After nine consecutive years of gains, the S&P 500 finally experienced a down year in 2018. The performance of the market during the year was somewhat peculiar, as stocks remained in positive territory up until December 6th. But a vicious December selloff wiped out the gains, and then some, from the first 11 months of the year.
FineMark Sports Management provides highly personalized business management services to professional athletes. We currently work with nearly 200 athletes along with a number of coaches and executives. Our primary goal is to preserve capital and ensure our clients maintain the high quality lifestyle they’ve worked hard to achieve. We accomplish this by overseeing their financial plan and offering objective advice related to banking, estate planning, asset management and insurance review. Our professionals will assist wherever and whenever needed.
Capital Preservation
Capital Preservation is critical when you don’t know how long your career will last. The primary goal of our investment strategy is to preserve what is made during an athlete’s playing years and to prevent major losses in a portfolio.
Financial Planning
A Financial Plan should provide the foundation for your financial life in one complete picture. It’s the game plan to help you manage money and protect your assets now and in retirement. As we develop a plan together, we will also establish a cash flow analysis that allocates after-tax income to expenses, debt repayment, savings and investments.
Minimize Debt
You can help ensure the lifestyle you want in retirement by being debt-free when your professional career ends. This means while athletes are making their largest paychecks, they should also be making their largest loan payments. We structure loans for aggressive repayment, to help ensure a debt-free retirement.
Educate
FineMark encourages our clients to be a part of planning their financial future. We want you to know what’s happening with your money and we want you involved in the process. The more our clients understand what we are doing, the better we can serve them.
Dave Highmark
President & CEO FineMark National Bank & Trust, Arizona and President FineMark Sports Management
FineMark Sports Management is led by Dave Highmark. Dave has been working with professional athletes for nearly 30 years at financial institutions and as President of his own sports management company. Dave and the FineMark team are committed to working in your best interest while providing accountability and transparency. We are dedicated to always doing what is right for you.
Meet a Few of Our Clients
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We have the utmost trust and confidence in FineMark.
We have the utmost trust and confidence in FineMark.
Justin Sands and Bethanie Mattek-SandsProfessional Tennis Player“My job requires me to travel around the world for the majority of the year. Consequently, we need to rely on professionals who can handle our affairs back home while we’re gone. We have the utmost trust and confidence in our teammates at FineMark to handle these responsibilities.”
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I trust FineMark with all my needs.
I trust FineMark with all my needs.
Bronson ArroyoProfessional Baseball Player“I am so happy to have met Dave from FineMark Sports Management early in my professional career, before any large contracts were signed. He always does what is absolutely best for me. Dave and the team at FineMark are available 24/7 for all of my needs, financial and beyond. I trust them completely.”
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FineMark is an integral part of our team.
FineMark is an integral part of our team.
Sally & Hale IrwinHall of Fame Golfer“Sally and I have had the good fortune to associate ourselves with a great team of trusted advisors over the years. FineMark is an integral part of that team. We are not just clients, we are also shareholders and feel very much part of the FineMark family.”
