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The Applegath Group (T.A.G.)

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Why Choose The Applegath Group

At The Applegath Group, we understand that managing significant wealth requires more than just investment expertise—it demands a highly coordinated approach that aligns every financial decision with your life’s vision. Here’s why discerning families and individuals choose us: 

 

1. People: Expertise You Can Trust

Our team is composed of carefully selected, uniquely skilled professionals, each role thoughtfully designed to address the diverse and unique needs of our clients. With extensive qualifications that include Portfolio Managers, Certified Investment Managers, Insurance-Licensed Professionals, skilled administrators, Relationship Managers, and Client Experience specialists, we ensure that every aspect of your wealth is expertly managed. By integrating expertise in investment management, estate planning, tax strategy, and risk management, our team delivers tailored solutions that set us apart. Supported by a vast network of trusted partners, we offer a comprehensive suite of services. Our team is committed to providing enduring trust, stability, and exceptional results. 

2. Purpose-Driven: Building Legacies Together

We are honoured to serve families across generations—some of whom have partnered with us for four generations—guided by our own multi-generational team. What sets us apart is the depth of our experience and the strength of the relationships we build. Our clients know us not just as advisors, but as trusted partners who are always available to listen, respond, and provide thoughtful guidance. 

With a team of eight dedicated professionals, complemented by a broad network of specialized partners, we offer a wealth of expertise to support you through every stage of life. This collective knowledge ensures that there is always someone ready to provide objective advice on your most important decisions, tailored to your family’s unique circumstances and aspirations. Whether you are planning for retirement, transitioning a business, raising children, or navigating major life events, our team is committed to delivering clear, unbiased perspectives and customized solutions. 

We take the time to truly understand your family’s story, values, and goals, so that every strategy is crafted to support your long-term success and preserve your legacy. Our clients trust us to anticipate their needs, address their concerns with discretion, and offer the guidance and reassurance that fosters confidence in every decision. 

Through dedicated service, continuous investment in knowledge and innovation, and a commitment to our clients, communities, and team, we remain at the forefront of our industry. Our promise is to be your family’s trusted advisors—delivering advice, objectivity, and care that empower you to move forward with assurance, generation after generation. 

3. Process: Bespoke, Disciplined, Transparent

Our proprietary Life Wheel tool enables us to address, the often overlooked areas of your life, integrating your wealth strategy to support every aspect of your well-being and legacy. Through our concierge-style service model, we deliver fully integrated wealth management under one roof, providing the discretion, clarity, and confidence that high-performing individuals and families expect. Every year the plan is reviewed to make sure that we on track. 

Your personalized financial plan serves as the foundation for building a portfolio tailored to your unique objectives. By integrating comprehensive financial planning with the sophisticated knowledge of institutional portfolio construction and manager selection, we ensure your investments are aligned with your goals, risk tolerance, and evolving needs. This approach leverages advanced strategies and rigorous due diligence typically reserved for large institutions, bringing a higher standard of portfolio management to your individual circumstances. 

With an open-architecture philosophy, we select investments—including individual securities, ETFs, professional managers, and structured solutions—always prioritizing tax efficiency, diversification, and transparency. 

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The ‘T.A.G.’ experience is all about YOU

We create bespoke Life Designs from very practical perspectives. Our focus is three-pronged


Our entire process of modelling, testing, and coaching is to help you live with meaning and purpose. We believe that purpose drives everything. It drives your Life Design, your whole investment strategy, and every choice we help you make.

We take the time to understand who you are, where you have been, and where you want to go. Each life carries an important story. We listen well. Often what is most important is tucked in the nuances of fascinating stories.
It is also essential to take time to understand your current situations: personal, family, financial, strategies and your businesses. This allows us to see what you have created and where you stand now. This is critical to understanding your goals so you can honour your dreams and aspirations.
Once we have a full understanding of who you are, where you want to go and the barriers in the way, we can assess and address your top priorities.

Each Life Design is absolutely practical: clearly defined objectives and time horizons, professional portfolio management, in-depth reporting and tax efficiency with unparalleled premium personal service.
With experienced partners in trust, estate, insurance and banking, we meet and manage every challenge. We work closely with your accountants and lawyers to make sure our strategy aligns with other financial professionals on your team.
Our workable designs and plans provide you with immediate and future life solutions. You can be confident that there will be enough for everything you want to do now, while saving towards your future goals.

We are 'stewards,' committed in partnership with you. We create your Life Design, mapping out the best path forward...but we don't stop there, we walk that path with you.
We take great care to make sure that you always get the full picture - in context - so that you can make informed and best decisions in every area of your life and finances.

 
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The Applegath Group believe that managing significant wealth requires more than investment expertise it demands a bespoke, highly coordinated approach that aligns every financial decision with your life’s vision. Our clients are high-performing individuals and families who value discretion, clarity, and confidence in their future. By combining deep institutional knowledge with a boutique, relationship-driven experience, we offer a fully integrated wealth strategy that focuses on the 12 most important areas of your life design. This is a level of service typically reserved for family offices  delivered with the warmth, precision, and cohesion of a trusted team.

 
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CIBC Private Wealth” consists of services provided by CIBC and certain of its subsidiaries through CIBC Private Banking; CIBC Private Investment Counsel, a division of CIBC Asset Management Inc. (“CAM”); CIBC Trust Corporation; and CIBC Wood Gundy, a division of CIBC World Markets Inc. (“WMI”). CIBC Private Banking provides solutions from CIBC Investor Services Inc. (“ISI”), CAM and credit products. CIBC Private Wealth services are available to qualified individuals. Insurance services are only available through CIBC Wood Gundy Financial Services Inc. In Quebec, insurance services are only available through CIBC Wood Gundy Financial Services (Quebec) Inc.


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