Reinventing Wealth Management with an Application of Behavioral Finance
Northeast Wealth Management is a household name in the financial services space, known for its expertise in meeting the financial planning and investment needs of affluent clients. Adhering to its decades-old legacy of offering specialized and personalized wealth management advisory services, it serves as a leader in helping its clients realize their dream legacies for themselves, their families, and their communities.
At the heart of Northeast Wealth Management is its service portfolio, built on a solid foundation of in-depth industry expertise and ardent passion for client success. All of its offerings are designed with the right mix of behavioral finance and advanced financial planning strategies. This makes the firm ideally positioned to help clients follow good investment practices while minimizing all market-influenced wealth loss, with utmost privacy and discretion. The company’s expertise also entails business succession transition, exit planning, and educating businesses on governance and potential equity.
Northeast Wealth Management’s philosophy of adding behavioral finance strategies into its offerings began 25 years ago when James E. Moniz tried to help a client struggling to deal with the estate planning process. After a few failed attempts with the client, he discussed it with his now business partner Kate Leonard, a clinical psychologist. They identified what was missing from his approach—the personal connection.
Moniz was quick to restructure his approach to client management, giving them a safe and trusted space to open up and be deeply involved in the process. This partnership and the unique mix of behavioral finance and advanced planning strategies are now at the core of Northeast Wealth Management, helping clients make essential financial decisions with increased peace of mind.
“Our combined expertise makes us the most trusted partner for a broad clientele, who can better understand their needs and help attain their financial goals,” says Moniz. Over time, Dr. Leonard became increasingly involved with the company. Her previous experience became one of the cornerstones on which Northeast Wealth Management is built.
The empathy in Northeast Wealth Management’s services is best portrayed through its Legacy Vision Approach™ that allows a step-by-step program for creating and preserving wealth, and positively impacting families. The four-step process consists of assessing and setting goals, developing strategies and customized plans, assembling advisor teams, and plan implementation. This reduces vulnerability issues such as high taxes, incomplete or non-existent wills and trusts, tax-inefficient or underachieving investment portfolios, and undiversified assets. The company also offers legacy vision functions that entail well-defined sessions on estate and wealth management, empowering clients with a mindset of confidence in their future.
While collaborating with each client, Northeast Wealth Management provides them with a dedicated, encrypted, and password-protected personal website. By leveraging this portal,
clients become strategically organized and have greater visibility into financial planning and investment management. The team updates their holdings every 20 minutes, allowing for addressing and staying ahead of market volatility by taking immediate action.
With this exceptional lineup of capabilities, Northeast Wealth Management has served numerous clients well. A man who had visited Moniz three decades earlier, brought a small portfolio and was anxious about the volatility of the stock market. Moniz assured the client about the strength of his portfolio. This was the foundation of their advisor-client partnership.
Some years later, Northeast Wealth Management helped the client sell his house and move into an assisted living home. After his death, the company assisted his son in settling the estate. Witnessing its competency, the son asked Moniz to manage his own account. Upon his retirement, the company helped him get a plan that included a pension and a long-term healthcare policy. Northeast Wealth Management also assisted him in setting up a will and estate plan. Today, the company is serving the fourth generation of this family.
This success is a testament to Northeast Wealth Management’s unrivaled expertise in the asset management space, making it a go-to partner for clients. The company strives to continue its legacy in delivering specialized wealth management advisory services while maintaining quality and deepening the personal touch that assures them of long-term client relationships.
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