
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MONITOR
We monitor your investments, fine tuning your holdings as market conditions change. We communicate regularly to ensure your plan remains up to date as you reach certain milestones and as life circumstances change, leading back to DISCOVERY.
STEP 1
DISCOVER
We meet with you to identify and understand your unique goals and objectives.
step 2
GATHER DATA
We gather the relevant financial documents and information needed to create a complete picture of your financial universe.
step 3
ANALYZE & PLAN
We review your total financial picture, assess your needs and bring in specialists as required to build an actionable plan.
step 4
REVIEW & DISCUSS
We meet with you to discuss the plan and review the proposed investment strategy to make sure it’s right for you and your family.
STEP 1
We meet with you to identify and understand your unique goals and objectives.
STEP 2
We gather the relevant financial documents and information needed to create a complete picture of your financial universe.
STEP 3
We review your total financial picture, assess your needs and bring in specialists as required to build an actionable plan.
STEP 4
We meet with you to discuss the plan and review the proposed investment strategy to make sure it’s right for you and your family.
STEP 5
We put the plan into action, setting up the appropriate investment accounts, investing assets in the agreed upon portfolios, setting up contribution and withdrawl requirements and making sure your insurance policies are in place as needed.
STEP 6
We monitor your investments, tuning your holdings as conditions change. We communicate regularly to ensure yoru plan remains up to date as you reach certain milestones and as life circumstances change, leading back to DISCOVERY.
why ADVISORS join us
Build a stronger client service offering
More choice for clients
Spend more time with clients
Access to industry specialists in one place
Access to a succession plan
Do you have a question about our services or investment solutions? Let’s talk!
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INSIGHTS
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS’ BRIEF – November 2024
Research Report: A Conditional Pause
The Bank of Canada (BoC) is out front once again. The BoC was the first of the G-7 central banks to deliver outsized rate hikes early in the cycle and is now the first to signal a pause after raising the overnight lending rate by 25 basis points (0.25%) on Wednesday January 25th, 2023. The BoC’s overnight lending rate now stands at 4.5%, a 15-year high.
Research Report: A View From 40,000 Feet
Despite clear signs that inflation is cooling, central bankers remain hawkish. Notable among the hawks is U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari, who penned a recent essay that put a bold exclamation point on their concerns about inflation. He believes the Fed should keep raising rates until it can say, with confidence, that the policy initiatives have quelled inflation. In short, look for more rate hikes at least through the next two meetings and possibly through June 2023.
Portfolio Managers’ Brief: December 2022
A brief review of market conditions and how they are impacting the management decisions of our Investment Review Committee (IRC).
Research Report: The Fed’s Two-Step
It seems that economists are changing their views as often as Putin changes generals. Case in point: the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) World Economic Outlook (WEO) published in mid-October, revised downward 2023 growth expectations. The IMF now believes the global economies will collectively grow at 2.3% in 2023, which is 0.2% below the previous WEO forecast released in July. Look for more of the same in the coming months as economists compete in a race to the bottom.
Research Report: September Swoon
Let’s take a collective deep breath. September, which historically is the worst month for stocks, has passed – and it did not disappoint! We saw 10% declines in U.S. markets, while Canadian stocks, buoyed by energy and basic materials, lost less than half that amount.
Research Report: The Impossible Dream
For the past two months financial markets have been stuck in a trading range that runs the gambit between fear and greed – a classic tug of war buttressed by vague macro-economic scenarios that are, at best, subjective.
Efforts to pinpoint the terminal interest rate[1] vary depending on the latest iteration of ‘Fed speak’. Currently, market participants seem to have priced in an interest rate trajectory that will culminate somewhere between 3.75% to 4.25%.