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Financial Planning

A financial plan that matches the complexity of your life

For executives, entrepreneurs, and professionals with $500K+ in assets — comprehensive planning that coordinates your investments, tax strategy, retirement income, and estate objectives into a single, actionable framework.

Beyond Spreadsheets

Financial planning for people whose finances aren't simple

If your financial situation were straightforward, you wouldn't need us. Our clients come to us with layered complexity: corporate holdcos alongside personal accounts, stock options vesting over multiple years, rental properties, pensions from previous employers, and a spouse with their own distinct financial picture.

We build plans that account for all of it. Not a generic retirement projection, but a comprehensive strategy that integrates every element of your financial life — and stress-tests it against real-world scenarios like market downturns, early retirement, health events, and changes in tax policy.

Your plan is a living document. We update it as your life evolves, and use it as the foundation for every investment decision we make on your behalf.

What makes our planning different

Integrated, not siloed

Your financial plan drives your investment strategy, not the other way around. Tax, estate, and portfolio decisions are coordinated.

Scenario-tested

We model multiple outcomes: early retirement, market crashes, unexpected windfalls, health events. You see the impact of each before making decisions.

Updated continuously

Not a binder that sits on a shelf. Your plan evolves with every life change, tax law update, and portfolio adjustment.

Included in your fee

Comprehensive financial planning is included in our 1–1.5% management fee. No separate planning charges.

Planning Areas

Six disciplines, one integrated strategy

Each area of your plan is developed in coordination with the others. Tax decisions inform estate structures. Retirement income targets shape portfolio construction. Nothing exists in isolation.

01

Investment Strategy

Custom asset allocation aligned with your risk tolerance, income needs, and time horizon. Active management across equities, fixed income, alternatives, and private markets — with ongoing rebalancing and tax optimization.

02

Tax Planning

Proactive strategies that go beyond year-end scrambling. Asset location across accounts, income splitting, capital gains timing, corporate tax optimization, and coordination with your accountant to minimize lifetime tax burden.

03

Retirement Income

Sustainable withdrawal strategies, RRIF conversion timing, CPP/OAS optimization, pension commutation analysis, and income layering designed to maintain your lifestyle through a 30+ year retirement.

04

Estate & Legacy

Trust structures, wealth transfer strategies, insurance integration, and charitable giving plans that minimize estate taxes and ensure your wealth reaches the people and causes you choose.

05

Risk Management

Insurance audit covering life, disability, critical illness, and long-term care. Identifying gaps in coverage, eliminating redundant policies, and ensuring your family is protected against catastrophic scenarios.

06

Business & Corporate

For business owners: holdco investment strategies, individual pension plans, corporate insurance, exit planning, and integration between your business balance sheet and personal financial goals.

Planning by Life Stage

Your plan evolves as you do

The right financial strategy at 40 is not the right strategy at 55 or 70. We adapt your plan through every major transition.

Ages 40–54

Peak Accumulation

Your highest earning years. Complexity is at its peak: stock options, multiple accounts, corporate structures, kids' education, and competing priorities.

  • Stock option and RSU tax optimization
  • Corporate account and holdco strategy
  • RESP planning and education funding
  • Insurance needs at their highest
  • Aggressive tax-efficient growth

Ages 55–65

Transition Planning

The decade before retirement is when the most impactful planning decisions happen. Get these wrong and it costs six or seven figures over a lifetime.

  • Retirement income modeling and stress-testing
  • Pension commutation decisions
  • CPP/OAS timing optimization
  • RRSP-to-RRIF conversion strategy
  • Business succession and exit planning

Ages 65+

Income & Legacy

Now it's about sustainability, tax efficiency on withdrawals, and ensuring your estate plan keeps pace with changing tax law and family dynamics.

  • Sustainable withdrawal strategies
  • OAS clawback minimization
  • Estate freeze and wealth transfer
  • Charitable giving optimization
  • Long-term care and health contingencies

Your Complimentary Plan

What you'll receive

Every new client relationship begins with a complimentary, high-level financial plan. Here's what that includes.

  • Net worth snapshot and cash flow analysis A clear picture of where you stand today across all accounts, properties, and obligations.
  • Retirement income projection Can you sustain your lifestyle? At what age? We'll model your numbers under multiple scenarios.
  • Tax efficiency review Are your assets in the right accounts? Are you leaving money on the table through poor asset location or missed deductions?
  • Portfolio assessment A candid review of your current holdings: fees, diversification, risk alignment, and comparison to an institutional approach.
  • Estate planning gap analysis Do you have the right structures in place? We'll identify gaps in your wills, trusts, and beneficiary designations.
  • Insurance coverage audit Are you over-insured in some areas and under-insured in others? We'll identify gaps and redundancies.

Get clarity on where you stand —
and where the opportunities are

A 45-minute conversation and a complimentary, high-level financial plan. No sales pitch, no obligation — just a candid assessment of your current strategy and the areas where we see room to improve.

Start Your Complimentary Plan

Typically completed within 2 weeks of our initial conversation.