Service Offerings

Financial and Investment Management

  • Construct and maintain a comprehensive family net worth statement

  • Design and monitor a one-page family entity schematic showing the ownership of economic interests that each family member possesses in the various family entities

  • Create a one-page summary for each family entity that details the legal name, legal type of entity, taxpayer ID #, formation date, termination date (if applicable), ownership structure, list of officers/partners/trustees/beneficiaries for the entity, as well as the explanation/rationale for the entity’s formation and useful purpose

  • Perform due diligence on traditional and alternative investment managers and strategies

  • Develop investment education programs for clients/family members

Wealth/Estate/Income Tax Planning

  • Evaluate whether overall tax objectives are being met (e.g., tax minimization, wealth transfer planning, charitable initiatives, etc.)

  • Review current estate plan and make recommendations to consider for future planning

  • Design and implement, as needed, estate planning entities such as trusts and family partnerships in concert with client’s legal counsel and tax accountant

  • Create a summary of client’s existing insurance coverages and evaluate whether appropriate coverage types/limits are in place

  • Provide coordination of income/estate/gift tax information with outside CPA’s

  • Calculate and maintain tax bases of investment assets

  • Recommend type and maintain records of annual exclusion gifts for family members

  • Recommend form of donations to charities (e.g., cash, appreciated stock, etc.)

  • Conduct periodic individual/group meetings with family members to ensure that family objectives are being met and to make sure that any updates are incorporated into documentation

  • Work with financial institutions to obtain various forms of financing (e.g., lines of credit, mortgages, loans)

Information Management

  • Data aggregator for all financial statement information received from various brokerages, banks, and other external asset managers

  • Prepare investment and management reports on a periodic basis

  • Ensure that newly created entities are integrated into the family’s financial and management reporting platform

  • Implement and maintain document management system for:

    • Estate planning documents

    • Organizational documents

    • Insurance documents

    • Broker statements

    • Periodic valuations of business assets, partnership interests, etc.

    • Appraisals (real estate, art, etc.)

    • Partnership capital account statements and K-1’s

    • Investment communications