Wealth Defence
73% of high-net-worth families lose 25%+ in major life transitions.
A business sale. A health event. A partner exit. Retirement.
Without a coordinated strategy, the gap shows up too late.
The Problem
Your clients have great advisors — each doing their job under a different mandate. But no one is building a strategy that connects all of them.
You see the Gaps, but filling them isn’t your role
By the time a transition forces the issue, it’s too late to fix what wasn’t built
4–6
Advisors typically serving a business owner — each with a different mandate, none coordinating strategy.
Each advisor operates under a different mandate. Accountants own tax. Lawyers own documents. You own your piece. Nobody owns the whole picture. That’s the Transition Gap — and it only shows up when it’s too late.
Who We Are
How to give your clients complete wealth protection — without stepping outside your lane
We don’t replace your client’s existing advisors. We connect them — building one coordinated Wealth Defence strategy that makes every piece of their plan work together.
Our lane
Coordinated strategy across all advisors, documents, and structures
Your lane
Your relationship and expertise — completely unchanged
The 5 D's
The reason to act now — not react later
These aren’t triggers to wait for. By the time one of these hits, it’s too late to build what should have already been there.
The referral doesn’t happen when one of these hits. It happens before — so your client never has to find out what it costs to be unprepared.
Your client's silent partner — Tax (Ontario)
What Ottawa takes before your client sees a dollar
Your client has built significant wealth. But without a coordinated plan, Ottawa is already the largest shareholder in everything they own.
Why this matters to you as a referring partner: When your client transitions — through a sale, retirement, or estate — the tax hit across these asset classes compounds fast. Our role is to reduce that exposure before the event, not scramble after it.
Client keeps
Ottawa takes
Registered Assets
RRSP, RRIF, Pensions
Corporate Holdings
Retained earnings, Cash
Capital Gains
Shares, Real Estate
Corporate Passive Income
Investment inside your corp
$0
is what families pay in unnecessary tax — when the right structure is in place before the transition happens.
Is my client a fit?
Your client is a referral when they check any of these boxes
Business owner
Planning a sale, succession, or retirement
Incorporated professional
Professionals who bill through a corporation — or who could benefit from incorporating
High net worth family
Multi-generational wealth, estate complexity, or cottage/property transfers
Wealth across multiple buckets
Corp, real estate, investments, and cash
No unified plan in place
Advisors not working from a shared strategy
$5M — $25M
Typical wealth range across cash, business interests, real estate, and investments
What We Do
A coordinated strategy built around what your client already has
We connect your client’s existing advisors, documents, and structures into one plan that actually defends their wealth. The work often involves tax mitigation, estate planning, and philanthropy—frequently leveraging tax-exempt life insurance—to ensure every advisor is aligned and intentions become outcomes.
Understand
Map the wealth built and the legacy intended
Coordinate
Layer a strategy into the existing plan and team
Defend
Ensure intentions become outcomes — not tax bills
Reduce Ottawa's share
Less unnecessary tax across every asset class
Move corporate wealth
Into personal hands — efficiently and intentionally. The Capital Dividend Account (CDA) allows certain corporate proceeds — including life insurance payouts — to flow to shareholders completely tax-free.
Less unnecessary tax across every asset class
Create liquidity
When it’s needed — not after a transition forces it
Integrate philanthropy
Directing wealth to purpose is a strategy, not just a values choice — and often the most tax-efficient decision available.
Philanthropy as strategy — not charity
Many clients assume wealth flows to heirs — or quietly to tax. A third path exists: directing it intentionally to causes that matter through structures that also reduce tax exposure. For high-net-worth clients, philanthropy isn’t a values add-on — it’s often the most tax-efficient decision available. Gift-in-Kind donations, Donor Advised Funds, and charitable giving strategies can be layered directly into a Wealth Defence plan.
Without a strategy, wealth has gaps. Wealth Defence closes them.
Make the connection
One intro. Your client gets the missing piece.
Don’t wait for a trigger moment. The best time to refer is before one of the 5 D’s forces the conversation.
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647 697 5022
647 697 5022