Process
Comprehensive Financial Planning
Our goal is to address our clients’ complex needs and goals. Part art, part science, we’ve spent decades honing our comprehensive planning and investment process, and it’s one of the key factors that sets our firm apart from others. We strive to simplify the complex with a personalized, human approach.
Part 1Let's Talk
Our goal in this phase is to learn more about what you’re looking to accomplish and share a high-level summary of our approach.
- 30-Minute Introductory Phone Call to understand what prompted your desire to connect and what you seek to achieve.
Part 2Information Gathering and SWOT Analysis
Here, we’ll seek to learn more about the various components of your financial life including resources, current and future goals, family, values, emotional risk tolerance, and any other items that are important to you and impact your balance sheet. With this information, we’ll conduct a SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) to determine where you’re doing well, identify potential opportunities, and uncover where you might have ineffective tax strategies, fragmentation, or excessive risk.
- Intake Questionnaires to help us better understand the moving pieces of your financial life.
- Document Collection of statements, holdings, legal documentation, social security benefits, tax returns, insurance coverage, and anything else that may be pertinent to your financial life.
- Initial Plan draft to organize, review, and analyze your information within the context of current and future goals. We will utilize the quantitative and qualitative data you’ve provided us in order to make appropriate recommendations with respect to your financial plan and security.
- 60-90 Minute Meeting to discuss our initial findings and proposed recommendations, and to provide an honest assessment of our ability to add value. We’ll be glad to address any questions you may have and/or other items that are important to you.
Part 3Engagement
When it is mutually agreed there are means for a successful partnership, we’ll put together the plan to help you onboard into our practice. *For those we engage, we will provide our Relationship Services summary for a detailed and transparent outline of our advisory services.
- Onboarding Coordination to begin opening your new accounts and transferring existing assets. From start to finish, you will work closely with one of our team members to ensure a seamless transition.
- Collaboration with your accountant, estate attorney, insurance advisor, and/or other professionals who may be mutually important to our efforts and your ongoing success.
- 30-Minute Post-Onboarding Meeting to discuss next steps with respect to portfolio strategy and execution of your plan once your assets and cost basis have been transferred.
Part 4The Future and Beyond
We are here for you in every sense to support your ongoing goals, successes, and challenges along the way. We will do our part to keep you educated, engaged, and empowered.
- Annual Strategy Sessions to discuss your plan, portfolio, markets, and anything else that is on your mind.
- Proactive, Periodic Check-Ins to provide you with brief updates in between your annual strategy sessions.
- Monthly Content written by our team to keep you informed on topics of relevance.
- Webinars, Conference Calls and Videos throughout the year to explore important themes.
- Exploration of Your Life's Fulfillment through our exclusive video series, Beyond Your Balance Sheet.
- Ongoing Communication with your professionals to coordinate strategies in alignment with your plan.
- Anything in Between—we are always available to talk through life events and any other items that impact your financial world as they arise.