Happy Thanksgiving!

Monday, October 10, 2011

Dear friends and family,

This Thanksgiving, we are struck by the importance of the vision we have for our lives and for our family and friends, and the brevity of our lives.

Seven years and ten months ago, Adam Gant and Emanuel Arruda, joined together in business partnership, and our lives have never since been the same. Hopefully, neither has yours!

With the passing of the prolific Steve Jobs, founder of Apple Computer, we paused to consider what a man with of great vision can affect on the world, and wonder if our vision for proliferating Intergenerational Wealth™ for families will ignite a family finance revolution globally.

In the months and years ahead, as we take LEAGUE's vision into new countries, we trust you will back us and our vision. If LEAGUE's past is any indication of our future, we gratefully anticipate your support.

On this day in 2006, 181 families were joined together in Member-Partnership with ours to acquire $42 million in assets. This Thanksgiving, we are so thankful and proud that more than 2,700 families have caught LEAGUE's vision and joined in Member-Partnership to own and control nearly $1 billion in tangible Canadian assets.

It certainly gives us reason to pause and reflect. So, as is our custom each Thanksgiving, Adam and I remember to count our blessings:

Firstly, we are so thankful and proud that all our families have stood together to face the relentless attacks of the "bear market" and have not only fended it off, but in many cases soundly defeat it. Our Colwood City Centre project, now just weeks away from demolition and construction, is a testament to what LEAGUE and its Member-Partners can make possible. Thank you.

We are thankful that LEAGUE continues to attract talented and committed experts to work with us to advance the fortunes of our Member-Partners, and that everyone under LEAGUE's employ believes in the vision we have for our Member-Partners-present and future. Without them we could accomplish nothing.

We are thankful that we live in a country with a strong financial governance system that works to keep us all secure, that Canada's commercial real estate values continue to strengthen, and for the opportunities we will seize and profit from together in the months and years ahead.

Most of all, we are thankful for your continued trust, friendship and support. For Adam and I, LEAGUE is neither a career, a vocation, nor a paycheque; it is how we will fulfill our life's vision and mission, and we are deeply honoured that you and your family have chosen to be a part of it.

It is our hope that through the investments we make with you in LEAGUE, your family will achieve Intergenerational Wealth™, spend less time working and invest more time living, contributing to your family and your community -- just as we affirmed in the 12th tenet of Our Credo -- and make the world a better place for all of us.

So, above all else, it is for you that we are most thankful. Because trust is capital, and you have placed so much of it in our care, we are wealthy men indeed.

From all of LEAGUE's families to all of yours, we wish you continued health, happiness and prosperity.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Emanuel F. Arruda Co-Founder & Co-Chair LEAGUE Financial Partners  Learn. Earn. Live. Give.™