Joyce has served purchasers all through his skilled life, first as a Chartered Skilled Accountant (CPA) with a specialty in earnings tax, then as a wealth supervisor with Canada’s largest full-service funding agency, and now as a Licensed Monetary Planner (CFP), managing an advice-only, fee-only monetary planning observe. He brings this mix of expertise and information to every shopper engagement.
When not working, Joyce and his spouse, Sharon, together with their 5 rescue pets, take pleasure in life in St. Margaret’s Bay on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, the place the fantastic thing about the surroundings is exceeded solely by the heat of their neighbours.
| Companies | • Monetary Planning • Funding Planning • Insurance coverage Planning |
| Specializations | • Insurance coverage Planning • Retirement Earnings Planning • Tax Planning |
| Fee Mannequin | • Charges paid by purchasers for recommendation (not primarily based on belongings) |
| Languages written and spoken | • English |
Why did you grow to be a planner?
I’ve at all times believed within the energy of context. It gives readability to a problem and/or state of affairs. As a wealth supervisor, I found that serving to purchasers to develop their very own imaginative and prescient for the longer term, and a path to get there, offered them with each the context and the framework to make the choices required to understand their goals.
What’s your method to monetary planning?
We don’t all put on blue fits. Each shopper is exclusive. It’s necessary to have a versatile course of to establish and adapt to the distinctive circumstances and goals of each shopper.
What’s your proudest achievement as a monetary planner?
I can’t consider one particular achievement. Having a shopper thank me for serving to them obtain better command over their monetary future is affirmation that what we do as monetary planners makes a optimistic distinction in folks’s lives.
What would you do if cash had been no object?
Personal and function a craft-beer taproom, the place I may pour draught and chat with prospects till closing time.
What’s the finest cash recommendation you ever obtained?
Gradual and regular together with your core investments. Solely swing for the fences when you may afford to lose all of it.
What’s the worst cash recommendation you ever obtained?
“Debt is nice”—with out the correct context.