Robert Rhyme, CLU^®, ChFC^®, AEP^®

Plan Now for Your Future

Financial planning doesn't happen by chance; it is the product of sound decision-making. Whether you are looking to protect, grow or transfer wealth, as a Wealth Management Advisor, Bob Rhyme can help. He understands the complex financial issues and the ways in which these issues might affect your future.

Bob Rhyme, with his highly qualified team, is uniquely positioned to assist you with:

• Closely Held Business Transition Planning:
  • Buy-sell structure and funding   
  • Performance based incentive compensation planning 
  • Exit/Transition planning
     
• Asset Management and Financial Planning: 
  • Retirement income planning 
  • Advisory investment services 
  • Tax efficient investing and distribution
     
• Estate Planning:
  • Values-based estate planning
  • Charitable giving strategies
  • Estate preservation and tax planning

Bob Rhyme and his team will work to do more than determine a planning solution, they will build a strategy that is right for you. Together, you will work to develop a financial plan that balances your short-term needs with your long-term goals.  Let Bob Rhyme help you ensure your financial future is all you want it to be.

We are proud to sponsor Denver Business Journal's "Leaders in Business Roundtable Series".  On Thursday, September 30, the first program in the series will feature Bob Rhyme and is titled Key Drivers:  Maximizing the Value of Your Business for Today and Tomorrow. There will be two other highly regarded experts as well answering such questions as:

• What is your plan for transitioning your business?
• What are the drivers that impact the value of your business?
• What is the real value of your business today?
• Have you considered how much income you will need from the sale of the business?
• Is your current business strategy tax-efficient?

Bob Rhyme in the News:

"For a small business owner, it can be hard to draw the line between what's professional and what's personal.  After all, you've used countless hours and resources of your own to build your business.  But when the lines between your business and personal finances blur, there can be problems and confusion."  To read more about what points to consider when evaluating your financial position, Download article:   "Six Secrets to Small-biz Financial Security.  How to draw the line between personal and professional."  (cobizmag.com; December, 2009)

Bob was also quoted in an article in the Denver Business Journal:  "Employers search for compromise between benefits, rising costs".  (November 27, 2009)

"Think risk management and you probably envision financial andlegal issues.  These are , your business can, and will, suffer."  For more information about how to important, but one of the greatest risks your business faces lies in the loss of human capital.  If key employees depart, either for perceived 'greener pastures' or due to unforeseen circumstancesProtect your Business Download the article: Protect Your Business: Think Human Capital (cobizmag.com; March, 2010).

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