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What Sets Us Apart

Our Expertise

We exist to serve you, our client. At Pond Wealth Management, our priority is ensuring that your needs and interests come first. We recognize that many of our clients don’t keep traditional “office hours,” and others live and work across different time zones. Our independence enables us to focus our time and energy on delivering personalized solutions that better serve you.

Our strengths lie in how we address your unique challenges and financial needs. Our clients trust our knowledgeable approach to retirement planning, supported by years of experience, to help pursue their distinct financial goals.

As a fee-based firm, your interests are aligned with ours. Our tiered fee schedule offers qualifying clients pricing that reflects the depth of our commitment. Clients with significant assets benefit from fee discounts based on the assets placed under advisement. We believe this approach embodies the right way to do business.

Businesses, both large and small, rely on our professional guidance and fiduciary process to enhance their retirement benefit offerings while gaining insight into fulfilling their fiduciary responsibilities. Our fiduciary process, developed through real-world experience, helps business owners and plan fiduciaries focus on growing their business while managing the essential tasks necessary in today’s demanding regulatory environment.

With over 20 years of experience, we serve as a dedicated investment fiduciary, committed to acting in your best interests and those of your plan participants. Our time-tested fiduciary approach can help streamline your financial life, provide clarity about your future, and empower you to live retirement with confidence.

To get started today, please contact us for a complimentary no-obligation review of your retirement plan.

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Meet Our Advisor

Richard Pond, AIF®, CRPS®

President and Founder

Rick Pond established Pond Wealth Management to serve the retirement needs of families with significant wealth, and improve the performance of employer-sponsored retirement plans.

The Practice is centered on two distinct, yet interrelated, businesses: Private Client Wealth Management, and Institutional Consulting for employer-sponsored retirement benefit plans. Both areas share a unified mission: help clients work toward their goals for retirement achievement,.

In alignment with our firm’s mission of prioritizing retirement planning, we specialize in serving:

Mr. Pond prioritizes putting clients first. He begins by understanding what matters most to you and working with you to develop a tailored strategy for your future. This personalized approach extends to his work with employers seeking to enhance their employee retirement benefits, including 401(k) plans.

With his undergraduate degree in science and his M.B.A. in finance, together with over 20 years’ experience, Rick brings a unique and disciplined approach to serving the needs of his clients.

Rick holds the Accredited Investment Fiduciary® (AIF®) and Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist (CRPS®) designations. These designations reflect his specialized training to address diverse retirement needs for individuals and organizations.

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Mr. Pond has held the designation of Accredited Investment Fiduciary® (AIF®) since 2013. The AIF® designation certifies that the recipient has specialized knowledge of fiduciary standards of care and their application to the investment management process. To receive the AIF® designation, individuals must complete a training program, successfully pass a comprehensive, closed-book final examination under the supervision of a proctor and agree to abide by the AIF Code of Ethics. In order to maintain the AIF designation, the individual must annually renew their affirmation of the AIF Code of Ethics and complete six hours of continuing education credits. The certification is administered by the Center for Fiduciary Studies, LLC (a Fiduciary360 company). Mr. Pond has held the designation of Chartered Retirement Plan Specialist℠ (CRPS®) since 2012. The College of Financial Planning® awards the CRPS® designation to professionals who design, install and maintain retirement plans for the business community. Applicants must complete the CRPS® professional education program consisting of 10 modules, pass a final examination at an approved testing center, commit to a code of ethics and agree to pursue continuing education. Continued use of the CRPS® designation is subject to ongoing renewal requirements. Every two (2) years the designee must renew their right to continue using the CRPS® designation by completing 16 hours of continuing education and reaffirming to abide by the Standards of Professional Conduct.

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