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Absolute Objectivity Is Key When Advising Clients One of the Founding Principles of HighView Financial Group is ‘objectivity’, which from a portfolio construction perspective means that we don’t believe that advisors should be conflicted in....

Your wealth gives you and your family the freedom to pursue your goals; however, accumulating it requires diligence, focus, and patience. For this reason, it isn’t something investors want to do twice!The global marketplace is currently....

Affluent families often face a myriad of challenges that come with wealth, including:Wealth management Tax and estate planning Business succession issues Setting and funding philanthropic goals Finding the time to manage these....

As the holiday season approaches, we want to thank our clients and their other professionals for their continued support of HighView Financial Group over the past year.2017 was not only the 12th anniversary of HighView, but also a year of....

HighView recently had two educational seminars, one in Oakville and one in Toronto, on the fascinating subject of Artificial Intelligence (AI). A Primer on Artificial Intelligence Human progress moves ever more quickly as time marches on. More....

 “We believe that considering material ESG factors as part of our investment decision-making process, with respect to both direct and indirect investments, along with other material investment factors is consistent with our fiduciary duty”.....

A true investment fiduciary is all about putting the client’s interests first.Too many investment advisors only pay lip service to the idea of “putting the investor first”; a true fiduciary has a legal and ethical responsibility to live....

I recently participated in a roundtable discussion hosted by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC). The purpose was to delve more deeply into the industry’s response to regulators’ proposal to eliminate commissions embedded in investment....

As seen in the July/August 2017 edition of Canadian MoneySaver magazine.Kelly Osbourne has it right when she says: “I guess I have friends around me but when you’re paying them, can they ever really be true friends?” Lawyers, accountants,....

On September 18, 2017, Dan Hallett, Vice-President and Principal of HighView, will be participating in a roundtable discussion of Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) Consultation Paper 81-408 Consultation on the Option of Discontinuing Embedded....