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HMA: Better Positioned to Empower Your Evolution
By HMA Team on February 28, 2019
You and your family are constantly evolving:
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Your situation, resources, and goals change
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Children get married; businesses are sold
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Grandchildren are born; family members pass on
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Wills and trusts need to be reviewed and updated
As the family situations and the financial landscape change, so do your needs. We realized that in order to keep pace with your evolution, we too must evolve. It became evident there were objectives our clients had developed that couldn’t be met with our previous business model. So, we packed up and moved, creating a new company that offers enhanced capabilities and services. Furthermore, we have returned to our past as a partnership, once again beholden exclusively to our clients – not the corner office. By choosing a more flexible and technology-driven platform, we are now better able to:
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Resolve a wider range of financial planning issues with more sophisticated software
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Provide answers and education via our client portal, website and conversations with our team
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Offer enhanced trust services where HMA acts as your investment manager working alongside a corporate trustee
HMA’s approach is not one size fits all. Nor do we sell products off a shelf. Our goal is to take the time to really listen and uncover your needs, then offer hand-tailored action plans that address your current situation, evolve as you do and supported by a team with over 170 years of collective knowledge and experience.
While HMA is a new company, we’ve maintained adherence to a tried and true philosophy: The client comes first. This is your money. We are responsible exclusively to you. We don’t just say it, we live it. Yes, we build and manage portfolios, research companies, and design financial plans – so do lots of other teams. What sets HMA apart is the ethos and execution with which we carry out our work; that we assist families by ensuring the smooth transition of their assets to the next generation by preparing their beneficiaries to be responsible stewards of their legacy. We’d love to empower your family’s future and evolution.
As we move into our second year as a new company, we look forward to continuing the legacy that Wayne Hummer established when he started his firm in 1931. We call ourselves The Oldest New Firm in Chicago, which is a nod to our past and our present. We invite you to come by, see our new office and share with us your past and present.
Grove N. Mower, Managing Partner
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