Securing Your Retirement, Building Your Financial Future
Retirement planning is more than just saving — it’s creating a strategy that ensures long-term financial security and peace of mind. Our bilingual team helps you optimize your retirement savings, consolidate accounts, and plan for a comfortable, worry-free future.
It’s Not Just How Much You Save. It’s How You Plan for Retirement
Retirement planning is essential to building long-term financial security and achieving peace of mind. That’s why we make proactive retirement planning an integral part of your overall financial strategy.
Our bilingual team helps you evaluate 401(k)s, IRAs, Roth accounts, and other retirement options, guiding you to consolidate accounts, reduce fees, and optimize your investment strategy for growth. We work with you to ensure your retirement savings align with your goals and timeline.
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Because securing a comfortable retirement is one of our clients’ top financial priorities, we place great importance on proactive retirement planning. We focus on preparing ahead—rather than reacting late—helping you consolidate accounts, optimize investments, and make strategic decisions so your retirement savings work effectively for your long-term goals.
Susan Portnoi, CPA/PFS
Sr. Wealth Advisor
Our Core Retirement Planning Services
Retirement planning is most effective when you take a proactive approach, evaluate all your options, and align your investments with your long-term financial goals. We help you plan ahead to maximize savings, reduce fees, and ensure a secure retirement.
Transitioning to a new job or retiring? We help you roll over your 401(k) into an IRA or new employer plan without triggering taxes or penalties. Our team guides you through the direct rollover process, explains your investment options, and helps you maintain the tax-deferred status of your retirement savings while gaining more control over your investment choices.
Designed for employees of schools, hospitals, and non-profit organizations, 403(b) rollovers allow you to transfer your retirement funds to an IRA or another qualified plan. We help educators, healthcare workers, and non-profit employees consolidate accounts, reduce administrative fees, and access a broader range of investment options while preserving your hard-earned retirement savings.
Consolidate multiple IRAs or transfer funds between financial institutions to simplify your retirement planning. Whether you're moving from a Traditional IRA to another Traditional IRA or seeking better investment options and lower fees, we ensure a smooth, tax-free transfer. Our experts help you evaluate custodians, compare fees, and select investments aligned with your retirement goals.
Convert your Traditional IRA or 401(k) to a Roth IRA for tax-free growth and withdrawals in retirement. While you'll pay taxes on the conversion amount now, your future withdrawals will be completely tax-free. We help you determine the optimal conversion strategy, calculate tax implications, and decide whether a full or partial Roth conversion makes sense for your financial situation.
Government and certain non-profit employees with 457(b) plans can roll over their retirement savings when changing jobs or retiring. Unlike other plans, 457 rollovers offer unique benefits including no early withdrawal penalties. We help you understand your options, whether rolling into an IRA, another 457 plan, or a 401(k), ensuring you make the best decision for your retirement timeline and tax situation.
This specialized defined benefit plan, funded entirely by insurance products, offers guaranteed retirement income. If you're transitioning from a 412(e)(3) plan, we help you roll over to an IRA or other qualified plan while preserving the value of your annuities and life insurance policies. Our team ensures compliance with complex IRS regulations and helps you maintain your retirement security.
* For illustrative purposes only; services may vary based on individual client needs.
Retirement & Investment Planning: 401k, Roth & IRAs
Retirement planning is most effective when you take a proactive approach, evaluate all your options, and align your investments with your long-term financial goals. We help you plan ahead to maximize savings, reduce fees, and ensure a secure retirement.
Featured Retirement Solutions
- 401(k) Rollover Services
- IRA & Roth IRA Planning
- 403(b) & 457 Rollovers
- 412(e)(3) Plan Rollovers
- Customized Retirement Strategies
* Retirement planning services and account options are separate from other financial planning solutions.
Take the Long View with Retirement Planning
Many individuals only focus on retirement savings reactively — when a job change, major expense, or approaching retirement forces a decision. Waiting until then can limit growth potential and reduce flexibility.
We take a forward-looking approach. Our team helps you evaluate your current retirement accounts, anticipate future financial needs, and implement strategies that adapt as your career, income, and goals evolve.
From maximizing 401(k) and IRA contributions to planning for tax-efficient withdrawals and long-term growth, we ensure your retirement strategy is proactive, not reactive.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A rollover is the process of moving funds from one retirement account to another without incurring taxes or penalties. You should consider a rollover when changing jobs, retiring, or consolidating multiple accounts. Benefits include more investment options, potentially lower fees, simplified account management, and greater control over your retirement savings. A properly executed direct rollover maintains the tax-advantaged status of your funds.
For a direct rollover (trustee-to-trustee transfer), there's no time limit, and this is the recommended method. However, if you receive a distribution check made out to you (indirect rollover), you have 60 days to deposit it into another qualified retirement account to avoid taxes and penalties. We always recommend direct rollovers to eliminate the risk of missing the deadline and to avoid the mandatory 20% withholding that applies to indirect rollovers.
Rolling to a Traditional IRA maintains tax-deferred status—you pay taxes when you withdraw in retirement. Rolling to a Roth IRA (conversion) requires paying taxes on the rollover amount now, but all future qualified withdrawals are tax-free. Roth conversions make sense if you expect to be in a higher tax bracket in retirement, want tax-free income, or wish to avoid Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs). We'll help you analyze which option best fits your situation.
A properly executed direct rollover from one qualified retirement account to another of the same type (e.g., 401(k) to Traditional IRA) is not a taxable event and incurs no penalties. However, converting to a Roth IRA will trigger income taxes on the converted amount. Early withdrawals before age 59½ may incur a 10% penalty plus income taxes unless you qualify for an exception. We ensure your rollover is structured correctly to avoid unnecessary taxes and penalties.
It depends on your plan's rules. Some 401(k) and 403(b) plans allow "in-service" rollovers after age 59½, while others don't permit rollovers until you leave your employer. 457 plans often have more flexible rules. IRAs can be rolled over at any time regardless of employment status. We'll review your specific plan documents to determine your options and help you decide if an in-service rollover makes sense for your situation.