About Us
We invite you to discover and experience the power of our federal employee-centered services. We have experience working in this specialty AND for each plan we get opinions from several sources with diverse backgrounds, education, and experience.
No one strategy fits everyone, which is why every client gets our undivided attention—for employee benefit education, retirement income planning, and investment advice. We take a proactive approach to help you develop a strategy to address your financial goals, using efficient, evidence-based methods. Recognizing that everyone encounters challenges along the way, we strive to anticipate, and also address those situations as they occur. We want to keep you on track toward a meaningful and purpose-driven financial future.
We invite you to check out all the material on our website. If something prompts a question, please send us an email or call our office. We would enjoy speaking with you.
MEET NIGEL
NIGEL VALDEZ, cff®, Frc®, BPC
FOUNDER
Nigel is a Certified Financial Fiduciary® & fee-based investment advisor, as well as the founding principal of Better Federal Retirement & Valdez Financial Group, LLC.
Over the past 24 years, Nigel Valdez has become a known and recognized financial planner for Federal employees, especially USPS and VA employees, in the Southwest & Texas.
His is a Federal Retirement Consultant®, member in good standing of the National Financial Educators Council, has served 2-years as a Society for Financial Awareness president and 2 as president of American Financial Education Alliance, Greater Tucson Chapter #4709.
He has taught FERS & CSRS employee benefits, Social Security, and Taxes in Retirement classes at the Tucson VA, AFGE & VAEA sponsored events, and Pima Community College until the programs were closed due to COVID in 2020.
Today he works in-person and virtually and since COVID has Federal employee and retiree clients all across the country.
Considering Nigel’s childhood, it is not surprising that he chose this field.
His father was a math teacher, mother a hospice nurse, and his stepfather a career federal employee.
From them he learned the love to teaching others how numbers, math and money work, the importance and impact of life-cycle planning decisions, and the importance civil service.
The way his stepfather cared for the military and civilian clients that he served, as well as the way the CSRS federal system cared for him when he retired, showed Nigel the lasting benefit of caring for those people who have spent their careers caring for others. Nigel endeavors to pay it forward.
Now that the FERS federal system requires its employees to take individual responsibility for their retirement plans, a solid financial plan is the best way to care for you and your family.
Talk to Nigel about how he could serve you.
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Talk with Nigel about how he could serve you.
Why Choose Us
Prudence
We create financial plans with care, skill, prudence and diligence…
Individualization
…based on the investment objectives, risk tolerance, financial circumstances, and needs of our clients
Loyalty
…without regard to the financial or other interests of the advisor.
