1. Tell us about your background and what made you gravitate towards the private markets?
I have over 18 years of experience as an advisor in the financial industry promoting financial wellness across all investment, insurance, credit and banking product/service lines appropriate to life stage or life event with reputable firms from J.P Morgan Chase to BlueShore Financial and presently at Pinnacle Wealth Brokers.
I gravitated towards the private markets because it allows my clients to establish a well-balanced and "truly diversified" investment portfolio. Our focus has always been closing the gap between setting goals and achieving them for our clients. We work to create individualized strategies with a focus on the diverse financial products and services we provide.
2. What are some of the biggest changes you have seen since you started?
A lot of regulation changes and stricter compliance overview. Stronger governance with regards to issuers and overall quality products.
3. What is the one thing you want someone unfamiliar with this space to know?
They need to understand you have to go to the clients. The clients don’t typically come to you, like they are going to the banks, at least for the first several years in the industry.
4. What are your ‘go to’ features that you look for when completing KYP on a given product for suitability consideration?
a) Cost of Capital
b) Management
c) Business Plan (Item 2)
d) Other:
5. Share something interesting about yourself that most people don’t know.
I competed in sprinting in a tryout for the Sydney 2000 Olympics and ran 10.30 seconds. I missed out by 0.5 seconds. I would have qualified if I wasn’t representing Australia. Other countries’ qualifying times were 10.50 seconds. Hahaha