For more than 33 years, Michelle has been helping individuals and families achieve their financial planning goals by providing advice in all areas of financial planning.
In addition to her current role as advisor, Michelle has experience in numerous positions within the industry including:
Dealer Partner/Director
Branch Manager
Provincial Compliance Officer
Michelle works with and is supported by industry professionals and specialists, and by her husband and licensed assistant Dennis St. Arnault.
In her spare time Michelle does a lot of gardening and laughing at her cats, Chico and Teddy.
As a Scotiabank Investment Specialist Associate, I am committed to helping my clients feel more confident in their financial future.
My clients define investments success – I help them get there with trusted advice and solutions that support their vision. Drawing on my investment expertise and years of financial planning experience, I build customized financial plans that help bring their investment and retirement goals to life. A tailored plan allows them to savor today while preparing for their needs and the needs of their family in the future. My clients also appreciate the flexibility of meeting at a time and location that works with their schedule.
Using a disciplined approach, I advise on the following valuable services:
– Goals/financial assessment
– Customized financial planning
– Tailored investment solutions
– Retirement and retirement income planning
– Tax-deferral strategies
I place a premium on partnerships to help my clients manage their entire financial picture, working with specialized professionals at Scotiabank for tax and estate planning, business succession and financing needs.
As a member of Scotiabank’s Investment Specialist team, my clients enjoy the peace of mind that comes with working with a leading Canadian financial services provider that is dedicated to helping customers become financially better off.
Wealth preservation is the basis for all my investment decisions, but I also incorporate Tax efficient investing knowing it is not what you make but what you keep that matters.
Creating a plan is essential to accomplishing any endeavor. Whether it is a comprehensive financial plan, a retirement plan or an investment plan to provide for your family I work with clients to create proposals that ensure their goals are achieved.
Having invested in renewable energy for decades it made sense to complete my Responsible Investing Specialist (RIS) designation from the Responsible Investing Association and thus I’m comfortable building individualized fossil free and socially responsible portfolios for my clients and members.
I am an investment advisor and financial planner with 15 years experience. From CSI I hold the Personal Financial Planner (PFP) designation as well as the Qualified Associate Financial Planner (QAFP) from FP Canada. I’m currently a member of the Responsible Investing Association, the Canadian Institute of Financial Planning as well as FP Canada. Through these affiliations I am constantly upgrading my knowledge with seminars and courses.
As a securities-licensed advisor with Aligned Capital Partners, I can provide a broad range of investment solutions including stocks, bonds, alternative investments, Exchange Traded Funds, and mutual funds on a fee-based platform matching a cost structure to suit your requirements.
Serving the Toronto GTA region and willing to travel for meetings.
“I relate financial concepts in an easy to
understand way, so that members
feel absolutely confident about their
wealth strategy.” Joshua brings over
20 years’ experience as a financial
advisor, commercial account manager,
financial planner, agriculture account
manager, and mortgage specialist to
ACU. This varied background gives
him distinctive insights that allow him
to not only design comprehensive
financial strategies, but to make
tactical adjustments along the way.
He’s excited about working with the
members of ACU and appreciates
Assiniboine’s focus on the environment
and on social responsibility.
We believe in the ownership of profitable businesses. We help clients achieve financial independence by investing in these businesses. We screen for socially responsible companies and help clients invest in these companies.
We work with clients in developing personal financial plans, with a specific focus on minimizing taxes, planning for your children’s education, saving for retirement and organizing the succession of your estate.
Our goal is to help you identify and quantify your financial goals, develop and implement strategies to reach your goals, monitor and adjust your investments to keep you on track.
Certification professionnelle en placements durables (CPPD),
John Molson School of Business, Concordia University (2021)
Whether you are just starting your career or in full swing of retirement, Kristel feels that it is very important for everyone to have access to financial advice and expertise. With over 15 years of financial industry experience and over five years of Financial Planning experience, she has extensive knowledge of all aspects of a client’s financial well-being. She focuses a great deal of energy on effective financial planning and is also fully licensed to endorse mutual funds and provide need-based Life and Health Insurance solutions. She specializes in socially responsible investment products. She continues to strive to provide all of her clients with every facet of financial planning to help them obtain their individual financial freedom.