
Important Business Transition Message
CEO and Financial Advisor Charles Wareham shares important information regarding changes to our investment platform at Vaylark Financial. Here are details and rationale that clients need to know.
We specialize in the college funding to retirement transition.
Often, we meet new friends through the college funding process. We’ve found a niche in helping families plan for their kid’s education, and the conversation often starts there. But it’s more than that.
Learn more“You want to take care of the kids, but you also want to take care of you.”

We specialize in the college funding to retirement transition. And it truly is a transition. It starts with a realization that college may be your life’s biggest expense, but you’d also like to put the finishing touches on your retirement plans.
The piecemeal process you’ve used in the past is no longer acceptable. You’re ready for a comprehensive approach and an experienced team that understands your story. You want to take care of the kids, but you also want to take care of you.
Like other firms, we provide asset management and retirement planning. But we tend to meet our clients at the time that college funding becomes important.
From there, we’ll use more than 25 years of experience to help you make college realistically happen, and create a retirement of dignity and respect for yourselves.
We know the economic, political, and investment environment is certainly challenging. But these are also very exciting times! We believe that smart thinking and paying attention to world around us can lead to opportunities and exciting results. In the end, we’re just as invested in your success as you are.
We believe our strongest asset is the quality – and qualities – of our people. And our office philosophy is designed to maximize that strength. We’ll help you to experience a single point of contact, with a trusted advisory team, that will help you get your financial house in order once and for all.
Highlights from Vaylark Financial’s Harry Potter themed annual client dinner July 31, 2026 at the Society Room in Downtown Hartford.

Charles Wareham, Financial Advisor and Registered Principal at Vaylark Financial, sets the stage for the tax planning and Roth conversion conversations from our investment and planning partners.


Charles Wareham is a member of Ed Slott’s Elite IRA Advisor Group℠. Learn about the ongoing education and retirement distribution resources behind his membership.
About the programSoup to nuts consulting and planning services to build and deliver the tools you need to make effective life decisions and monitor outcomes over time.
Shorter conversations and tighter tools to provide a snapshot of a particular issue or topic.
Access to best in class professional portfolio management through our institutional investment partners.
For college planning, retirement, or business management.
Developing reality based strategies for funding college costs across the spectrum of many children over multiple years of education.
Developing, implementing and monitoring retirement strategies using state of the art software tools and decades of experience.
Utilize our unique investment philosophy, coupled with state of the art research, to select and oversee exciting investment opportunities.
Quarterbacking your case with our estate planning and tax partners in an effort to keep more of what you have.
“I promise you, our seminars are like nothing you’ve experienced before.”
View all eventsNovember 5, 2026
Enfield High School
Friday, December 11, 2026
Hartford Stage, with a pre-show reception
For clients only; no guests for this event, please.
Register NowFriday, January 22, 2027 · 6:30 PM
Capital Grille
Featuring special guest Tony Parish, Chief Investment Officer Alphastar
Friday, January 29, 2027
Up In Smoke, Cromwell, CT
A tasting of locally distilled bourbons, locally rolled cigars, and Italian foods. Participants go home with three cigars, a custom jet lighter, and a cutter.
February 11, 2027
East Lyme High School
April 9, 2027
Mohegan Sun
June 4, 2027
Sam Adams Party Deck
September 10, 2027
Sam Adams Party Deck
Our client relationships are long term, often spanning decades. We love what we do, and we love the people we work with. We want to understand what’s truly important to you, because after all money is only a tool. It’s life, love, health, and family that truly matters.
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