Who We Serve

ENTREPRENEURS & EXECUTIVES

Success in managing a business can be as complex, stressful, and difficult as managing one's investments. That is why successful businessmen and businesswomen deserve a higher caliber of wealth manager with broader experience, deeper knowledge, and superior expertise, ranging from single-stock risk management, sophisticated investment solutions, lending, and comprehensive planning solutions, amongst other specialties.

WealthGuard intimately understands the demands of today's high net worth executive and can help match you with the top advisers in the nation while keenly watching the bottom line when monitoring performance, fees, and overall process. WealthGuard knows the management and oversight of high net worth individuals' investment accounts and advisers is a business in itself, we make this our business so busy entrepreneurs and executives can more successfully run their own.

DIVORCÉES

Many men and women unfortunately find themselves in an unfamiliar financial situation after a divorce - especially if their former spouse handled most of these matters during the marriage - and must now fend for themselves in what are often complex wealth management responsibilities.

WealthGuard can objectively guide you through the uncertainties created by divorce and match you with the most compatible financial advisers available. On-going quarterly meetings with WealthGuard consultants provide you with independent analysis of those advisers' performance and fees to ensure you will never find yourself in financial uncertainty again.

CORPORATIONS

Taking 25 years of Wall Street experience to the Bay Area, WealthGuard is tailor-made for start-ups from New York to Silicon Valley and beyond. Executives taking a company public or through a merger, do so because they’ve been successful. It often means a life-changing liquidity event for them, and countless solicitations by advisors and brokers.

WealthGuard doesn’t represent financial advisors, brokers, or any banking institution, and doesn’t solicit capital. We offer unbiased oversight to finding the right advisor by acting as a gatekeeper to field those calls and proposals from wealth managers. We provide a "short list" of the best candidates based on your needs and expectations, saving you time, resources, and ultimately helping you choose the best advisor. WealthGuard's unbiased search and pricing for the most compatible financial advisor makes this decision - out of so many for the corporate executive - an easy one.

Company employees are also targeted by advisor solicitations, and they too need an advocate helping them navigate their newfound wealth. The time and focus taken by employees to search for, find, and price financial advisors is time taken from the invaluable work they bring to your company. WealthGuard also helps protect and guide key employees during these important company milestones.

FOUNDATIONS AND NON-PROFIT DIRECTORS

Every penny donated to a non-profit organization should directly benefit that cause. Directors for non-profit, charitable organizations can only hope that the financial advisors managing those funds agree.

While an advisor might claim to expertly manage a non-profit cause, the sad truth is they may be willing to charge egregious transaction fees and invest non-profit funds in packaged products for which they directly benefit. Foundation and non-profit advisory is a very specialized practice and not all advisors are created equal in this area.

WealthGuard can help match you with an advisor who has the ideal experience and knowledge your organization needs, and we continue overseeing the process to make sure donor capital is put in the most trustworthy expert's hands. With our monitoring and quarterly meetings, any concern that your fundraising efforts are lining your advisor’s pockets - rather than helping the cause for which those funds are meant - can be put to rest.

PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES

Signing a lucrative contract with a professional sports franchise is an important day in the life of any athlete: it’s the achievement of both personal and financial goals. But earning a big-money deal without the experience needed to protect it has caused many athletes - even some of the highest profile - to find themselves near the end of their career with nothing left.

From indebted friends and family with 'investment opportunities' to imprudent or unethical financial advisors and wealth managers, many opportunists view an athlete's combination of newfound wealth and financial inexperience as their own lottery ticket.

WealthGuard offers guidance to rookies and seasoned veterans alike without the conflict of interest so often tied to the financial advice they suddenly get after draft day. WealthGuard ensures the financially inexperienced athlete is not being overcharged by underperforming advisors, and provides the vigilance needed to safeguard their financial security from draft day to retirement and beyond.

RETIREES

Just because you retire does not mean your money does too. Retirement is a goal that should be enjoyed to the fullest. With that in mind, it’s important to maximize your retirement savings without exposing yourself to risk that might threaten the stability you’ve created for your post-working days.

Knowing where your money is invested is important, and is even more critical when you’ve reached retirement. WealthGuard consulting can independently analyze the investment products on which your advisor is staking your hard earned savings, whether the risk in your portfolio really matches your needs, and whether your earnings can increase without sacrificing safety and stability.

ESTATE SETTLEMENT AND INHERITANCE

Heirs to wealth often face difficult choices, responsibilities, and concerns that their parents or loved ones never helped them prepare for.

Your current advisor was perhaps a good fit in the past and suited the needs of a departed loved one, but might not be right for you today. We understand the complications with estate gifts and can independently evaluate your present advisor’s compatibility with your goals or help find a new one that better suits your needs.

From choosing a new investment advisor or overseeing a current advisor to taxable ramifications, definitions, and restrictions on the various trust structures, WealthGuard provides unbiased counsel on best practices to ensure that the gift you received lasts for generations to come.

FAMILY OFFICE CFO's AND CIO's

Family Office Chief Finance or Investment Officers are experienced investors who protect the interests of the family, but still can be overwhelmed by the due diligence necessary to vet the advisors and products sold by the Wall Street firms they represent.

WealthGuard brings 25 years of experience working at big banks, but do NOT solicit their products. Rather, we support the efforts of the CFO or CIO and help them price, compare, and vet those Wall Street products or advisors - adding a layer of protection for the family's wide-spread interests.

Be it single stock risk management, loans, investment offerings, or helping to find the most senior advisors among thousands of candidates, WealthGuard is an invaluable partner to most any Family Office.

FILM AND TELEVISION PROFESSIONALS

Big breaks aren’t meant to be broken. For actors, agents, writers or directors, Hollywood's big breaks can be sudden & financially significant. Too often advisors give ill-informed advice, recommend failed investment opportunities, and charge fees that seem to only benefit themselves or their firm.

WealthGuard doesn’t sell investments - just pure, objective oversight to help find, rate, rank, and vet the best advisors available. We understand the needs and limitations of the busy Hollywood lifestyle, so our consultants explain in simple terms how their wealth managers and advisors are performing, the risk they are taking to get there, and whether they merit the fees they charge. WealthGuard is here to help ensure that the big break in one's career sustains a lifetime.