Allan is responsible for overseeing the overall investment, asset allocation and tax minimization strategies for your account. Allan assesses the risk tolerance of each individual client and determines the appropriate strategic model for client portfolios. As an investment specialist with more than twenty-two years of experience, Allan is one of roughly 5,500 Certified Investment Management Analysts (CIMA®) nationwide, earning the distinction through the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. Allan holds the Accredited Investment Fiduciary® professional designation, awarded by the Center for Fiduciary Studies, which is associated with the University of Pittsburgh.  He has received formal training in investment fiduciary responsibility.     

Allan is also an Accredited Wealth Manger. RBC Wealth Management partners with the Academy of Multidisciplinary Practice, Inc. and the Estate & Wealth Strategies Institute at Michigan State University — both very prestigious and well respected academic institutions — to design and deliver the cutting-edge AWM curriculum. Financial Advisors who meet the high standards for acceptance into the program spend six months learning how to develop effective wealth management strategies and operate a multidisciplinary professional practice, geared toward delivering comprehensive wealth management solutions. He has also obtained the CHARTERED RETIREMENT PLANNING COUNSELOR^SM designation. The CRPC Program focuses on the pre- and post-retirement needs of individuals and provides the necessary tools to transform the retirement planning process into a positive experience. Enrollment in the program includes the study of a variety of principles in the retirement planning field. The program guides participants through the retirement process from start to finish, addressing issues such as estate planning and asset management.

Prior to joining RBC Wealth Management in 2008, Allan served as a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., Prudential Securities and UBS Financial Services Inc. At UBS he was a part of the select PRIME Institutional Consulting Group, and a perennial Chariman's Club member, reserved for the top 3 percent of firm's advisors nationwide. In 2009 Allan was named to RBC Wealth Management's Chairman's Council, recognizing the firm's top financial consultants. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in finance and economics from the University of Arizona, graduating with top honors. Allan and his wife Katherine live in Phoenix and have two children.

 

Published Articles:

• On Wall Street and Bank Investment Consultants, September 1, 2010, “Why Risk It?,” on why your client’s risk profile may not be painting the whole picture.
• Financial Planning, June 1994, “Deviating From The Standard,” on using semi-variance as a measure of risk.
• Financial Planning on Wall Street, January 1994, "Flader's Formula," on asset allocation and investment management.