Core Offerings
Your Family Office Business ManagementSelect Client Specializations
Business Owners Executives Professionals Entertainers & Athletes Institutions – OCIO SolutionsYour Family Office
Business Management
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
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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
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
Business Management
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
-
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
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
Recognitions
Recipient of the FIVE STAR Wealth Manager Award in Boston Magazine (2016-2020)
Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors 2024
As the President of Client Services and a Principal of The Colony Group, Steve oversees the firm’s financial counseling and investment advisory teams, working together to design and deliver the solutions that will best position clients to achieve their goals as they navigate their personal financial journey. Steve continues to lead many of the firm’s long-standing client relationships, seeking to deliver an exceptional client experience along the way. With a deep understanding of the complicated needs of busy corporate executives and the solutions they require, Steve works with companies to design financial counseling programs for c-suite corporate executives and their employees.
He is a co-author of the book, Personal Financial Planning for Executives and Entrepreneurs: The Path to Financial Peace of Mind.
Prior to joining The Colony Group in 1998, Steve provided financial counseling and tax services for high net worth individuals with The Ayco Company, L.P. and the international accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche, LLP. Steve is admitted to practice law in the State of New York and holds the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ designation. He is a member of the Boston Estate Planning Council.
He earned his Juris Doctor with distinction from Albany Law School and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration/Finance from the State University of New York with honors.
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.
Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisors criteria (2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024): Based on an algorithm of qualitative criteria, mostly gained through telephone and in-person due diligence interviews, and quantitative data, including years of experience, revenue trends, AUM, compliance records, client retention, best practices, and approach to working with clients. Colony paid no compensation to Forbes’ to participate or for inclusion in its list.
Published Insights
In The News
High Interest Rates Make it Possible to Earn ‘Real Money’ on Cash Now, Expert Says
September 11, 2023
"Even more modest cash sums may still provide meaningful returns." Learn more from The Colony Group's Steve Stelljes, President of Client Services in this CNBC article.
Wealth Management
Post-Liquidity Events: Planning For Optimized Results
June 30, 2016
As appeared in Private Wealth It is, of course, most appropriate that financial advisors seek to prepare their clients in advance of a major liquidity event such as the...
Wealth Management
Specializing On Specialists: Financial Planning For Lawyers
August 26, 2015
As appeared in Financial Advisor Magazine Planning for a person’s financial future without accounting for their individual profession is like planning to perform surgery without first taking the patient’s...