Life’s next adventure is waiting.

Start planning for your retirement with
Compass Retirement Allies.

Life’s next adventure is waiting.

Start planning for your retirement with
Compass Retirement Allies.

Retirement is personal. You’ve worked hard to save and invest your money and now it’s time to optimize and protect your savings to provide for your retirement and your loved ones thereafter.

Compass Retirement Allies is an independent financial services firm, specializing in helping individuals and families prepare for, plan, and live in retirement. Our approach focuses on tailored retirement planning strategies and insurance solutions to provide our clients with guaranteed lifetime income, asset protection, and achieve tax efficiencies in support of a holistic approach to their finances.

Planning Process

Retire with Confidence.

Our three-step planning process works to help identify and implement suitable financial strategies for helping our clients meet their needs and achieve their goals and objectives for retirement.

Start Smart

Apply Discipline

Communicate Progress

Start Smart

Get a Clear Understanding of Your Financial Life

First, we gain a thorough understanding of your current financial situation, goals, objectives, risk tolerance, and the key considerations that should be addressed in your retirement strategy.

Six Fundamental Financial Planning Considerations

Six key financial planning considerations can impact your financial goals now and in the future. The question is not if these will affect your finances, but to what degree. We evaluate your sentiment toward each consideration and quantify the potential effects on your assets over time. This allows us to build customized strategies to help you achieve your financial objectives for retirement.

Longevity

Outliving financial assets as the result of a longer life

Liquidity

Limited access to assets to meet life’s unexpected financial needs

Inflation

Reduction in real purchasing power as the result of increasing cost of living

Market

Unexpected reduction in the value of financial assets at the time of withdrawal

Mortality

Loss of financial assets as the result of a partner’s or spouse’s death

Taxes

Decreasing income and assets and/or the impairment of legacy assets from increasing taxes

Apply Discipline

A Retirement Strategy Designed for You

Next, we design a retirement strategy that actively works to help optimize your wealth and protect your finances, keeping your goals and objectives at the forefront of our planning process.

College Funding

Make the investment in your child or grandchild’s future with the gift of college education through life insurance.

Income Planning

Design an income plan that delivers dependable income and financial security throughout your retirement.

Long-Term Care Planning

Ease the financial and emotional toll of long-term care with early planning so you can retire with peace of mind and dignity.

Legacy and Estate Planning

Protect your estate and loved ones from unnecessary taxation and probate with proactive estate plannings strategies.

Retirement Savings Optimization

Increase your or your loved one’s future retirement income with a tax-efficient, capital-leveraging strategy.

Social Security Optimization

Understand the benefits you are entitled to and how to maximize Social Security income in retirement.

Tax Planning

Establish tax planning strategies today for greater tax efficiency and financial flexibility later in retirement.

Apply Discipline

A Retirement Strategy Designed for You

Next, we design a retirement strategy that actively works to optimize your wealth and protect your finances, keeping your goals and objectives at the forefront of our planning process.

College Funding

Make the investment in your child or grandchild’s future with the gift of collect education through life insurance.

Income Planning

Design an income plan that delivers dependable income and financial security throughout your retirement.

Long-Term Care Planning

Ease the financial and emotional toll of long-term care with early planning so you can retire with peace of mind and dignity.

Legacy and Estate Planning

Protect your estate and loved ones from unnecessary taxation and probate with proactive estate plannings strategies.

Retirement Savings Optimization

Increase you or your loved one’s future retirement income with a tax-efficient, capital leveraging strategy.

Social Security Optimization

Understand the benefits you are entitled to and how to maximize Social Security income in retirement.

Tax Planning

Establish tax planning strategies today for greater tax efficiency and financial flexibility later in retirement.

Communicate Progress

Our Commitment to You

Lastly and continually, we work to ensure transparency of your income plan by providing visibility, proactive outreach, and accessibility to our team throughout our working relationship.

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  • Educational Events

  • Client Events

Events

Learn More and Register.

Join us for an upcoming educational event on timely financial topics. Reserve your seat today.

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

6:00pm

Advance planning is essential, and the decisions you make today can have a tremendous impact on the total amount of benefits you stand to receive over your lifetime.

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

6:00pm

Advance planning is essential, and the decisions you make today can have a tremendous impact on the total amount of benefits you stand to receive over your lifetime.

About

John Smith, Founder and President

John Smith is the Founder and President of Compass Retirement Allies, an independent financial advisory firm that is dedicated to guiding individuals through critical financial decisions as they prepare for and live throughout their retirement years.

Smith has more than two decades of experience as a financial professional and provides planning advice in the areas of wealth transition, retirement income, asset protection, and estate transfer. He is a licensed life and health insurance professional in the states of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Smith is also an AssetLock®-Equipped advisor and provides personalized investment

communications to his clients via the secured AssetLock App and online dashboard. Smith earned his BS in finance from Rutgers University.

In his spare time, Smith enjoys spending time with his wife, Jane, and their two children, Jessa and June. Smith is a former Lacrosse player and coaches Summit Youth Lacrosse teams.

Caroline Jensen, Office Manager

Caroline Jensen is the Office Manager of Compass Retirement Allies. Jensen is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day office operations, executing company events, scheduling appointments, and helping clients navigate AssetLock®. Prior to her position with Compass Retirement Allies, Jensen worked for a local bank as a marketing associate and helped organize and run various promotions and events. Jenson earned her BA in marketing from Summit Community College.

In her spare time, Caroline enjoys gardening, traveling, and hiking with her husband and two dogs, Betty and Gretta.

Resources

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