On Thursday June 10th in Oak Park, the Q5 Experience hosted local centers of influence from all different professional backgrounds to talk about business exit planning. Q5 (The Fifth Quarter of your business) is a collaboration between a group of business consultants (including Financial Architects) that guides business owners to build their ultimate transferable value…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 2020 Christopher Cousins, ChFC®, RICP®, CAP® receives CEPA Designation and Joins International Community of Business Advisors as part of the Exit Planning Institute Farmington Hills, MI – Financial Architects, Inc is proud to announce that President and Shareholder Christopher Cousins, ChFC®, RICP®, CAP® recently earned the Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA)…

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Financial Architects, Inc, President Chris Cousins was one of the first featured guests on the recently debuted Empowering Futures Podcast Network “Business and Community Leaders Roundtable. The program, hosted by our own Matt Dery, features prominent entrepreneurs in Southeast Michigan who discuss navigating their businesses through crisis. This first show dives deeper into the mindset…

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Shareholder by day, musician by night.  Financial Architects’ own Chris Cousins and his band Acoustagroove played their first show of 2020 last weekend at Mash Bar in Ann Arbor.  Chris and his bandmate Don Proctor bring their own acoustic versions of popular classic and modern rock, along with introspective, soulful originals.  What’s even more special…

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Chris Cousins, ChFC ®, RICP®  recently completed the training necessary to be awarded the Retirement Income Certified Professional® (RICP®) designation by The American College in Bryn Mawr, PA.  The RICP educational curricula is the most complete and comprehensive program available to professional financial advisors dedicated to helping their clients create substantial retirement income.

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