Financial Security Advisor, RBC Wealth Management Financial Services Inc.
As an Estate Planning Specialist, Daniel Duchesne gives advisors and their clients something they weren’t expecting. A different discussion about life insurance – one in which they are completely comfortable.
As Daniel puts it, “So many clients say: ‘Why has no one had this discussion with me before?’ The image they had of life insurance is transformed. They say, ‘Wow – I didn’t know insurance could do that.’”
Daniel has an innate ability to put those around him at ease – by simplifying complex matters. His goal is to have two happy clients, the advisor and their client.
Everything he and his team do is for one single reason – to help clients preserve and enhance personal and corporate wealth. They are always asking themselves: “If the client was our parent, would we recommend the same thing?”
Janie began her career in Canadian taxation prior to joining a life insurance company where she provided advice to high-net-worth clients by integrating sophisticated insurance strategies within their tax and estate plans. In 2018 she joined RBC to pursue her passion: helping families simplify complex situations and structure their planning to promote multigenerational success.
Leveraging her expertise in taxation, accounting, and the uniqueness of family enterprise, Janie applies a holistic approach to each situation. She works closely with you and your advisors to implement customized solutions that will maximize wealth and address your estate needs through the lens of continuity.
Janie has a Master’s degree in Law (Taxation), is a Family Enterprise Advisor and Family Enterprise Canada Board Director, Certified Professional Accountant, Financial Planner and certified by the Family Firm Institute in Family Business and Wealth Advising. She is also a tax lecturer at Laval University.
Michel Bétournay, Financial Planner, obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration degree (major in accounting) from HEC Montréal in 1991, and earned the Financial Planner designation from the Quebec Institute of Financial Planners (IQPF) in 2002.
Michel joined RBC Financial Group in 1993, and has fourteen years’ experience as a Financial Planner, twelve of which were spent with the Compass Financial Planning team.
Michel’s role is to work with and support your advisor in preparing and presenting comprehensive Compass Financial Plans for clients.
Joseph Di Niro, LL.B, D.D.N.
Will & Estate Consultant, RBC Family Office Services
Prior to joining RBC Wealth Management, Joseph Di Niro began his career as a Notary in private practice at a notarial firm in Montreal. During this period, Joseph developed an expertise in Will and estate planning and also acquired specialized knowledge in estate settlements and non-contentious matters. To further his knowledge in the field of taxation, Joseph later joined a multinational accounting organization, where he specialized in tax planning for individual and corporate clients.
Member of the Board of Notaries of the Province of Quebec (Chambre des Notaires du Québec) since 2010, Joseph obtained his Notarial Law Degree(D.D.N.) from Université de Montréal in 2009, after having obtained his Bachelor of Law LL.B.) from the Université de Québec à Montréal (UQAM) in 2007. Joseph is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Taxation from the University of Sherbrooke.
