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Prudent Principles to Live By “Looking back, it feels like we made endless sacrifices for 30 years to create our wealth, and now we worry about preserving what we’ve built for ourselves, our children & our grandchildren.” Family Client of...

Family Wealth Challenges The creation of family wealth takes years of dedication, sacrifice, and hard work. Because of this, no family wants to be in a position where they need to create their wealth twice. Instead, they are desperately seeking the...

Your wealth gives you and your family the freedom to pursue your goals; however, accumulating it requires diligence, focus, and patience. For this reason, it isn’t something investors want to do twice! The global marketplace is currently treading...

This blog will be considered the final of a 3-Part series pertaining to Family Offices. Please view the Part 1 blog & Part 2 blog. The Big Challenge With Traditional Family Offices: As mentioned above, the costs to operate a traditional family...

This blog will be considered 2 of a 3-Part series pertaining to Family Offices. Please view the Part 1 blog. What Are The Services of a Family Office? Although the range of services provided to families via a family office business can vary widely,...

This blog will be considered 1 of a 3-Part series pertaining to Family Offices.  Background: The term, ‘Family Office’, has become increasingly used within the wealth management industry in recent years.  Unfortunately, there are many...

Overview: Many people often incorrectly assume that affluent families don’t need to borrow money because they have money. Although on the surface, this may be true, the reality is that affluent families will periodically borrow money for various...

Many successful entrepreneurs who’ve worked hard to build their business from the ground up sell the business for a significant sum – which becomes liquid investment assets held within financial structures like holding companies and family...

After a thirty+ year career in the Canadian wealth management industry, I’ve learned many things.  One of my key learnings is that during bull markets – when ‘making money’ seems to be effortless – many affluent families become...

This article is focused on the need for Investment Advisors to customize the “investment ride” — the portfolio value ups-and-downs — that investor clients take with them. Specifically, so much of the global wealth management...