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

Bill Weydemeyer, MBA, CFP^®

Senior Wealth Advisor

Hingham, MA

Focus Areas

Stock Options and Equity Compensation
Tax Planning
Investment Strategies
Corporate Sponsored Plans

Client Specialty

Executives
Professionals
Retirees

Recognitions

Investment News 40 under 40
Recipient of the FIVE STAR Wealth Manager Award in Boston Magazine (2018-2024)

Community

The Midas Collaborative, Advisory Panel

Bill is a Senior Wealth Advisor and a Principal at The Colony Group. He is part of a team of Colony Wealth Management counselors providing customized solutions to high net worth individuals, families, and corporate executives, including planning and implementing clients’ financial planning, investment management, and tax objectives.

He started at The Colony Group as a Portfolio Administrator in Colony Investment Management, where he was responsible for new accounts, custodial communications, and client service requests. Previously, Bill was employed by John Hancock Financial Services as an Annuity New Business Specialist and by Investors Bank & Trust as a Client Service Administrator. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Hamilton College and his MBA from Northeastern University with a concentration in finance. Bill holds the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER^™ designation.

Disclosures:

InvestmentNews 40 under 40 criteria: 40 Under 40 (2019, 2023) – The annual list recognizes and celebrates up-and-comers in the financial advice industry who are 39 or younger. Honorees are judged on their accomplishments, contribution to the industry, leadership and promise.

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.

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