YOUR CROSS-BORDER
FINANCIAL ADVISOR
We are dedicated to helping affluent families oversee their ongoing U.S., Canada and cross-border financial planning complexities.
YOUR CROSS-BORDER FINANCIAL ADVISOR
We are dedicated to helping affluent families oversee their ongoing U.S., Canada and cross-border financial planning complexities.
Cardinal Point is an independent Canada-U.S. wealth management group of companies created to service the sophisticated needs of high net-worth families. Our financial advisors operate under the fiduciary standard and understand that your wealth, family, interests and values are all interconnected.
We are dedicated to providing investment management, financial, estate and tax planning solutions to residents of the U.S. and Canada, Americans moving to Canada, Canadians moving to the U.S. and Canadian and U.S. expats living abroad.
Canadian and U.S. Expats Living Abroad
For those Canadians and Americans moving or living abroad, careful cross-border financial planning considerations must be given to ensure tax and regulatory compliance in both your home and adopted countries.
FEATURED WHITE PAPERS
Manage Your Canada-U.S. Cross-Border Lifestyle
Whether you are transitioning residency between Canada and the U.S. or you have already made the move, it is important to understand the benefits of a cross-border financial plan. Learn how Cardinal Point can help when holding investment assets or financial interests in the U.S. or Canada.
U.S. TAX RESIDENTS: HOW TO NAVIGATE PFIC INVESTMENT RULES
U.S. taxpayers living in Canada or the U.S. can unknowingly employ investment strategies in their portfolios that have unfavorable U.S. tax implications. Learn which investment securities should be considered and avoided within your investment accounts.
OUR RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Terry Ritchie featured in article, “Could cross-border partnerships be the key to serving ex-pat clients?”
In today’s increasingly mobile society, it’s not that unusual for people to give up residency in their nation of birth in order to work or retire in another country. In fact, according to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, there were an estimated 271,642,105 ex-pats around the world in 2019. But what does this globetrotting mean for the financial professionals who advise them?
The Politics of Investing
We all know politics is an uncomfortable topic for many people. In fact, a recent research paper from the University of Nebraska found that politics was making Americans physically sick. According to the study, nearly 40% of Americans reported that they were stressed out by politics, while 20% said they were losing sleep over politics. In recent conversations with clients, politics is certainly on many people’s mind and is hard to avoid.
Cardinal Point Wealth Management Featured in ETF.com
Terry Ritchie, Director of Cross-Border Wealth Services, and Matt Carvalho, CIO, recently sat down with Lara Crigger at ETF.com and discussed some of the tricky aspects of moving abroad. When your expenses are in a different currency from your income, currency hedges and dollar-cost-averaging are normal ways to deal with uncertainties in global markets. But […]