Stonegate Financial Group manages over $210 million for 190 clients and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona, led by CEO Jameson Van Houten. The firm emphasizes the benefits of having a financial advisor, including improved investment comfort and tax management. A case study highlights how they assisted a widow of a software company owner in restructuring her retirement savings plan after her husband's death, ultimately aiming to recover 85% of plan contributions.

1. E F F E C T I V E LY S AV I N G F O R R E T I R E M E N T
STONEGATE FINANCIAL
GROUP

2. FACTS ABOUT STONEGATE FINANCIAL
GROUP
• Over $210 million managed
• 190 Clients
• Based in Scottsdale, Arizona
• CEO, Jameson Van Houten, was
named one of the most influential
people in Phoenix in the Phoenix
Business Journal’s 40 Under 40

3. BENEFITS OF HAVING A FINANCIAL
ADVISOR
• Live more comfortably with investment that
are planned in a smart and intuitive way
• Advice on tax management for people who
own their own companies
• If tragedy strikes and a spouse dies, a
financial advisor can help you to reinvest and
redistribute your investments

4. CASE STUDY: SOFTWARE COMPANY
OWNERS
• Couple had a growing software company
• The husband unfortunately passed away and the widow
was left with less than $100,000 in savings.
• Stonegate Financial Group modified the Savings
Incentive Match Plan for Employees of Small Employers
• Switched to a benefit plan that included a Safe Harbor
401(k) with a profit-sharing option
• Goal of earning back 85% of what was put into the
company’s plan

5. CONTINUED
• Annual Contributions calculated by:
• Widow’s personal salary
• Age of employees in the company
• Widow’s retirement age
More money would be allotted when she was
closer to retiring. Also increased retirement
savings for employees.