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RGA's Wealth Management Platform: A Smarter Way To Invest
RGA's Wealth Management Platform provides secure access to expanded investment options, greater control over your assets, and round-the-clock access to your portfolio. Our secure WealthManagement Platform gives you the flexibility to choose how involved you want to be with your investments: Whether you check in regularly or you only log in once, you'll always have secure access to your portfolios so you can stay informed about your assets.
We offer comprehensive financial services for individuals, businesses, and nonprofits. Click each service to learn more:
Our comprehensive approach to wealth management means we will review all aspects of your finances—from your charitable contributions to your retirement plan and tax filings—to ensure that you're on track to achieve your financial goals.
As your financial steward, we'll help you manage your assets, optimize your investments, and calibrate your financial portfolio so you can achieve maximum growth. We'll also work with you to create an estate plan so that when the time comes, your beneficiaries will inherit your assets according to your wishes.
Creating an estate plan is an effective way to gain peace of mind by ensuring that your assets are managed and distributed to your loved ones as you intended.
Our experienced team will help you design an estate plan for your family's unique circumstances, and along the way we'll provide rational, objective guidance so you can make informed decisions around emotional topics such as trusts and wealth distribution. To protect your beneficiaries and reduce your estate's tax burden, we'll invest strategically across asset classes so you can provide a lasting legacy for your loved ones.
When you invest with us, we invest in you. As your financial steward, we'll design a personalized investment strategy for you based on your age, financial outlook, and tolerance for risk. Our financial advisors will offer guidance about complex investments, tax liabilities, and market fluctuations so you can make informed financial decisions and increase your financial literacy.
To maximize your financial growth while minimizing the impact of market volatility, we offer diverse investment options across asset classes and will continuously monitor and analyze your investments to ensure that your portfolio continues to align with your financial goals.
Designing a balanced and diverse portfolio that aligns with your age, financial goals, and tolerance for risk is the best way to optimize your investments and secure your financial future, and it's one of our favorite parts of financial planning. We'll work with you to identify financial goals for each life stage, and then we'll adjust your portfolio as needed to make sure that your investments align with your financial objectives.
Whether you're focused on wealth preservation or income generation, we'll always strive to help you meet your financial goals.
It's never too early to start planning for retirement: A well-crafted retirement plan is the best way to make sure you'll be able to enjoy (and afford) your lifestyle after you've left the workforce.
We'll create a customized retirement plan based on your financial outlook, standard of living, healthcare needs, and desired retirement age. After reviewing your portfolio, we'll recommend strategies to maximize your retirement savings and minimize risk: We'll optimize your Social Security benefits, invest in tax-efficient retirement accounts, and make sure you're taking advantage of employer match plans.
When you change employers and need to transfer your retirement savings out of your employer-sponsored plan, our financial advisors can help you avoid costly penalties and tax implications that can diminish your hard-earned savings. We'll transfer your savings into an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) with a diversified investment plan based on your age, lifestyle, and tolerance for risk, and we'll continue nurturing your nest egg as you keep working towards retirement.
An Individual Retirement Account, or IRA, is a valuable part of any retirement plan. Our financial advisors will monitor your IRA's growth and navigate the relevant tax laws and unique complexities of IRAs to make sure your investment keeps working for you. To diversify your portfolio and optimize your IRA for maximum growth, we'll balance your investments and spread potential risk across asset classes. We'll also create a plan for long-term wealth accumulation and reliable income distribution during your retirement.
Creating and executing a realistic financial plan is the best way to secure your family's financial future. To design your customized financial plan, we'll consider all aspects of your finances—your budget, savings, investments, assets, insurance coverage, estate plan, and retirement plan—and we'll recommend strategies to minimize tax burdens, maximize tax-deferred growth opportunities, and optimize overall tax efficiency to help you achieve your financial goals.
Our financial advisors will monitor your plan over time and schedule regular reviews with you to ensure that your financial plan grows and changes as you do, and we'll make adjustments as needed to help you achieve your financial goals.
Transferring your business to your descendants or to a new owner requires strategic planning, particularly if you want to minimize tax liabilities and maximize the proceeds from the sale or transfer. Our financial advisors will guide you through the exit planning process so you can make informed decisions that lead to a successful transition, and we'll recommend risk management strategies to protect you and your business from potential risks and contingencies during the transition process.
To secure your financial future after you've successfully transferred your business, we'll discuss wealth preservation strategies, and we'll work together to create a comprehensive retirement plan that aligns with your financial goals.
Offering an attractive retirement plan can help your small business recruit and retain talented employees. We offer retirement plans that are specifically designed for small businesses, and our financial advisors will help you choose the plan that will provide the most financial benefits and tax advantages for you and your employees.
Employer contributions to employees' retirement plans are typically tax-deductible, so you can reduce your company's taxable income while helping your employees save for the future.
When you run your own business, it's tempting to think “I'll set up a retirement plan later, when I have more time to review all the options.” However, if you set up your retirement plan today, your contributions will be busy working behind the scenes to secure your financial future while you're busy working on growing your business.
Our financial advisors make the process simple for you: We'll research the best plans for your unique situation so you can choose a plan that optimizes your retirement savings and minimizes tax burdens.
We designed our Institutional Investment Process to help nonprofits, religious organizations and charities, professional trade associations, corporations, foundations and endowments, community groups, service organizations, schools, universities, and trust accounts achieve their financial goals.
Our financial advisors will create a customized investment strategy that aligns with your organization's objectives, and we will diversify investments across asset classes to mitigate risks associated with market volatility.
PERSONALIZED WEALTH MANAGEMENT PORTFOLIOS
We offer extensive perse investment options across asset classes. To ensure that your investments align with your financial aspirations, our team designs a custom portfolio for you based on your age, lifestyle, and personal tolerance for risk.
All RGA portfolios include the following features:
- Transparent fees, holdings, and valuations
- Potential savings through tax harvesting and tax deferral
- Direct ownership in securities
- Alternative investments
Rick Gardner, our experienced investment advisor, has been helping clients meet their financial goals for more than 20 years. In 2023, Forbes recognized Rick's dedication to his clients and once again highlighted Rick as one of the Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors (2023).