Both EthicInvest & Joss Biggins have a collective mission to integrate environmental and social needs with investment portfolio planning. We believe that every investment portfolio can be guided to achieve financial returns with reduced risk by overlaying environmental and social considerations. We understand this to be the best path towards achieving sustainable long term returns and building a more equitable, just and sustainable world.
EthicInvest has been in existence for almost 30 years and was founded by Anthony Edwards of Leede Jones Gable Inc., a boutique brokerage firm with approximately 4.5 billion in assets under management and offices across Canada.
Joss Biggins practices primarily out of the Comox Valley, Vancouver, British Columbia and surrounding areas. Joss works primarily with Entrepreneurs, families and young professionals looking to build wealth over the long term.
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.
Our team focuses primarily on the needs of pre-retirees and retirees, business owners and entrepreneurs, agriculture and farming families, and executives. We work with clients who have enjoyed success and built substantial wealth. We help define near and longer-term strategies to maximize financial well-being, minimize taxes and ensure our clients are able to take care of the things that matter most to them.
Certification professionnelle en placements durables (CPPD),
John Molson School of Business, Concordia University (2021)
Au-delà de la finance!
I have been part of the wonderful team at GFM Groupe Financier since it was created in 1996. At GFM Groupe Financier, we aim to be the leading independent financial services firm in Eastern Canada by focusing on our expertise and know-how, our attentiveness and understanding of our clients’ needs, and quality of life in business.
The firm’s values—integrity, proficiency, collaboration, and family—inform our interactions with clients and colleagues. Our clients are front and centre in our activities, and we implement solutions in line with their financial situation, their needs, and their goals. GFM has a Sustainable Development Policy to wich all each members subcribe.
In this regard, it’s important that our clients be able to invest in companies that uphold values of social responsibility and sustainability. As a Financial Planner (IQPF) and member of the Ordre des Administrateurs Agréés du Québec (Adm.A,), I want my clients to succeed and I believe that responsible investment contributes positively to financial performance as well as enhancing civic engagement.
I do my part by getting involved on a volunteer basis with various community organizations that are close to my heart: Cité de l’Or mining museum, Val-d’Or Hospital foundation, our regional sports and recreation organization, Val-d’Or Chamber of Commerce, the City of Val-d’Or’s 75th anniversary, the Val-d’Or Foreurs hockey team, and, more recently, a wine fair to benefit the local centre for advanced studies. I also contribute to my community’s vitality by providing financial support to youth outreach initiatives and projects to promote physical activity.
Daniel Massé and GFM Groupe Financier: Au-delà de la finance!
Terri Szego, Doug Jones and Richard Lawrence provide comprehensive, personalized wealth planning to high net worth families and are dedicated to helping them define and achieve their financial goals.
We have over 100 years of combined experience advising clients on their financial affairs and have seen great complexity. Our team has been able to succeed as trusted advisors to our clients by providing conservative wealth management and by leveraging the expertise of partners, both within BMO and outside the firm.
Together with Ann McCarron, Mario Glavas and Glen Breglia, we are committed to a high level of client service. This team approach enables the sharing of historical knowledge of the market, the foresight to implement new ideas and the continuity of a stable relationship that spans through generations.
I bring my clients peace of mind by taking them through the financial planning process to establish the lifestyle they want to have in retirement. I work with the client to implement a strategy that will allow them to reach their financial goals.
Responsibility. Sustainability. Good governance. These are not just words but the backbone of my practice. With 35 years of experience, I have been building portfolios that have focused on responsible investing practices for most of my career.