Joyce has served shoppers all through his skilled life, first as a Chartered Skilled Accountant (CPA) with a specialty in revenue 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 follow. He brings this mix of expertise and data to every consumer 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 Revenue Planning • Tax Planning |
| Cost Mannequin | • Charges paid by shoppers for recommendation (not primarily based on belongings) |
| Languages written and spoken | • English |
Why did you turn into a planner?
I’ve at all times believed within the energy of context. It gives readability to a problem and/or scenario. As a wealth supervisor, I found that serving to shoppers to develop their very own imaginative and prescient for the long run, and a path to get there, supplied them with each the context and the framework to make the choices required to understand their desires.
What’s your strategy to monetary planning?
We don’t all put on blue fits. Each consumer is exclusive. It’s essential to have a versatile course of to determine and adapt to the distinctive circumstances and goals of every consumer.
What’s your proudest achievement as a monetary planner?
I can’t consider one particular achievement. Having a consumer thank me for serving to them obtain higher command over their monetary future is affirmation that what we do as monetary planners makes a optimistic distinction in individuals’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 clients till closing time.
What’s the finest cash recommendation you ever obtained?
Sluggish and regular along with your core investments. Solely swing for the fences when you possibly can afford to lose all of it.
What’s the worst cash recommendation you ever obtained?
“Debt is nice”—with out the right context.