Headquarters:
Toronto, ON
Year founded:
2018
Number of employees:
2
Phone:
(647) 904 9892
Email:
colin.ripsman@elegantinvestmentsolutions.com
Website:
elegantinvestmentsolutions.com
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/elegant-is
“We don’t just do spreadsheets and decks, we take the lead on execution and communication, and really take care of our clients in ways others don’t in the industry”
Joseph Chan,
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Colin Ripsman
President and Founder
Igor Litvinov
Senior Consultant
Robert Durante
Partner
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Colin Ripsman is the founder and president of Elegant Investment Solutions, where he serves as a consultant to clients on a range of DB and DC investment issues. Colin has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, where he held leadership roles with several leading global consulting and investment management firms. His experience has included leadership of Mercer’s global DC consulting practice and designing and launching the PH&N suite of target date funds.
Colin graduated with a BA in commerce and economics from the University of Toronto. He graduated with an LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School and an MBA in finance from Schulich School of Business. Colin is a frequent industry author and speaker.
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Igor Litvinov has 13 years of investment industry experience. He has extensive investment management and consulting experience in the areas of investment manager selection and monitoring, asset mix, DB and DC plans, and recordkeeper selection.
Previously, he worked at Foyston, Gordon and Payne (FGP), a Canadian asset management firm. His most recent role at FGP was equity research associate on the global equities team where he covered non-Canadian equities with a focus on technology companies.
Igor is a CFA charterholder and a graduate of McMaster University with an honours bachelor of commerce degree and a minor in economics.
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Robert Durante is committed to helping clients obtain the compensation they deserve. Rob advocates for seriously injured clients and for families who have lost a loved one due to negligence. He also focuses on accident benefits claims, disability claims, and product liability claims.
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Troy Lehman takes great satisfaction in helping seriously injured people and their families through difficult times. The cases that Troy finds most gratifying are the difficult cases where there is a need to be especially creative and determined to obtain the compensation that his clients need. His satisfaction comes when he has helped make a real difference in someone’s life in a situation that looked bleak in the beginning.
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Kevin Henderson
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Kevin Henderson practiced with a leading insurance litigation firm, where he represented many of Canada’s largest insurers in personal injury actions. This experience has provided a unique perspective, allowing him to help his clients achieve the best possible results.
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Elegant Investment Solutions (ElegantIS) is an independent boutique investment consulting firm led by its founder and president, Colin Ripsman.
ElegantIS offers a full range of investment consulting solutions for DB, DC, foundation, and endowment clients. The ElegantIS team brings specialty DC expertise to their clients, drawing on extensive experience working with all aspects of DC plans, recordkeeping, and target date funds.
ElegantIS believes that prudent investment consulting is built on strong governance principles. Its mission is to leverage its extensive consulting, investment management, and legal expertise to provide holistic, innovative, and cost-effective consulting solutions to investment committees. The goal is to improve decision making, enhance the risk-and-return profile of clients’ portfolios, and control fiduciary risk.
ElegantIS’s success is built on its ability to tailor solutions to each client's needs. The continuity of its service teams allows the firm to forge strong long-term relationships with its clients.
Its plan sponsor services include investment consulting, governance and fiduciary review, investment manager performance and risk monitoring, asset mix and portfolio construction, as well as full-service DC consulting support.
ElegantIS also provides strategic consulting to investment management firms and DC recordkeepers.
“Our philosophy is to be honest, ethical, and transparent with our clients; focus on what’s in their best interest; and help their business thrive”
Joseph Chan,
Looniewell
Adam Little
Partner
Karen Vigmond
Partner
Lara Fitzgerald-Husek
Partner
Liane Brown
Partner
Adam Little believes that achieving exceptional results in personal injury claims requires creativity, dedication, perseverance, and hard work. He strives to apply those qualities on behalf of all his clients.
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Karen Vigmond is committed to assisting personal injury victims and their loved ones achieve the best possible outcomes. Her practice focuses solely on personal injury law, including accident benefits, motor vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, and occupiers’ liability cases.
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Lara Fitzgerald-Husek joined Oatley Vigmond after practicing insurance defence at a leading national firm. The experience of representing many of Canada’s largest insurers has provided Lara with valuable insight into personal injury claims, allowing her to better serve her clients.
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Liane Brown is committed to representing individuals who have suffered serious personal injuries and to families who have suffered the loss of a loved one. Her practice concentrates on personal injury law, including accident benefits, motor vehicle collisions, medical malpractice, occupiers’ liability, product liability and wrongful death cases.
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Liane Brown
Liane Brown is committed to representing individuals who have suffered serious personal injuries and to families who have suffered the loss of a loved one. Her practice concentrates on personal injury law, including accident benefits, motor vehicle collisions, medical malpractice, occupiers’ liability, product liability and wrongful death cases.
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Ben Irantalab enjoys the complexities of personal injury litigation. His practice is exclusively devoted to representing clients with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and severe orthopedic injuries. For him, the cases that require special creativity and thinking outside the box are the most gratifying.
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This modern mindset extends to how Looniewell manages client interactions.
“We don’t hide our commission, our clients know exactly how we’re compensated,” explains Chan. “We strive for same-day response and acknowledgement. Oftentimes we respond and at least acknowledge within an hour.”
As a result, the firm’s client retention is “very high” and a by-product of the trust built upon Looniewell’s methods of operation.
Eager to keep evolving and offering more to the market, Chan is considering expanding beyond consulting services to provide Software as a Service (SaaS) for Total Rewards through platform and analytics.
Chan comments, “Our philosophy is to be honest, ethical, and transparent with our clients; focus on what’s in their best interest; and help their business thrive.”
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“We will continue to strengthen our service proposition and customer experience as a key differentiator, as we build on the momentum we have achieved to date across multiple business lines and territories,” says McLean. “Our im is to continue to grow our market relevance and strengthen our partnerships with our strategic brokers as we expand our leadership position in key sectors.
“We will also continue to invest in talent. We are committed to drawing from the broadest pools of talent, and to creating an environment that attracts and retains stellar employees. We recognise the importance of building teams that are diverse, collaborative, and innovative and are dedicated to cultivating a supportive and inclusive workplace culture in which all our employees can thrive.”
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There is also an absence of ‘consulting speak’ and corporate red tape as Looniewell provides clients with the top-quality fundamentals of measurable results and a highly responsive team.
An example of how focused the team is on delivering the best work possible, Chan prohibited the acceptance of gifts/meals from vendors/partners to ensure there is never any potential conflict of interest.
He says, “We put our clients first and advocate for them.”
Looniewell’s rapid rise has been driven solely by organic growth, and its customer base is the result of referrals, which include organizations with over 10,000 employees to start-up operations seeking to scale.
The firm’s team of consultants have been attracted by the progressive and innovative work environment that features:
· Global Office – work up to two weeks from anywhere in the world
· Work from anywhere – not hybrid, no office, 100 percent remote
· Proprietary tools and best technology to support digital-first work
· Immediate benefits coverage from day one
· Unlimited vacation
· No corporate red tape, no hierarchy, no nonsense – staff are empowered to focus on meaningful client work and professional development
· Day-to-day Shout-outs – to award outstanding work, employees can exchange earned points for gift vouchers of up to $150
· Quarterly Stars Award – employees demonstrating core values have the chance to win $500
· Annual Hero’s Celebration – manager-nominated and peer-voted awards where outstanding employees earn a $5,000 bonus
Ben Irantalab
Partner
Ben Irantalab enjoys the complexities of personal injury litigation. His practice is exclusively devoted to representing clients with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and severe orthopedic injuries. For him, the cases that require special creativity and thinking outside the box are the most gratifying.
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Ben Irantalab
Partner
Ben Irantalab enjoys the complexities of personal injury litigation. His practice is exclusively devoted to representing clients with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and severe orthopedic injuries. For him, the cases that require special creativity and thinking outside the box are the most gratifying.
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Ben Irantalab
Ben Irantalab
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Liane Brown is committed to representing individuals who have suffered serious personal injuries and to families who have suffered the loss of a loved one. Her practice concentrates on personal injury law, including accident benefits, motor vehicle collisions, medical malpractice, occupiers’ liability, product liability and wrongful death cases.
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Liane Brown