PRIVATE WEALTH SERVICES FOR U.S. RESIDENTS
Cardinal Point builds personalized, comprehensive and tailored wealth plans for residents of the U.S.
At Cardinal Point, we work with individuals and families who have made a commitment to excellence and expect it from others. Our clients seek a long-term relationship with a trusted wealth planner who fully understands their situation and goals. These high net-worth individuals and families understand the need to diversify their investment portfolios, create a family legacy, and find a more efficient and satisfying approach to managing their wealth.
We realize that our clients are faced with a range of financial responsibilities and opportunities throughout their lives and their careers. With our guidance and a disciplined approach to wealth management, we help our clients have lasting wealth for today, tomorrow and generations to come.
As a client of Cardinal Point, you can enjoy the assurance that comes with having a team of experienced professionals working with you to build a comprehensive wealth plan that is focused on creating long-term value — and delivered with a personalized approach that is tailored to your needs.
U.S. Private Wealth Services are best suited for families with more than $1 million of investable assets.
OUR RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Estate Planning when moving from the U.S. to Quebec
If you’re a Canadian living in the U.S. or elsewhere in Canada and planning a return to your home province of Quebec, there are a number of factors you’ll need to consider including the ramifications of such a move on your current estate plan. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at differences between Common Law and Civil Law and how they relate to estate planning.
Gifting Strategy for U.S. Citizens with a Non-U.S. Citizen Spouse Planning a Relocation to Canada
There are notable instances where having a non-U.S. citizen spouse results in complications when it comes to tax and estate planning. For example, there is no estate tax marital deduction when the donee spouse is not a U.S. citizen unless a QDOT, a form of qualified domestic trust, is used. This QDOT structure is not an ideal planning structure in many situations.
What’s in Your Index?
It is estimated that over $11 trillion USD is indexed or benchmarked to the S&P 500 index, or what many investors consider ‘the market.’ However, while that index does capture a good chunk of the public stock market capitalization in the U.S., it omits the rest of the globe. The criteria by which companies are included—which involve a secret selection committee and very general guidelines—are also somewhat murky.