As an entrepreneurs ourselves, we understand the challenge and complexities of running a business and the importance of maximizing synergies between your personal and corporate finances.
Many of our clients own family businesses or incorporated practices. We have great respect for entrepreneurs who have spent time, faced risks and worked hard to build a business. We bring you customized advice and a comprehensive suite of strategies to help you preserve and grow your wealth and reap the rewards of your efforts.
BMO Private Wealth has a very strong offering for entrepreneurial and professional clients. With breadth and depth of financial options, specialists and resources, you'll be well positioned to invest your corporate reserve funds or retained earnings and make them a powerful component of your overall wealth plan.
Before investing your assets or making any recommendations, we will get to know you and your business or practice very well; learning what drives you and your company or practice, your vision of the ideal retirement, your personal and professional goals, and your lifestyle priorities.
We can bring you access to banking, lending and point-of-sale payment solutions such as debit, credit, and automatic bill payments, plus a full holistic solution for all your wealth needs – under one roof.
We can help you:
We advise:
When you are incorporated, you can pay yourself through your corporation, which is taxed at lower rates than personal income tax rates. As well, your corporation enables you to own stocks directly rather than owning them through a mutual fund or pooled fund. This brings you much greater tax efficiency. As an incorporated individual, you can opt to receive your income through dividends, which are taxed at a much lower rate than income or capital gains.
We will work in collaboration with your accountant to:
We will streamline the liaison between you, our team, your other advisors and BMO Private Wealth specialists. To save you time, we'll be involved in calls from a consultation standpoint. At your business year-end, we will send out tax packages to you and your accountant(s) documenting all income, dividends, and capital gains. And we will consult with legal and tax advisors to look at your business or practice from all angles and manage your money in the best way possible.
Succession planning discussions can involve:
Determining how much you would need to be able to step away from the business and retire comfortably.
Estate equalization solutions to help you bequeath an equitable amount to each of your beneficiaries when some of them are involved in your business and others are not.
If you are not transferring the company or practice to a family member, working with BMO Private Wealth business succession planners, estate planners and business valuation experts to help you find the right buyer to get the best value for all your sweat equity including:
Once the business has sold, we'll help you to:
BMO Private Wealth can serve multiple financial needs under one roof to save you time and money and guide you through all the red tape. We offer professional credit solutions to help you enjoy the convenience of managing your family and business or practice banking at the same firm. For example, we can finance your business and the building in which it operates as well as provide your personal mortgage and line of credit.
When you wish to borrow money or source venture capital, we will liaise with my network of Private Bankers, lending specialists and corporate finance professionals. We have deep relationships with BMO Private Wealth partners and will connect you to the right financing opportunities according to your level of need:
Business Banking (below $1M)
Commercial Banking ($1M to $10M)
Corporate Finance ($10M and over).
MEDICAL PROFES:
We can help you manage your assets, plan for retirement and live your vision.
Catering to busy MDs, we make banking, borrowing, investing and wealth planning quick and easy, all under one convenient roof.
First, we will address your immediate needs, such as financing your new practice or buying a home. As we get to know you better, we will build a comprehensive wealth plan that grows with your needs.
Working closely with BMO specialists, we can bring you tailored services in private banking, commercial banking, lending, tax planning, trust and estate planning, insurance, business succession strategies, legacy planning, and more. Ask us to introduce you to the right individuals for your needs.
Our disciplined wealth planning is based on your own meaningful goals rather than market benchmarks. Your Wealth Plan is the blueprint upon which your asset allocation and investment portfolio will be built and measured. Our complete, tailored wealth services will be delivered through a personalized relationship with you and a deep understanding of your unique financial challenges.
We will help you minimize taxes to offset high earnings and manage your portfolio proactively; good returns are especially important for physicians with large expenses. Physicians often have too little portfolio diversification, which creates risk. We will allocate your assets to help protect you from market volatility.
Expertise at reducing debt and boosting cash flow - Attending medical school, starting and growing your practice comes at a significant cost. We can help you to pay down substantial debt, begin to accumulate capital, adopt strategies to improve your cash flow and develop disciplined spending habits without feeling like you’re on a budget.
Strategies for a great retirement - We are well-qualified to help you plan for all your financial needs. In addition, we work closely with BMO Wealth Planners in complex situations. Together, we can help you to understand and plan to achieve an ideal retirement as you define it. The key is to diversify intelligently so that all your assets are not held within your practice.
Discretionary investment management - Our team offers discretionary investment management, which alleviates decision-making pressures on busy doctors. Delegate your portfolio decisions and free yourself from daily decisions, which can enable us to respond fast when opportunities or risks arise.
Practice Succession - Unlike traditional business owners, physicians cannot easily or objectively measure the value of their practice in order to transfer it to another clinician. You are your practice. So, together with experienced BMO business advisory and practice succession experts, we will help you decide how and when to retire and transition your wealth tax-effectively to loved ones and charitable organizations.
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