Financial Planning Booklet Final
Financial Planning Booklet Final
Financial Planning Booklet Final
Amy J Bouchie,
CFP®, CDFA®
Financial Planner
CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™
Our Promise
The advisors at NHFC are held to the highest fiduciary standard. Financial planning
advice and wealth management services must be delivered to the public with
objectivity, accountability, and transparency. We place client interests above those
of our firm and employees.
Our Purpose
New Horizons Financial Consultants exists to elevate financial services through
enhanced attention and greater knowledge that is only possible with an
appropriately trained and certified staff.
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Our Culture
Integrity
Integrity is the consistency of our recommendations, actions, methods,
and outcomes as well as how we treat others.
Stewardship
Stewardship is the planning, management, and accountability of our
client and firm resources. We aspire to be the best stewards of capital,
education, and time.
Confidentiality
Your confidentially is one of our top priorities. You can be confident that
your information will not be discussed with any other parties without
prior written approval from you.
Professionalism
As a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional, Amy is committed
to upholding the Rules of Conduct as established by the CFP® Board. The
Rules of Conduct establish the high standards expected of the certificant
and describe the level of professionalism required of the certificant.
Service Excellence
We strive to meet and exceed the expectations of our clients throughout
the relationship.
Sustainability
At NHFC, sustainability means both fiscal responsibility as well as
environmental stewardship. Being and using the resources we have is a
value we believe influences the future of our business and our world.
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Our Qualifications
The rigorous competency, ethics and practice standards established and enforced
by the CFP Board have allowed the CFP® certification marks to become
recognized as the standard of excellence in personal financial planning. Earning
and displaying the CFP® marks demonstrates a commitment to a career in
financial planning. CFP® Professionals pledge to uphold the fiduciary standard
when delivering financial planning advice.
In 1973, the first class of the Institute of Certified Financial Planners (ICFP)
graduated 35 members. With approximately 140,000 CFP® professionals
around the globe dedicated to providing quality financial planning advice, today,
more than ever, CFP® professionals are in demand.
Financial planning is about controlling spending, managing credit, reducing taxes, increasing savings,
protecting family wealth, and building assets for the future. This process entails gathering financial
information, evaluating your current financial status, establishing life goals, and developing a strategy
to help you achieve them. Although many professionals may call themselves “financial planners”, CFP®
professionals have completed, on average 1000 hours of extensive study, comprehensive 2-day exam,
and maintain the highest ethical standards.
Founded in 1993, IDFA provides specialized training to accounting, financial, and legal professionals in
the field or pre-divorce financial planning. Over the years, we have certified more than 5,000 professionals
in the US and Canada as Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® (CDFA®) professionals.
The Institute provides comprehensive training using a variety of knowledge and skill-building techniques.
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Our Process
Portfolio
Estate Construction
Planning
Financial
Planning
Business Asset
Succession Management
Planning
Tax Retirement
Planning Planning
Education
Planning
6. Monitor recommendations
Sound financial advice provides direction and guidance. Ongoing financial advice and goal tracking require client
engagement and interaction. Therefore, the final step of the financial planning process is to review your progress and
update your financial plan on a periodic basis.
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Our Client Experience
3. Develop an Investment
Policy Statement (IPS)
• Document client
investment objectives
and constraints
1. Determine • Provide accountability
How to Work and structure to
Together portfolio construction
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Our Client Experience
7. Implement Financial
and Investment Plan
• Provide financial plan
• Address risk
5. Design an Investment management and
Strategy protection needs
• Integrate asset allocation • Open new accounts
with financial plan, as • Transfer existing
governed by IPS assets
• Incorporate capital market • Establish online
expectations and access
economic outlook
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“The future belongs to those who
believe in their dreams.”
-Eleanor Roosevelt
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offered through Level Four Advisory Services, a registered investment advisor. Level Four Advisory
Services and New Horizons Financial Consultants are separate entities from LPL Financial.