Core Offerings
Your Family Office Business ManagementSelect Client Specializations
Business Owners Executives Professionals Entertainers & Athletes Institutions – OCIO SolutionsYour 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
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Business Transition Planning
From deal structure to transaction value to post-sale lifestyle and family legacy, we have the advice and resources you need.
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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.
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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.
Entertainers & Athletes
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Entertainers
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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.
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Business Management
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Athletes
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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.
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Career Phase Strategies & Business Management
Institutions – OCIO Solutions
Core Offerings
Your Family Office Business ManagementSelect Client Specializations
Business Owners Executives Professionals Entertainers & Athletes Institutions – OCIO SolutionsYour 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.
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.
-
Business Management
-
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.
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Career Phase Strategies & Business Management
Institutions – OCIO Solutions
Fred Baird
Managing Director, Senior Wealth Advisor
Wellesley, MA
Fred is a Managing Director, Principal, and a Senior Wealth Advisor with The Colony Group. He works closely with clients on all aspects of wealth management, particularly focusing on investment strategies and estate planning. Prior to joining the Colony Group, Fred was a Principal with Aurora Financial Advisors and was responsible for coordinating the firm’s investment strategies and the overall asset management for the firm.
Originally from New Zealand, Fred began his career as a Professor of Economics and Operations Research at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. He then became a management, economic and financial consultant for a series of international consulting firms beginning with Ernst & Young and most recently with CRA International. For the last ten years, he has designed investment strategies based on economic and financial theory that are designed to meet individual investor’s goals while respecting their tolerance for risk. From the University of Canterbury, Fred has a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Operations Research and a Master of Science in Economics.