Probability of shortfall
The probability that your portfolio can't meet the demands placed on it over the plan horizon. When this number moves, we re-match, not when a benchmark moves.
No two clients are the same. Centry builds a custom wealth plan tailored to your specific goals, constraints and family position, then engineers the portfolio to fund what your life will actually cost, with tax, residency and structure all connected from the start.
Most wealth managers start from a model portfolio and a risk questionnaire. But your wealth isn't trying to beat a benchmark; it's trying to fund a life with its own goals, constraints and timeline. School fees, a property purchase, tax on a relocation, thirty years of retirement income. Without a plan built around these specifics, risk is measured the wrong way and decisions are made without context.
Most clients arrive with wealth scattered across jurisdictions, custodians, advisers and legal structures, with no single view of how it all connects. In order to plot a route to your destination, Centry maps out the full picture: entities, accounts, assets, tax residencies and ownership links and goals; all updated live as the plan evolves. The map below belongs to Daniel, an illustrative founder client; we'll follow his plan through the rest of this page.

Centry sits down to understand your goals and constraints in order to build a plan that solves for these. We move from diagnosis to plan, implementation and ongoing monitoring, with tax, wealth and your real cash needs treated as one operating picture.
We start by understanding your goals, objectives and constraints: what you want your wealth to achieve, what it needs to cover, and the realities that shape the solution: tax, residency, family position, timing and risk appetite.
We build a bespoke plan that balances your goals against real constraints. The portfolio is engineered in layers, each matched to a different time horizon, with tax and structure planned together.
Accounts, custodians, asset movements and tax structures can be advised on or directly managed, with client authority and regulated partner involvement where required.
We track changes: to markets, to your life, to tax rules, and evolve the plan so everything your life demands stays funded.
A traditional wealth manager measures risk as portfolio volatility: how much your account swings quarter to quarter. But volatility doesn't tell you whether your children's school fees are funded, or whether a market drawdown at 64 means you run out of money at 79. We measure risk in terms of how you most feel pain.
The probability that your portfolio can't meet the demands placed on it over the plan horizon. When this number moves, we re-match, not when a benchmark moves.
Maximum portfolio loss in a severe scenario, measured against whether everything you need is still funded, not against a benchmark. If your plan is still covered, a drawdown is a paper event, not a crisis.
How long it takes to restore full funding after a drawdown, because a retiree at 65 can't wait as long as a 50-year-old. This drives how much growth capital we hold.
Every client's situation is different. Here are the areas Centry can advise on, implement, and monitor as part of your wealth plan.
Design and build a layered portfolio matched to your liabilities and time horizons, not a model template. We review asset class mix, geography, concentration, currency exposure and whether every holding has a reason to be there.
"I've got holdings everywhere, is this actually structured for what I need?"
Centry doesn't just recommend; we act. With your authority, we can place trades, move assets between custodians, open and close accounts, submit forms and implement restructuring. Regulated investment execution is provided through our partner Crito Capital.
"Who actually does the work? My current adviser sends me a PDF and I'm left to figure out the rest."
Private equity, venture capital, private credit and other alternatives can play a meaningful role, but only when matched to your plan. Centry sources high-quality deal flow, evaluates opportunities against your liquidity, tax position and time horizon, and integrates private holdings into the same picture as public markets. We don't push product; we match opportunities to circumstances.
"Everyone's offering me deal flow. How do I know what's actually worth looking at?"
Audit what you pay and where assets are held. We review management fees, platform costs, FX spreads, custodian arrangements and account structures, simplifying where it reduces cost, risk or operational burden. Where clients want a smoother process, we typically use Interactive BrokersInteractive BrokersOne of the world's largest electronic brokerages, publicly listed on Nasdaq (IBKR). Serves over 3 million client accounts across 200+ countries with access to 150+ markets, known for low-cost execution and institutional-grade infrastructure. or AlpacaAlpacaA US-based, SEC-registered broker-dealer and FINRA/SIPC member providing commission-free trading infrastructure via API. Backed by investors including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital and Y Combinator, with client assets protected up to $500,000 through SIPC..
"Am I paying too much? Could my setup be simpler?"
Model where cash comes from, when it's needed, and which assets to draw on first, including capital call obligations. We surface concentration risk, single-stock exposure and currency tilt. Stress tests show what happens to your plan in adverse scenarios, not just your portfolio value.
"What happens if markets drop 30%? Can I still fund everything?"
The plan doesn't sit on a shelf. Software-driven analysis runs daily, tracking market moves, tax rule changes, custody events and life changes. When something needs attention, we contact you with a specific recommendation, not just a notification.
"I don't want to chase my adviser. I want them to chase me."
Life doesn't wait for the annual review. A bonus lands, a market falls, a rate changes, a tax rule shifts, and for months, nobody looks. Centry connects to your ongoing flow of financial information, keeps your wealth map current automatically, and re-runs the analysis daily. Problems are caught while they're still small, and opportunities are caught while they're still open.
A unique Centry email address to forward statements to. A shared folder on Google Drive, OneDrive, iCloud or Dropbox. A secure messaging channel. Send things once, in whatever form they arrive: no portals, no re-keying, no homework.
Our AI pipeline reads each statement, valuation and letter as it arrives and updates your wealth map. Routine, low-risk updates are applied automatically. Anything requiring judgement is reviewed by your team, and anything material is confirmed with you before it changes the plan.
Analysis runs on a schedule and whenever something changes: funding simulations, liquidity forecasts, concentration checks, rate and fee scans. When something needs attention, you receive a specific recommendation with the work already done, not a notification and a to-do list.
One connection. A continuously updated picture. Analysis every day.
Illustrative examples of the checks that run automatically against your live plan.
After a market fall, the daily simulation shows the chance of not meeting your future needs has risen above its threshold. You receive a specific re-match proposal: which layer to top up, from where, and the tax impact, not a warning light.
The forecast spots the collision months ahead and recommends the cheapest source of cash: a maturing deposit, a dividend sweep or a small, tax-aware sale, so nothing is sold in a hurry.
Proceeds land, life gets busy, and cash quietly earns nothing. The scan flags idle balances across every account and proposes where they belong in the plan: swept, laddered or invested.
Rates move; loan documents don't remind you. The scan compares every borrowing against current terms and flags refinancing opportunities when the saving is worth the effort, with the numbers already run.
A strong run is good news, until one position is a quarter of your wealth. The check flags the drift and proposes a staged, tax-aware de-risking plan while it's still a choice, not an emergency.
Examples are illustrative. Every recommendation is reviewed by your team before it reaches you.
Yes, but not in the narrow traditional sense. Centry provides wealth management in the context of helping you build wealth and tax plans to achieve your goals. We also use sophisticated software to allow us to stay up to date with your changing context, to proactively perform automated analysis on a daily basis in order to act as always-on advisors. Where regulated investment advice or portfolio management is required, this is provided through our regulated partner Crito Capital, Empresa de Investimento, S.A., which is authorised and regulated by the CMVM in Portugal.
Centry starts from your goals: what your wealth needs to fund, when, and under what constraints. From there we build a layered portfolio matched to each time horizon, with tax, residency, liquidity and structure planned together. Ongoing software-driven analysis tracks whether the plan still meets your needs and flags when adjustments are warranted, so wealth decisions are never made in isolation from tax consequences or life changes.
Yes. Private assets, including private equity, private credit, venture capital and other alternative investments, have a role in many portfolios, but they come with illiquidity, capital-call timing, valuation uncertainty and tax complexity that generic platforms don't handle well. Centry integrates private holdings into the wider wealth plan so that liquidity, tax impact, diversification and time-horizon constraints are considered alongside public market positions. Recommendations are always driven by the client's personal circumstances, not a blanket allocation.
Yes. Centry can map crypto holdings, staking positions and exchange accounts into the wider tax, custody, estate and wealth picture. The goal is to treat digital assets as part of the full plan, with proper tax treatment, reporting and liquidity planning, rather than leaving them as a separate blind spot.
No. Centry starts by understanding what exists today: accounts, assets, advisers, structures, obligations and goals. If a move, transfer, trade, custody change or account opening is appropriate, Centry can help implement that with client authority and the right professional or regulated partner involvement.
A model portfolio picks a risk profile, cautious, balanced, aggressive, and allocates to that template. It doesn't know what you need the money for or when. Centry starts from what your life will actually cost, the known and the uncertain, and builds the portfolio in layers so every demand on your wealth is funded by the right kind of capital at the right time. The portfolio is the output of the plan, not the starting point.
It means we treat your future spending, tax events, property purchases, school fees, and retirement income as liabilities on a personal balance sheet, the same way a pension fund or insurer matches assets to obligations. Your portfolio is then engineered to meet those liabilities, with each layer of capital matched to a different time horizon.
Because the portfolio is built in layers, a market fall doesn't require panic selling. Near-term liabilities are already funded by cash and short bonds. Growth capital, equities, private markets, sits against liabilities decades away, where history shows that even major crises are mere blips on the long-term compounding curve. Your next five years of income remain untouched, the plan evolves around the recovery, and your lifestyle continues.

Continuously. The plan is not a one-off document; it's a live model that evolves when your circumstances change, when markets move significantly, or when tax rules shift. You receive regular updates showing whether your liabilities are still fully funded and whether any rebalancing is needed.
You choose the channel: forward documents to your unique Centry email address, share a folder on Google Drive, OneDrive, iCloud or Dropbox, or send things over a secure messaging channel. Our AI pipeline reads what arrives and keeps your wealth map current. Routine, low-risk updates are applied automatically; anything requiring judgement is reviewed by your team, and anything material is confirmed with you first. You can disconnect a channel at any time.
Not necessarily. Centry starts by understanding what exists today: accounts, custodians, advisers, structures. If changes improve the plan (better custody terms, tax-efficient account structure, lower fees, easier maintenance), and you as the client are comfortable transferring assets to different custodians, Centry helps implement those with your authority. But the plan works around your current setup first.
Centry can work with your existing custodians and brokerages; we start from what you already have. Where clients want a smoother automated process with lower fees, we typically use Interactive BrokersInteractive BrokersOne of the world's largest electronic brokerages, publicly listed on Nasdaq (IBKR). Serves over 3 million client accounts across 200+ countries with access to 150+ markets, known for low-cost execution and institutional-grade infrastructure. or AlpacaAlpacaA US-based, SEC-registered broker-dealer and FINRA/SIPC member providing commission-free trading infrastructure via API. Backed by investors including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital and Y Combinator, with client assets protected up to $500,000 through SIPC., both of which offer institutional-grade execution, broad market access and competitive custody terms. The choice depends on your plan, your preferences and what makes implementation simplest.
Yes. Centry can help map out how wealth transfers across generations, including ownership structures, tax implications of inheritance, trusts, family governance and cross-border estate exposure. The goal is to make sure estate planning is connected to the wider tax and wealth plan rather than treated as a separate exercise.
Yes. Property is often the largest single asset on a client's balance sheet, but it's frequently left out of portfolio analysis. Centry includes property holdings, residential, investment and commercial, in the overall allocation picture, considering concentration risk, liquidity constraints, rental income, tax treatment and how property fits against your other liabilities and time horizons.
Yes. Debt is a tool within the plan, not a separate topic. Centry can help review mortgage structures, margin facilities and lending options to ensure borrowing is efficient, tax-optimal and aligned with the wider wealth position. The goal is to make sure leverage decisions are made in context, not in isolation.
Yes. Centry gives you one consolidated view across all custodians, asset classes, structures and jurisdictions. Rather than logging into five different platforms, you see your full position: public and private holdings, property, digital assets, entities and cash, updated and maintained as part of the ongoing service.
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