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About Wealth Design Group

  • Together with Matson Money, Wealth Design Group is leading the way by providing breakthrough education, tools, and coaching that helps families transform their financial futures.

    Working together, Matson Money and Wealth Design Group help investors learn how investing works, discover their true purpose for money, and be disciplined and prudent over a lifetime of investing.

  • The Wealth Design Group* team is powerfully trained in the Matson Method - a highly disciplined approach to asset allocation and long-term wealth accumulation. Through the continuous pursuit of financial academic theory and the application of empirically tested academic investing science principles, they are committed to creating a profoundly meaningful and rewarding investing experience where families can access financial peace of mind.

Company Leadership

Mark Connely

Senior Partner & Financial Coach

Since 1996, Mark Connely exists to empower families to experience purpose, freedom, and abundance. It is his mission to inspire and coach families on the truths of investing and design a plan that supports their purpose. Successful individuals and organizations have chosen to work with Mark because of his loving dedication to family, integrity, and...

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Justin Makris

Senior Partner & Financial Coach

Justin Makris is a partner of Wealth Design Group and has been working with families to help strategically balance their current lifestyle and financial needs with long term security and success. Justin and his firm work to empower families to experience purpose, freedom and abundance. Their mission is to inspire and coach families on the...

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Dale Pieper

Senior Partner & Financial Coach

Since 2005, Dale Pieper has been empowering families to experience purpose, freedom, and abundance. His mission is to inspire and coach families on the truths of investing and design a plan that supports their purpose. Dale coaches families in discovering their true purpose for money by transforming the investing experience, leaving them with freedom, fulfillment,...

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The Co-Advisor receives an annual fee, paid quarterly in advance by Matson, based on total assets under management of the Co-Advisor's clients. Generally, the greater the assets under management that the Co-Advisor's clients have, the higher their annual compensation will be. Due to this compensation arrangement, the Co-Advisor has a financial incentive to promote Matson in lieu of other financial services providers, which results in a material conflict of interest.

Account Owners referred by other Co-Advisors may pay lower advisory fees for comparable services as a result of the range of fees available at each asset level breakpoint.

Co-Advisor's fee may be paid directly by Account Owner to Co-Advisor or this fee may be deducted from Account Owner's account by Matson and paid by Matson to Co-Advisor. No part of this fee is retained by Matson. The Co-Advisor's relationship with Matson, including fees payable from the Account Owner's Account, is governed by a separate agreement between Matson and the Co-Advisor. The nature of this relationship creates an inherent conflict of interest.

Additionally, Co-Advisors who have entered into a Co-Advisory Agreement with Matson Money can also choose to enroll in the Matson Money Brand Ambassador program under an additional separate Brand Ambassador Agreement with Matson Money. A Brand Ambassador can use Matson's Licensed Marks in connection with the operation of its business as an investment advisor, and Matson grants the Brand Ambassador a license to use the Licensed Marks, subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement. In addition, the Brand Ambassador retains Matson to provide certain operational consulting services in connection with the Brand Ambassador's business operations and use of the Licensed Marks, and provides such Operational Consulting Services which includes additional training and coaching, subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement. Matson Money receives compensation for the Brand Ambassador arrangement of approximately $100,000 to cover the cost of creating branded assets like films, presentations, logos, and other various marketing material, as well as additional services like in-depth training and coaching for leading the American Dream Experience. Some additional expenses can be charged for additional services.

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Brand Ambassadors are either unaffiliated separately registered investment advisors, or registered representatives and/or investment advisor representatives of unaffiliated dual registrant brokerage firms or separately registered portfolio managers (Canada). Matson Money receives compensation for the Brand Ambassador arrangement to cover the cost of creating branding assets, like films, presentations, logos, and other various marketing material, as well as additional services.

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