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Investment advisory services

WTAS is a diversified wealth management firm, offering objective, fee-only investment advisory services designed to help clients meet their personal financial objectives. Our Investment Advisory Services (IAS) professionals — CPAs, CFPs, JDs and MBAs — use their extensive experience to integrate tax, wealth transfer and financial planning considerations in arriving at an optimum investment plan for each client. As an independent registered investment advisor, we offer our clients unbiased advice in all areas from asset allocation to selection of mutual funds and money managers.

"Confidence, commitment, continuity and communication characterize our relationships."

As an independent consulting firm, we always place client interests first. We sell no investment products and we receive no commissions. Our independence means you receive unbiased, informative and strategic advice as we oversee your investments.

We customize our services to best suit each client’s needs and provide meaningful investment advice and consultation. IAS services include advice and consultation on:

  • Designing, implementing and monitoring a written, customized Investment Policy Statement
  • Designing, implementing and monitoring a strategic asset allocation based on quantitative and qualitative assessments of your investment objectives as specified in your Investment Policy Statement
  • Providing detailed counseling on the pros and cons of investing in traditional asset classes such as equities and fixed-income securities, plus alternatives such as hedge funds, private equity, real estate, natural resources, commodities and currencies
  • Access to cost-effective, best-of-class managers, mutual funds, exchange traded funds, and hedge fund of funds in each appropriate asset class for your portfolio
  • Providing on-going quantitative and qualitative due diligence on the managers in your portfolio
  • Providing timely, comprehensive performance reporting, analyzing your investments
  • Convening periodic, typically quarterly, meetings to review and confirm your investment objectives, review your portfolio and ensure your strategic asset allocation and your asset managers are meeting your objectives.
Nothing in this section is intended to be a solicitation to buy or sell investments. Investments can go down as well as up and we do not guarantee that you will achieve a positive return on your investments. Charges for our investment advisory services and taxation will have an adverse impact on your investment returns. We do not provide discretionary investment management and are not responsible for the management decisions of any investment manager recommended to you under our investment advisory services. Under our service, you are responsible for deciding whether or not to invest in any particular investment or with any particular manager.