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Wealth Management Process

To provide you with wealth management, we follow a disciplined process designed to keep you on-track to achieving your goals. This process keeps everyone focused on what’s important – helping you live life the way you want.

Step 1: Introduction

  • Introduce you to the unique wealth management process that every one of our clients benefits from.

  • Introduce our wealth management team and the services we provide to ensure the success of our clients’ financial plans.

  • Explain fully the services included in your fee.

Step 2: Discovery

  • Gather important financial information – tax returns, statements, etc.

  • Discuss and clarify your financial goals.

  • Understand your individual needs, goals and circumstances.

Step 3: Documentation

  • Sign appropriate BMO Nesbitt Burns account opening documents and provide all pertinent account agreement guidelines.

  • Prepare various transfer documents.

  • Set up access to our security-protected online account viewing.

Step 4: Create Your Financial & Investment Plan

  • Provides the basis for developing your roadmap for the future.

  • Analyze financial and personal information.

  • Present and explain the different strategies appropriate for you.

  • Provide custom-tailored solutions based on our understanding of your situation.

  • Implement specific action plans to achieve your goals.

  • Structure your investments tax-efficiently and to optimize the risk/reward balance.

Step 5: Will & Estate Review

  • Provides the basis for developing your roadmap for the future.

  • Analyze financial and personal information.

  • Present and explain the different strategies appropriate for you.

  • Provide custom-tailored solutions based on our understanding of your situation.

  • Implement specific action plans to achieve your goals.

  • Structure your investments tax-efficiently and to optimize the risk/reward balance.

Step 6: Insurance Review & Family Wealth Transfer

  • Professional insurance consultant with extensive estate planning expertise.

  • Review your current life and disability insurance needs and coverage.

  • Recommend insurance-based wealth protection, income replacement or wealth transfer strategies.

Step 7: Review Other Financial Planning Strategies

  • Introduce experts from our professional network as required.

  • Tax accountants, actuaries, bankers, etc.

  • Create and implement advanced strategies including Individual Pension Plans, corporate estate freezes, income-splitting strategies, estate tax planning, as well as personal and business tax planning

Step 8: Service

  • Provide ongoing and regular reviews.

  • Ensure your plan is achieving the financial goals and objectives identified specifically for you.

  • Identify and present new strategies that may be appropriate for your changing needs.

Step 9: Client Events

  • Invitations to our complimentary client education seminars.

  • Sign up for our monthly e-newsletter.

  • Exclusive invitation to our client appreciation events.