“From age 14 onwards, I’ve always had my own business,” says Fred, a hard-working professional whose first official enterprise was called Entech, through which he provided manufacturing companies services ranging from manual labour to computer and database installation. This period started Fred’s lifelong pursuit of continual development and growth, and he’s since lived many lives.
Never bogged down by the status quo, Fred has followed his curiosity from venture to venture, which have varied vastly from mechanical engineering studies at the University of British Columbia to working as a cowboy in the Nicola Valley. During his time as a working cowboy, Fred also started a horseshoeing business. He says that showing up on time, as promised, was key to his building a growing horseshoeing clientele over the course of the following decade, and some of those clients have followed him to his next vocation in the investment and wealth management world.
Fred joined RBC Dominion Securities and founded Feistmann Wealth Management in 1999. Always striving to earn the trust of the families he serves, Fred is proud to make a profound difference for people, and is honoured to be invited into a private part of their lives. Fred draws significantly on his personal history of continual reinvention to help his clients take their own leaps. “Half the issues I’m solving for people, I’ve had to solve for myself,” he says.
In addition to more than 20 years of experience, Fred brings extensive education to his work. He has been recognized by the Canadian Securities Institute for his academic accomplishments in the Canadian Securities Course (CSC), the Professional Financial Planning Course (PFPC), and the Conduct and Practices Handbook (CPH) Course. He has earned Awards of Excellence, which are only presented to the top 1% of the candidates across Canada. Fred has also completed the Options and Futures licensing courses, and has his Life Level II insurance license. Beyond that, Fred has deepened his understanding of maximizing people’s potential through Kolbe Certification courses and is a graduate of the World Wide College of Auctioneering.
When he is not working, Fred enjoys skiing and mountain biking with his two young sons, Mason and Connor, and his wife, Charlene.
