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Posted by Optimize on March 1, 2022

Optimize Wealth Adds

Industry Veteran Warren MacKenzie as their Head of Financial Planning

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Warren MacKenzie

TORONTO, Oct. 16, 2017 – Optimize Wealth Management is pleased to announce that Warren MacKenzie, CPA, CA, CIMA, CIM has joined Optimize Wealth Management as their Head of Financial Planning. In this role, Warren will continue to work directly with clients and their financial planning needs in addition to being in charge of the overall financial planning direction which Optimize Wealth Management takes. Warren brings with him over thirty years of experience in the financial services industry. Warren is well known for his advocacy for investor education and his fixation on bringing transparency and objectivity to the financial planning industry. An educator at heart, in 2004, Warren launched Weigh House Investor Services where he provided unbiased investment advice to his clients, which focused on uncovering hidden investment costs while still optimizing their specific financial picture. Warren is the author of The Unbiased Advisor, Zen and The Art of Wealth, and co-author of the New Rules of Retirement and The C.A.R.P. Financial Planning Guide. He is a regular contributor to various media publications such as The Financial Facelift in the Globe and Mail as well as the Money Saver magazine.

“I am thrilled to be part of the Optimize Wealth Management team,” said Warren MacKenzie. “I have always been passionate about delivering advice rooted in sound investment principles to help clients achieve their specific financial goals. I look forward to continuing this tradition at Optimize.”

Matthew McGrath, Optimize Wealth Management’s Senior Partner & Portfolio Manager, said “We are very excited to welcome Warren to our team at Optimize. Not only does he bring expertise in financial planning but also a dedication to always do the right thing for his clients. He will make a tremendous role model for our employees and his advice will be invaluable to our current and future clients.”

About the Optimize Wealth Advisor Platform

Optimize Wealth is an industry-leading Full Service Wealth Management Firm which has built a very Robust Advisor Platform whereby Advisors can provide their clients with a multi-family office service offering. We have in-house tax and will specialists that can prepare all of your clients’ tax returns as well as their wills. We also have Mortgage and Insurance specialists when needed and all of that augments our core Financial Planning and Portfolio Management services. We built our Advisor Platform with the belief that technology could make the financial management process simpler, more transparent, and more cost-effective for clients. It has quickly become clear to us that these services when provided alongside our in-house technology enables advisors and financial planners alike to deliver significant value to their clients well above the industry norms, which empowers them to grow their business exponentially.

The financial services industry has seen a significant amount of change over the last two decades. What hasn’t changed is that ethical advisors are earnestly running wealth management practices centered on putting their clients’ interest first. Unfortunately, the growth initiatives and the seemingly endless bureaucratic and one-sided directives from many dealers have slowly put them at odds with this principle. Discover how we can work with you to break past your ceiling of complexity, simplify your business and unlock new opportunities. As your partner, we’ll help you deliver an exceptional client experience – one that not only cements client loyalty but also drives new business.

We’ll show you how to streamline your processes, increase productivity and grow your bottom line. When you join Optimize Wealth, you become part of a team with one common goal, to help our Advisors build a better business while providing your clients with expert financial advice. The major difference at Optimize Wealth is that we measure our Financial Advisors’ success based on how well they help their clients achieve their goals rather than based on how much commissions or revenues they generate from their clients.

Looking to Grow Your Practice or Map Your Exit?

Whether you want to refine your client segmentation strategy, focus on niche markets, or define your own succession plan, we’re here for you. We’ll work with you to build scale in your business, implement proven growth strategies, maximize the value of your business, or map your exit plan. Through it all, we’ll help you ensure your clients continue to get the attention they deserve. Whether you are looking to grow or exit the business, we are looking for experienced financial professionals who want to make a positive impact in their clients’ financial futures at the same time as achieving their specific goals.

 

Financial professionals who want to see how they can map their exit or gain a major competitive edge from Optimize’s next generation multi-family office platform while benefiting from a premium advisor compensation structure can find out more with a Confidential Introductory Meeting.