Jon Knutson
Financial Advisor
BA, DipIT (Fin Mgt), CFP
I will help you navigate complex financial situations – giving you confidence and peace-of-mind in your financial future. I understand that long-term client relationships come from trust, and I focus on developing trust through exceptional service. I feel really fortunate to have the opportunity to help clients make their dreams become reality.
I will help you navigate complex financial situations – giving you confidence and peace-of-mind in your financial future. I understand that long-term client relationships come from trust, and I focus on developing trust through exceptional service. I feel really fortunate to have the opportunity to help clients make their dreams become reality.
Jon Knutson
Financial Advisor
BA, DipIT (Fin Mgt), CFP
I will help you navigate complex financial situations – giving you confidence and peace-of-mind in your financial future. I understand that long-term client relationships come from trust, and I focus on developing trust through exceptional service. I feel really fortunate to have the opportunity to help clients make their dreams become reality.
I have been working at RGF Integrated Wealth Management since 2001 as part of Brett’s team. We provide comprehensive financial planning advice, including wealth accumulation solutions, retirement planning strategies, education planning, and goals based planning. Plans are designed with tax efficiency, risk reduction and estate considerations in mind. We integrate the accounting and legal issues, verified by clients’ other professional advisors, into a personalized overall strategy.
In my free time, I love spending time with my wife and three children. My wife and I had a destination wedding trip to Thailand and we loved everything about it. I also play soccer, tennis and herd the cats, I mean, kids ;). I grew up in a small town of less than 5,000 people. My eldest son plays on the West Vancouver Metro Soccer team–let’s just say he’s a much better player than me. My two younger children are less than a year and a half apart in age—we had some very, very busy times in the first few years of parenting!
Industry Associations
Advocis – Financial Advisors Association of Canada
IFB – Independent Financial Brokers of Canada
BA (Sociology) – UBC
DipT - Honours (Financial Management) - BCIT
CFP (Certified Financial Planner)
CSC - Honours (Canadian Securities Course)
IMT - Honours (Investment Management Techniques)
CPH (Conduct and Practices Handbook)
CIC (Canadian Insurance Course)
LLQP (Life License Qualification Program)
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How Small Things Can Make a Big Difference
By Brett Simpson on 22 Oct 2018
After thirty-five years of financial advising, I would like to share some insights I’ve recognized as important ingredients in effective integrated wealth management.
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Federal Budget 2018
By Shaun Sun on 19 Mar 2018
Some clarity for business owners holding passive investments in their corporations.
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Currency Impact on Portfolios
By Jon Knutson on 24 Oct 2017
Over the last 5 months, the Canadian dollar has risen substantially versus the US dollar (an approximate 13% increase). This is good news for shopping across the line, but bad news for the US dollar exposure within our portfolios.
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Sometimes Old Habits Require New Thinking
By Brett Simpson on 19 Jul 2017
Credit can be an extremely useful financial tool or a slippery slope to financial malpractice. Each of us must choose wisely how we manage our credit capacity (or lack thereof!).
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The Right Kind of Mortgage Protection
By Shaun Sun on 03 Jul 2017
If you’ve had to obtain a mortgage to purchase a home or condo, you will have noticed the number of times insurance was discussed.
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The Goose and the Basket of Golden Eggs
By Brett Simpson on 18 Jun 2017
If you had a goose that laid golden eggs, which is worth more: the eggs already in your basket or those yet to come? What value do you put on the goose?
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Do Corporate Class Mutual Funds Still Make Sense?
By Jon Knutson on 02 Jan 2017
Canadian mutual funds can take the legal form of a trust or corporation. While most funds are structured as mutual fund trusts, some are structured as mutual fund corporations. The latter are also known as corporate class funds.
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What's Right When Things Go Wrong?
By Brett Simpson on 03 Oct 2016
There are some risks that we take purely for the fun of it: skinny-dipping, roller coasters, even alcohol consumption. These risks range from fairly benign to potentially catastrophic.
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Making that RRSP contribution before the deadline
By Shaun Sun on 16 Feb 2016
So, you haven’t fully ‘topped-up’ your RRSP? There’s still time to make a contribution and have it count towards reducing your taxable income earned in 2015, if you do so before February 29th. Here are some things to consider before the deadline:
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The BC Training and Education Savings Grant
By Jon Knutson on 14 Oct 2015
In February 2013, the BC government announced that any BC resident with an RESP for a child born on or after Jan. 1, 2007, may apply for a one-time grant of $1,200 between the child’s sixth and seventh birthday. Two years have passed since then, as it has taken the government time to develop the applications, and for Financial Institutions to obtain approval to offer the grant.
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Losing your Group Health Coverage?
By Jon Knutson on 01 Jul 2015
As Canadians, we have one of the best healthcare systems in the world—but that doesn’t mean your provincial government provides you with all the healthcare coverage you need.
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Change happens
By Brett Simpson on 16 Feb 2015
For most people “financial independence” is a goal. Achieving it relies on gradually converting our “Human Capital” capacity to work, through savings, into a lifelong cash flow. Having financial security or freedom of choice, means having an income, independent of government, employer and family, throughout our lifetime.
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Building an Efficient and Effective Emergency Fund
By Shaun Sun on 01 Jul 2014
One of the fables I remember repeated numerous times during grade school was Aesop’s tale of the ant and the grasshopper.
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Tax-advantaged Health Spending
By Jon Knutson on 01 Jan 2014
If you own a small business and are tired of paying medical and dental bills for you and your family with personal after-tax dollars, you should investigate a little-known section of the Income Tax Act.
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The One Thing
By Brett Simpson on 01 Oct 2013
In the 1991 movie “City Slickers”, Curly (Jack Palance) asks Mitch (Billy Crystal): “Do you know what the secret to life is?”
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