The Colony Group

Core Offerings

Your Family Office Business Management

Select Client Specializations

Business Owners Executives Professionals Entertainers & Athletes Institutions – OCIO Solutions

Your Family Office

The Colony Group is reimagining the “family office” for clients. Once only available to the wealthiest families, you now have access to our collection of distinct, selective family office services—all in one place and delivered by a coordinated team of financial specialists.

Business Management

Entertainers, athletes, executives, business owners, family enterprises, and non-profit organizations choose The Colony Group to manage the accounting and financial details that come with their great achievements. Explore a rich array of business management services to help keep you on track and in control of your business and personal finances.

Business Owners

Business Transition Planning
From deal structure to transaction value to post-sale lifestyle and family legacy, we have the advice and resources you need.
Business Management
Business owners know what it takes to run their business, and they choose The Colony Group as their financial engine.

Executives

Executives – corporate, private company, or venture capital – face unique challenges. The Colony Group’s deep understanding of how to navigate these complexities helps you maximize income and the joy it can bring you.

Maximizing the Rewards
Our team brings years of experience in helping you achieve financial independence. We have answers across equity compensation, investment strategies, risk management, estate and tax planning, legacy planning, and lifestyle enrichment.

Professionals

For over 30 years, we have helped attorneys, physicians, and other accomplished professionals gain control over their finances with the goal to create lasting wealth.

Attorneys, Physicians & Other Professionals

Entertainers & Athletes

Entertainers
- Business Management
  Our Business Management team specializes in business management, tour accounting and budgeting, royalties and publishing, and tax planning for some of the biggest names in entertainment. Beyond financial concerns, we are your advocate and find solutions for even the most obscure moments that arise in your life.
Athletes
- Career Phase Strategies & Business Management
  Coming into sudden wealth can be overwhelming. Our advisors work with athletes and their families, helping to define your values and building sound financial plans to achieve your goals. From rookies to veteran players and life after the whistle, we manage the details for you along your journey.

Institutions – OCIO Solutions

Core Offerings

Your Family Office Business Management

Select Client Specializations

Business Owners Executives Professionals Entertainers & Athletes Institutions – OCIO Solutions

Your Family Office

The Colony Group is reimagining the “family office” for clients. Once only available to the wealthiest families, you now have access to our collection of distinct, selective family office services—all in one place and delivered by a coordinated team of financial specialists.

Business Management

Entertainers, athletes, executives, business owners, family enterprises, and non-profit organizations choose The Colony Group to manage the accounting and financial details that come with their great achievements. Explore a rich array of business management services to help keep you on track and in control of your business and personal finances.

Business Owners

Business Transition Planning
From deal structure to transaction value to post-sale lifestyle and family legacy, we have the advice and resources you need.
Business Management
Business owners know what it takes to run their business, and they choose The Colony Group as their financial engine.

Executives

Executives – corporate, private company, or venture capital – face unique challenges. The Colony Group’s deep understanding of how to navigate these complexities helps you maximize income and the joy it can bring you.

Maximizing the Rewards
Our team brings years of experience in helping you achieve financial independence. We have answers across equity compensation, investment strategies, risk management, estate and tax planning, legacy planning, and lifestyle enrichment.

Professionals

For over 30 years, we have helped attorneys, physicians, and other accomplished professionals gain control over their finances with the goal to create lasting wealth.

Attorneys, Physicians & Other Professionals

Entertainers & Athletes

Entertainers
- Business Management
  Our Business Management team specializes in business management, tour accounting and budgeting, royalties and publishing, and tax planning for some of the biggest names in entertainment. Beyond financial concerns, we are your advocate and find solutions for even the most obscure moments that arise in your life.
Athletes
- Career Phase Strategies & Business Management
  Coming into sudden wealth can be overwhelming. Our advisors work with athletes and their families, helping to define your values and building sound financial plans to achieve your goals. From rookies to veteran players and life after the whistle, we manage the details for you along your journey.

Institutions – OCIO Solutions

Five Star Wealth Manager Award

February 13, 2018

22 Colony Group Wealth Advisors Featured in Boston Magazine as Recipients of 2018 Five Star Wealth Manager Award

The Colony Group is proud to announce that 22 of our Wealth Advisors were recognized with the 2018 Five Star Wealth Manager Award in the February edition of Boston Magazine. As Five Star Wealth Managers, our advisors were selected for providing quality services to their clients, among other criteria.

The Five Star Professional team’s research and evaluation process included factors like client retention, education and professional designations, and client satisfaction.

The Colony Group’s Five Star Wealth Manager’s in Boston are:

Jeffrey Craig, CFP®

Patrick Donnelly, CFP®

Denise Duffy, JD

Cary Geller, MBA, CPA/PFS, CFP®, AEP®

Matthew Ilteris, CFP®, EA®

John Keller, MBA, PhD

Rick Macdonald, CFA, CFP®

Roderick Macdonald, JD, CFP®

Erin Manganello, CFP®

Scott McDonald, MFSP, CFP®

Peter Mitrano, CFA, CFP®

Stephen Sadler, JD, LLM

Joseph Salvati, CFP®

Edward Schiela, CLU®

Stephen Stelljes, JD, CFP®

Elizabeth Talbot, CFA, CPA

Janet Tighe, MBA, CFP®, CDFA®

William Weydemeyer, MBA, CFP®

Cheryl Wilkinson, CFP®

Michael Wright, JD, CFP®

Congratulations to The Colony Group’s 22 Five Star Wealth Manager Award recipients for being recognized for their dedication to their clients and their profession.

Go to www.fivestarprofessional.com to see the award winners.

About The Colony Group

The Colony Group is an independent financial advisory firm with approximately $7.5 billion in assets under management and approximately 140 employees as of January 1, 2018, with offices in Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, Florida, Colorado, and now Maryland. Founded in 1986, The Colony Group provides high-net-worth individuals and families, corporate executives, athletes, professionals, entrepreneurs, and institutions with deep expertise that goes beyond investment management and can encompass the full suite of wealth management services, including tax, estate, retirement, and philanthropic planning, asset allocation, and cash and risk management.

Disclosures:

Five Star Professional criteria: Credentialed as an IAR, FINRA-registered rep, a CPA, or a licensed attorney; at least five years in the financial services industry; favorable regulatory and complaint history review; meeting firm’s review standards; accepting new clients; one and five-year retention rates; assets administered; number of households served; and education and professional designations. Advisors awarded: nine Wealth Advisors for 2015; nineteen Wealth Advisors for 2016; twenty-two Wealth Advisors for 2017; and twenty-two Wealth Advisors for 2018, 2019, and twenty Wealth Advisors in 2020.