Posted on 03 December, 2009
Jeff Kaminker founded Frontwater Capital in 2009…Frontwater Capital offers an array of private wealth management services including investment management, insurance, financial planning, tax and retirement planning.
In an interview, Jeff explained his rationale for starting his own independent private wealth company:
“I realized there was no way that I could service individuals and corporations properly if I were to operate under the banner of any one of the big banks. When you work for these large firms, it’s all about ‘making the sale’ first, and servicing the customer second.
The truth is that big banks spend billions on advertising in order to make us believe our money is protected and our interests are secured. But time and time again, we see that is not necessarily the case. Heck, the banks have a hard enough time managing their own money and understanding risk management — why would I ever want to be associated with that…”
In making my decision to launch Frontwater, it was a no brainer. Frontwater is able to provide a higher quality of service at a lower cost to a sophisticated and affluent client base. Time and time again, be it wealthy individuals or a medium sized corporations, our company is able to offer leading edge strategies on investments, currency hedging, risk management, etc.
I hope this web site will shed some interesting light on some of the standard practices, the conflicts of interests within the industry, and the investment community as a whole in Canada. I encourage people to break from the herd and question the status quo..
Frontwater Capital is licensed as Exempt Market Dealer, Portfolio Manager, and Commodity Trading Adviser by both the Ontario and Alberta Securities Commission
Regards,
Jeff Kaminker PM, MBA, CFA, P.Eng
www.fwcapital.ca
www.frontwater.ca
(Jeff is licensed as a Portfolio Manager by both the Ontario and Alberta Securities Commissions. He holds an MBA and Engineering Degree (With Honours) and is a member of the CFA Institute and the Professional Engineers Society. Jeff has over 15 years capital markets experience.)