Our Services

For Financial Planning and Advisory Relationships: 

  • Intake Session and Discovery: We have you complete our Fact Finder and/or Discovery Workbook so we can gain a full picture of you and your financial life. This allows us to better understand your needs, help you identify your goals, and prioritize them accordingly. 
  • Formal Financial Plan Presentation with Annual Updates: This includes running “what-if” or hypothetical scenarios based on changing factors. Through this planning, we can help you make informed decisions regarding when it makes sense to retire, what type of spending would be appropriate during retirement, and helping to analyze social security strategies.
  • Comprehensive Portfolio Review: We will review your investment accounts, give you our thoughts, and where necessary, suggest changes. This includes sound advice as it pertains to potential real estate purchases/sales.
  • Investment Management: For “advisory assets”: We offer to manage the assets for a competitive “advisory fee” which will be determined by the level of assets under management. This includes the creation of customized investment portfolios which are monitored and adjusted based on your specific financial situation. For non-qualified accounts, we can create tax efficient investment strategies with the ability to “tax loss harvest," while also considering any carry forward losses from previous years.
  • For “transaction based/non-advisory assets”: The costs are determined by the specific investment sponsor/investment provider and may offer additional compensation to the advisor. We have the ability to access these investment strategies and may do so when appropriate with full disclosure. Some of these vehicles may be more appropriate for those seeking tax-deferred growth and high net worth investors at the qualified purchaser level.
  • Budget Review: After you complete a Cash Flow Worksheet outlining your income sources and expenses, we will provide cash flow analysis and help decide “maximum” levels of spending given your individual financial situation.  We will also help you decide on an appropriate amount to hold in an “emergency cash account” and discuss ideas for future “dollar cost averaging."
  • Tax Return Review: While we are not CPAs and suggest that you discuss your specific tax issues with a qualified tax advisor, we do have tax knowledge and want to see your tax return. We like to do this before recommending certain investment or distribution strategies to make sure we are making thoughtful and deliberate suggestions from a tax perspective. We can also help guide you on your quarterly estimates based on your allocation and any tax loss harvesting that or may not take place before year-end.  
  • Retirement Plan Review: We make sure you are participating in appropriate type(s) of retirement plan(s) given the level/source of compensation and your overall tax situation. (i.e. Traditional 401(k) vs. Roth 401(k), Roth IRA vs. Traditional IRA, Defined Benefit Plan vs. SEP-IRA vs. Single K, etc..). In addition to reviewing your level of contributions given your goals we outlined together, we will also provide suggestions for the investments within that plan, even though we are not able to be compensated to doing so.
  • Roth-IRA Conversion Analysis: We provide an ongoing annual analysis to determine if a Roth-IRA Conversion makes sense, and if so, at what level. We also consult with your tax advisor before implementation.
  • Basic Estate Plan Review & Analysis: We review your estate plan and make sure that the registration and beneficiary designations for your investments/insurance policies are consistent with your asset distribution plan.  
  • Risk Management Analysis: Based on a variety of factors, we will review your current insurance policies (including life, disability and umbrella coverage) to determine if you are over or underinsured, and can offer assistance and possible strategies.
  • Unlimited phone calls and emails: We value constant communication and ensure your questions and concerns are addressed promptly. 
  • Access to our periodic “IntegriGen Intelligence” communications: We will email important insights on current events or helpful reminders about pertinent and timely topics.
  • Strategic alliances with other professionals: If you are in need of coordinating other areas of your financial life, we can help make introductions. When this occurs, we do not receive further compensation from those third parties, so there is no conflict of interest.
  • Ongoing Annual face to face meetings: We will meet with you as needed to review your goals, objectives, and any changes in your life that may impact your financial plan. We will also review your progress towards the goals we’ve identified together.

Additional Services For Platinum Clients (Minimum of $1,000,000 Under Management):

  • Account Aggregation/Family Financial Planning Website: We create a family financial planning website with the ability to update investment accounts daily using account aggregation capabilities. The website also includes a vault to allow you to store important documents such as wills, deeds, tax returns, etc.…
  • Unlimited Access for Beneficiaries: As an added benefit, we offer guidance and advice to your beneficiaries as it relates to the future distribution of family assets along with their individual circumstances.
  • Additional Accessibility/Face to Face Meetings: We offer more frequent meetings to review progress towards financial goals and coordinate/attend meetings with other advisors such as attorneys and accountants.
  • Discuss Estate Planning Strategies with Attorneys: In our ongoing analysis, we discuss possible planning strategies and techniques as it relates to your personal goals, objectives, and comfort level.
  • Business Succession Planning: For business owners, we review their succession plan and discuss strategies to address specific needs. We act as the quarterback with other 3rd party professionals including tax and legal advisers, independent business valuation review, etc. 
  • Coordinate Tax Planning with Accountants: We provide quarterly dividend, income, capital gain/loss reports to your CPA. This can provide clarity in the event estimated tax payments are being made. 
  • Withdrawal Strategies: We help formulate a plan to take withdrawals from various assets and strategies in the most tax and cost-efficient manner.
  • Social Security Analysis: Based on your specific situation, we provide analysis as it pertains to when to apply for social security benefits.
  • RMD Strategies: As you get closer to age 70 ½, we help plan for future Required Minimum Distributions from retirement accounts.  In addition to calculating the RMD, we guide you regarding the most efficient way to take those distributions in conjunction with your “non-qualified” distribution plan.

Services for IntegriGen Wealth Management 401(k) Plan Participants: 

  • Intake Session and Discovery: We try to learn everything there is to know about you and your family regarding your financial lives. We will help you identify your goals and prioritize them accordingly.
  • Comprehensive Portfolio Review: We will review your investment options with you and give you our collaborative thoughts. We are also happy to review any other investment accounts you have and provide a second opinion.
  • Tax Discussion: While we are not CPAs and suggest that you discuss your specific tax issues with a qualified tax advisor, we do have tax knowledge and like to familiarize ourselves with your general tax situation to help you make the best decisions for contribution types (i.e. traditional vs. Roth 401(k)/IRA options) for your overall retirement planning.
  • Retirement Plan Review: In addition to reviewing your level of contributions given your goals we outlined together, we will also provide suggestions for the investments within that plan.
  • Budget Review: We will provide customized cash flow analysis including, (but not limited to) what level of spending is appropriate for housing given your individual financial situation.
  • New Home Purchase Affordability Analysis: Often times, lenders will pre-approve you for an amount that in reality, may turn out to be unrealistic given the bigger picture. We will help you determine what is reasonable and affordable for you now and in the future.
  • Risk Management Analysis: We will review your current insurance policies (including life, disability and umbrella coverage) to determine if you are over or underinsured and can provide alternation options.
  • Access to our periodic “IntegriGen Intelligence” communications regarding important and timely current events or helpful reminders about pertinent and timely topics.
  • Referrals to other professionals or services we think you would benefit from: When we make those recommendations, we do not receive further compensation from those third parties, reducing the potential for any conflicts.
  • Ongoing Annual face-to-face meetings to check in with you to review your goals and objectives and anything that may have changed in your lives that will affect your financial life.
     

Value Added Services:

  • We act as a sounding board to our clients’ families and friends at no charge. If they are important to our clients, they are important to us.
  • Periodic economic and/or market updates, especially when extraordinary situations occur. We help our clients tune out the noise and focus on how it truly impacts their specific financial picture.
  • Checklists and Resources for widow/widowers as well as support for estate and tax strategies during these difficult times.
  • Elder Care Resources: Many of our clients are considered to be the “sandwich generation” and are still launching their own children, but also have aging parents that need assistance. We provide support for that process and have a vast array of resources to help aid with these issues. This includes guides and checklists for steps that need to be taken when you have an aging parent with needs.
  • We communicate directly with our clients’ mortgage lenders to help provide necessary information.
  • “Outside of the box” income and distribution planning: Many of our clients have important decisions to make about pensions and or assets outside our management. We perform detailed analysis for them such as what survivorship options are most appropriate for pension plans and/or breakeven calculation for “buy-in options” to different retirement plan options offered by their employers. We also help clients determine the most tax efficient options for withdrawing from their portfolios in retirement.
  • Social Security Analysis: There is no specific rule of thumb for a social security strategy and the decision is unique and specific to each family. We provide a detailed analysis and show the benefits and drawbacks regarding the different options on when to take social security benefits.
  • New Car Purchase Analysis: The decision to lease or buy a car is different for everyone. We help provide guidance on what may be best for our clients given their cash flow, specific tax situation and driving habits.
  • Access to our vast network of professionals including but not limited to the following:
    • Mortgage brokers
    • Divorce Attorneys
    • Estate Planning/Elder Care Attorneys
    • CPAs and/or Tax Preparers
    • Insurance Specialists (including life, health, disability, long-term care and home/auto/umbrella)
    • Daily Money Managers-these individuals help those with disabilities or cognitive issues manage their mail, bill-paying, and health insurance claims.
    • Health & Employee Benefits Professionals

55 Things We Can Do For You....

We want to care more about you and your financial well being than anyone who doesn’t share your last name.

Plan Your Financial Future

1. Guide you to think about areas of your financial life that you may not have considered.

2. Help you prioritize your financial opportunities.

3. Help you determine realistic goals, and then map out a plan to pursue them.

4. Think outside of the box for creative alternatives that would help you pursue your goals.

5. Help prepare a financial plan and/or an investment policy statement for you.

6. Determine how to maximize yours and/or your spouse's social security claiming strategy.

7. Review and evaluate your existing life insurance policies and if need be, help you secure the appropriate type and amount of life insurance to protect your family’s future.

8. Suggest & explain multiple options for setting up a company retirement plan.

9. At no additional charge, we can give your friends and family a 2nd opinion or be a sounding board for any financial questions they may have.

10. Help you develop a personal or family financial organizer that will allow you (and/or your family) to know whether everything is (i.e. user names, passwords, policy/account numbers, etc.). 

11. Help you determine what your estate planning goals are and develop a strategy to work towards them.

12. Review your children’s or grandchildren’s custodial accounts, 529 plans, and college funding strategies.

13. Make sure you don't miss an IRA Required Minimum Distribution, help you calculate it, and determine the best withdrawal strategy (i.e. which IRA account to take from and whether or not you should withhold taxes).

14. Remind you of any upcoming important financial dates (such as quarterly tax estimates, etc.).

15. Check with you before the end of the year to identify any last-minute financial planning needs.

16. Determine best methods for funding healthcare expenses after retirement.

17. Leverage our experience to provide strategies and solutions you didn’t even know existed so you can potentially secure more income, reduce expenses, and get the most out of your finances.

18. If there are challenges we know you will be facing, we will be happy to reach out to you proactively to make a plan to address the challenge.

Invest With Confidence

19. Prepare an asset allocation framework so you can attempt to pursue the best rate of return for a given level of risk tolerance.

20. Stay informed on what's happening in the economy and investment world.

21. Monitor your investments and portfolio performance on a regular basis.

22. Review your investments in your company 401(k), 403(b) or 457 plans.

23. Review your existing IRAs and help you get the most out of them.

24. Help determine withdrawal strategies from your assets to justify converting your investments to lifetime income, if desired and appropriate.

25. Evaluate any lending options and mortgage terms should you need them. 

26. Find ways to potentially increase your income during retirement.

27. Help research and determine missing cost basis for your holdings.

28. Implement salary replacement strategies for retirement income needs.

29. Help you understand the risk level that comes with investing.

30. Provide introductions and specialized investment analysts.

Investments

31. Make sure you don't do what your emotions prompt you to do with you investments, which is typically buy high and sell low. 

32. Provide diverse products and strategies that you may not even know exist and help you determine suitability. 

33. Provide you with sound investment research.

34. Provide you with a personal investment analysis.

35. Determine the risk level of your existing portfolio using our advanced risk software.

36. Help you consolidate, organize and simplify your investments for easier record keeping.

37. Provide you with investment research that is relevant and easy to understand.

38. Provide access and perhaps introductions best in class money managers.

39. Show you how to access your statements and other financial information online.

Evaluate Your Tax Situation

40. Help you invest inside each type of account in the most tax efficient manner.

41. Suggest alternative strategies to potentially lower your taxes during retirement.

42. Suggest investments that may help you reduce your taxes, such as tax-free bonds, deferred products, etc. 

43. Collaborate with your tax and legal advisors to help you work towards your financial goals. 

Serve You

44. Monitor changes in your life and family situation and how they can impact your finances.

45. Proactively keep in touch with you on a regular basis.

46. Explain and define any financial terms or concepts you have struggled to understand. 

47. Provide referrals to other professionals, such as accountants and attorneys.

48. Help with generational planning to make sure your wishes and financial plan are honored throughout the generations. 

49. Facilitate the transfer of investments from individual names to trust, or from an owner through beneficiaries.

50. Keep track of your progress in regards to goals, etc.

51. Identify your savings shortfalls and determine ways to address the issue.

52. Identify bad debt vs. good debt and make a plan for reducing the debt in a sensible order. 

53. Function as an experienced sounding board for ideas you are considering.

54. Help you avoid costly mistakes based on fear, rather than education.

55. Be available for you and your family so that you can focus on what really matters.

All investing involves risk including loss of principal. No strategy assures success or protects against loss. There is no guarantee that a diversified portfolio will enhance overall returns or outperform a non-diversified portfolio. Diversification does not protect against market risk.

For more information about our firm and the services we offer, send us a quick email or call the office. We would welcome the opportunity to speak with you.

brad@integrigenwealth.com or samantha@integrigenwealth.com | 301-251-1005