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At HighView Financial Group, we believe that affluent Canadian families – whether they realize it or not – are actually operating a ‘wealth management business’.In other words, their investable asset base is of a sufficiently....

We are wealth architects whose sole purpose is to provide our clients with peace of mind by making their wealth sustainable. Goals-based investing is at the core of our investment philosophy, but historically this has not been the case for the....

The Responsible Investment Association (“RIA”) and HighView Financial Group announced today that HighView has joined the RIA as an Associate Member.“We are very pleased to welcome HighView Financial Group as an Associate Member of the....

It may come as a surprise to many that there are different ways to calculate investment returns and that it is possible to see a negative investment return for your portfolio when the underlying investments have actually generated positive....

For virtually my entire career, bond yields have been characterized as "historically low" – yet have fallen with few interruptions. Since the Financial Crisis, however, yields have been super skinny and have continued falling. Razor thin yields....

On March 22nd, 2017 the Trudeau Liberal Government presented their second Federal Budget. Compared to their first budget, which included significant increases in taxation and program stimulus, this budget provided relatively small changes to certain....

Prudent Principles to Live By “Looking back, it feels like we made endless sacrifices for 30 years to create our wealth, and now we worry about preserving what we’ve built for ourselves, our children & our grandchildren.”Family....

This is my final blog in this series, wherein I will present a solution to the problems presented in the previous posts.I encourage you to read the entire series to get a full understanding of the challenges facing affluent families seeking....

HighView is pleased to announce that Stewardship Counsellor and Principal Loren Francis has now been appointed to our Portfolio Strategy Committee.The HighView Portfolio Strategy Committee leads the way to ensure we make the right investment....

  The creation of a portfolio that stands the test of time and provides for sustainable results within acceptable risk parameters is a function of its adaptability to adjust to secular changes.Gary BrentAt HighView, we have....