Nearly a year after the 34% market drop in March 2020, meet with senior investment professionals from Bernstein Private Wealth Management, a world-renowned and highly respected investment management firm serving high net worth families, C-suite executives, high profile public figures, entrepreneurs, foundations, and endowments.
Our experts will share their thoughts on the current market environment and what’s ahead in the coming year.
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Beacon Wealth Consulting South, LLC
Founder and Managing Partner
[email protected]
(203) 981-1133
Susan is a private wealth specialist creating customized solutions for high-net-worth individuals and families. Susan's extensive estate, insurance, and tax planning expertise is the basis for the comprehensive, multi-generational plans that she develops for her clientele and family offices.
Susan’s expertise in the life and long-term care insurance area comes from her work as a Senior Manager at Price Waterhouse and the many years that followed working with the industry’s brightest minds as an independent broker and consultant. Susan is the driving force behind the AICPA’s risk management track at Engage, the annual Advanced Personal Financial Planning conference, and currently chairs the conference subcommittee.
Susan is also actively involved in women's empowerment to help women take charge of their finances, especially before any of the 6Ds occur: Death, Divorce, Disability, Disaster, Dementia, and Debt. Be Prepared Not Scared® is her motto. She runs an annual women’s panel at Engage to help women share experiences, fears, and best practices to increase gender equality in the industry.
Susan carries numerous professional certifications and designations and is recognized among her peers for her leadership, advocacy, and philanthropy, and is a frequent speaker at industry events. Much of Susan's expertise was acquired while she was a senior tax manager at PriceWaterhouse, LLC (1987- 1992), and as a senior tax consultant with Deloitte, Haskins & Sells (1984-1987). She founded her firm in 1992.
Susan graduated magna cum laude from Fairfield University in 1984 with a BS in Accounting and lives with her husband in Naples, Florida. She enjoys photography, painting, and traveling. She is a proud member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She is most proud of launching her two adult children!
Susan has earned the right to use the Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Personal Financial Specialist (CFS), and Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation.
AllianceBernstein
Financial Advisor, Pincipal
(713) 204-7369
Lisa Stone is a Principal and Financial Advisor in the Senior Investment Advisor Group in Bernstein's New York office. She works with high-net-worth individuals and families, trusts, estates, foundations, and pensions, thoughtfully guiding each client in developing a long-term investment plan in light of their objectives. Lisa is also an expert in advising on the issues associated with concentrated stock positions and strategies to maximize after-tax returns.
AllianceBernstein
Senior Investment Strategist
(713) 204-7369
Moira A. McLachlan is a Senior Investment Strategist with Bernstein’s Wealth Strategies Group and located in the Miami office. She is a member of the firm’s Private Client Investment Policy Group, which provides asset allocation, investment and risk management advice for high-net-worth clients, endowments and foundations. Prior to joining Bernstein, Moira was a portfolio manager with Hansberger Global Investors, where she was responsible for managing international equity portfolios for institutional clients and conducting fundamental equity research. Prior to that, she was with Mackenzie Investment Management in various research positions, first as an emerging-market analyst and later managing a team of analysts as head of international equity research.
Beacon Wealth Consulting South (BWC) is a boutique firm located in Naples, Florida which specializes in creating tailored financial plans for high net worth families. Susan's expertise in estate, insurance, and tax planning is the basis for the comprehensive, multigenerational plans that she develops for her clients.
BWC is also an independent insurance brokerage firm that often partners with other planners who do not have insurance expertise. BWC customizes life insurance plans for the high net worth clients in the context of the family’s overall financial plan, often integrated with sophisticated estate and retirement planning strategies.
BWC prides itself on successful collaboration with the clients’ team of advisors and/or family office. Susan Joy Bruno, the firm’s founder, and is a nationally recognized CPA/PFS for her work in life insurance planning.
Susan recently launched “The Beacon Method” which is a consulting service to help CPAs launch a financial planning practice or simply help financial planners take their practices from good to great. Some of the topics she will cover include: