As a financial advisor, I help UN staff members, expats and Muslim families in the United States who are underserved by mainstream financial planning.
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• Staff members of the UN Secretariat, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, as well as IMF and World Bank staff.
• Expats across the United States managing assets, insurance, and wealth across borders.
• South Asian, Middle Eastern, and African Muslim families seeking Shariah-compliant wealth planning and halal investment solutions.
𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙄 𝙈𝙖𝙮 𝘽𝙚 𝘼𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙔𝙤𝙪
• As a former UN staff member myself, I understand the challenges that UN staff members are facing and the difficult decisions you have to make in the current environment.
• I spent nearly a decade at the Investment Management Service (now the Office of Investment Management) of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) in New York, helping manage the multi-billion global public equities portfolio, working with Representative of the Secretary-General (RSG) in consultation with the Investments Committee. I understand the UNJSPF having worked inside the organization and as a former participant in the pension fund.
• I understand the considerations that are important to cross-border families: assets held across multiple tax jurisdictions and in multiple currencies, foreign pensions and retirement accounts, treatment of non-citizen spouses for estate planning.
• I have helped mixed-nationality families with investment and retirement planning.
• I understand how repatriation or future relocation may impact residency and visa status as well as education planning for children.
• I have helped foreign nationals purchase life and disability insurance coverage while they are living in the United States.
• I understand the faith-based restrictions that affect financial decision-making for many Muslim families across the country.
• I understand the cultural dynamics that shape how Muslim families from South Asia, the Middle East and Africa think about money and wealth.
• I have helped Muslims purchase the closest equivalent to Takaful (Islamic) insurance in the United States to protect their families.
• I understand the importance for Muslims to avoid riba (interest), maysir (gambling), and gharar (extreme uncertainty), when making financial decisions.
𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝘼𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 5 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨
I have helped clients with ties to over 40 countries including Australia, Egypt, South Africa, India, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan, Syria, Iran, Russia, Turkey, and the UK.