Protecting Capital, Preserving Legacy

Wealth Planning
& Advisory Services

Tactical, multi-asset wealth management and planning for families, foundations, and endowment funds.

How We Serve Our Clients​​

At Barometer, we provide wealth planning for high-net-worth individuals and families whose financial lives require more than a basic plan. We deliver a thoughtful, coordinated approach that helps clients navigate complexity, make informed decisions, and move forward with confidence.

How We Work With You

Coordination That Strengthens Every Decision

We believe strong planning requires strong coordination. We work closely with clients and their accountants, lawyers, and other professional advisors to create a seamless planning experience. This helps clients evaluate important decisions in context, identify opportunities early, and align each part of the plan effectively.

Disciplined wealth planning sits at the centre of our approach. We do not rely on generic solutions or static recommendations. We focus on thoughtful analysis, careful execution, and ongoing refinement. We help clients make informed decisions today while keeping sight of what may matter tomorrow, whether they are preparing for major milestones, responding to change, or planning with purpose over the long term.

We believe wealth planning should feel clear, not overwhelming. Clients should understand how their strategy fits together, why key decisions matter, and how today’s planning supports tomorrow’s goals.

That is why we emphasize transparency, proactive communication, and thoughtful execution. We do more than identify planning opportunities. We help clients understand them, act on them, and adapt them as circumstances evolve.

Our team combines deep technical knowledge with a high standard of client care. With experience across accounting, financial planning, client relationship management, and capital markets, we support sophisticated planning needs with precision and perspective.

We help clients structure for tax efficiency, navigate complex financial arrangements, coordinate with trusted advisors, and move forward with clarity and confidence.

We believe the client experience should reflect the quality of the advice itself. Families want a trusted advisor who responds promptly, brings knowledge and care to each interaction, and pays close attention to detail. They want clear answers, sound guidance, and confidence that their affairs are in good hands.

At Barometer, we make that standard part of how we work every day.

A Clear Understanding Of What Matters Most

We start by understanding the full picture. Every family brings a unique set of priorities, responsibilities, and long-term goals. Some clients focus on preserving and growing wealth. Others prepare for retirement, plan for a liquidity event, balance personal and corporate structures, support future generations, or decide how to transfer wealth over time.

We take the time to understand both the details and the broader context so we can provide advice that is practical, technically sound, and tailored to each client’s life.

Clients come to us to

Planning Across Generations

For high-net-worth families, planning extends well beyond the present. It also raises important questions about stewardship, continuity, and legacy. Multi generational wealth planning plays an important role in that work. It requires more than legal structures or tax planning alone. It requires a broader view that considers family values, communication, long-term intentions, and the responsibilities that come with wealth.

We help families make thoughtful decisions about how to preserve, transition, and use wealth across generations. These conversations often involve personal and complex issues. They demand technical depth, sound judgment, and sensitivity to family dynamics. We use a methodical and holistic approach to help clients address immediate priorities while building a framework that can endure over time.

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A More Connected Wealth Management Strategy

Your Wealth Management Strategy should do more than respond to individual issues as they arise. It should connect the many parts of your financial life in a clear and intentional way. That may include tax efficiency, estate planning, philanthropy, business succession, family support, cash flow needs, and long-term legacy considerations.

Because these priorities often overlap, we take an integrated view and build strategies that align with the whole picture.

We take the time to understand both the details and the broader context so we can provide advice that is practical, technically sound, and tailored to each client’s life.

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Meet Our Wealth Management Team

Shivana Stan

Head of Wealth Services, Family Wealth Advisor CPA, CFP

Cynthia Y. Kassabian

Senior Wealth Manager, Private Wealth CIM®

Geoff Chisholm

Senior Manager, Private Client Group

Confidence For
What Comes Next

Ultimately, we use wealth planning to help clients make better decisions with greater clarity. We build strategies that are rigorous, coordinated, and tailored to the families we serve. We provide advice that is disciplined, proactive, and grounded in trust.

Whether clients focus on current priorities or long-term multi generational wealth planning, we pursue the same goal: helping them protect what they have built, navigate complexity with confidence, and plan with purpose for the future.

Interactive planning tools

Run the numbers on your own terms. These calculators are a starting point. Our advisors help you turn the results into a coordinated plan.

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Investor Profile

Project savings and income to and through retirement.

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RIFF

See how contributions and time compound over the long term.

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RRSP vs TFSA

Compare the tax outcomes of each account for your situation.