Businesses with more than one owner face unique challenges in planning for the future. A buy-sell agreement is an arrangement between business partners to govern potential ownership transitions, including the “four Ds”: death, disability, divorce and disagreement.
One of the advantages of a buy-sell agreement is that can protect the company and the remaining owners by outlining how the departing owner’s shares are handled.
Trilogy Capital recruited Steve Whitman as Senior Vice President of Wealth Management in its San Diego office. Whitman previously managed approximately $225 million in client assets at Morgan Stanley.
According to Trilogy, Whitman has worked with affluent families around the world on financial strategies spanning multiple generations.
“Steve is exactly the kind of distinguished advisor we want at Trilogy,” said Jason Inglis, Chief Development Officer, Trilogy. “His four decades of experience and client-centric approach reflect the values our firm was built on, and we are proud to welcome him to Trilogy.”
“Trilogy provides the depth of resources and a team of experienced advisors to partner with,” said Whitman. “Clients will have access to Trilogy’s broader resources, including investment management, comprehensive advanced wealth planning and tax preparation. This move is a real positive for myself and my clients.”
Whitman will work alongside Windus Fernandez Brinkkord, Senior Vice President of Wealth Management at Trilogy. She joined the firm in 2003 and specializes in exit strategies for business owners.
“Steve’s wealth of knowledge and genuine passion for serving his clients is a strong complement to Trilogy’s approach,” said Brinkkord. “We’re excited to partner with him and to offer clients an expanded, collaborative experience.”
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Private equity-backed hybrid RIA Trilogy Financial Services has acquired a $1bn shop with a niche serving pilots and aviation professionals.
Trilogy said Thursday it has snapped up Mountain Capital Investment Advisors, located in Westminster in Colorado’s Denver-Boulder corridor. The terms of the transaction, which marks Irvine, Calif.-based Trilogy’s largest acquisition of the year, were not disclosed.
Mountain Capital is led by chief executive Brandt Burns and vice president Michelle Burns, a husband-and-wife duo who co-founded the firm in 2011 alongside founder emeritus Robert Loesch. Brandt Burns is a US Marine Corps veteran who previously worked as an advisor with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney for more than a decade. Before that, he was a commercial pilot at the now-defunct regional airline Atlantic Coast Airlines (later known as Independence Air). Michelle Burns worked for United Airlines for 14 years.
The firm provides financial planning to individual, family and small business clients with a focus on people involved in the aviation industry. It also offers tax preparation services and consulting services for pilots and airline professionals.
Brandt Burns stated that the deal allows Mountain Capital to retain its brand, leadership team, advisors and staff. The company will become Trilogy’s eleventh office and second location in Colorado.
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