About Us
About UsA History Built on Honest Advice
White Knight Strategic Wealth Advisors has been a family business since 1983, when Karamjeet "Kary" Singh Mangat, CFP® answered a wanted ad in a local newspaper to join IDS Life Insurance Company. What began as a response to a newspaper listing became a decades-long career defined by an unwavering commitment to the clients who placed their trust in his hands.
Kary's talent and dedication didn't go unnoticed. When IDS Life was acquired by American Express and became American Express Financial Advisors, he rose quickly through the ranks and became one of the original members of The Gold Team — a distinction reserved for the firm's most accomplished advisors. He built something rare: a practice grounded in genuine relationships, deep expertise, and a standard of care that his clients could count on year after year.
In 2001, his son Harpreet joined him. For six years, Harpreet trained alongside his father, learning not just the technical craft of financial planning but the values that had always defined the practice — that clients deserve to feel protected, informed, and genuinely cared for. In 2007, Harpreet purchased the business from his father, carrying that legacy forward under the name Mangat & Associates. When American Express eventually spun off its advisory division into what is now Ameriprise Financial, the firm continued its work within that structure.
In 2019, Harpreet made a decision that had been building for some time. He took the firm independent, and White Knight Strategic Wealth Advisors was born. The reason was straightforward: independence meant putting clients first — always — without a corporate mandate, a proprietary product shelf, or a profit expectation standing in the way. Every recommendation made at White Knight is made on its own merits, with full transparency on costs and access to the complete range of financial solutions available in the marketplace.
The name changed. The values never did.
the teamMeet Your Team
Harpreet S. Mangat
CEO & President
Daniel Clifford
Senior Portfolio Manager
Simmer Bains
Financial Advisor
Our ClientsTaking Care Of People Like You
We have been part of people's financial lives since 1984. The work looks different than it did forty years ago, but the foundation is the same: understand who clients are, understand what they need, and help them make better decisions with what they've built.
The Strategy Behind the Name
White Knight Strategic Wealth Advisors was born from two things that have always mattered deeply to our family: the people we serve, and the discipline of thinking several moves ahead. The name comes from chess — and the Knight is the perfect embodiment of that discipline. It's one of the most misunderstood pieces on the board, moving differently from everything else and changing the outcome of a match before most players even see it coming. It doesn't just react — it anticipates. That's exactly how we approach your financial life. Every decision we make on your behalf is considered not just for today, but for the moves that follow — because markets shift, families grow, and life will occasionally throw something at you that you never saw coming. Our job is to make sure you're never caught without a strategy and never without a counter-move.
How Our Work Gets Done
Every client relationship starts with a real conversation — not a questionnaire, not a presentation, but an actual dialogue about what matters most to you, what you're trying to build, and what keeps you up at night. Those early conversations lay the foundation, but the best ones happen years down the road, when we know each other well enough to go deeper. The longer we work together, the more we understand — not just your portfolio, but your family, your priorities, and the way your needs naturally evolve over time. That's not a coincidence. It's something we actively pursue, because we've always believed that the quality of our work is directly tied to the depth of our relationships.
When it comes to making decisions, our goal is never to hand you an answer — it's to make sure you fully understand every option available to you before one is ever made. We'll walk through the implications, the tradeoffs, and the reasoning, so that whatever path you choose, you're choosing it with clarity and confidence. That same approach applies when things change. When tax laws shift or markets move, we don't just react — we take the time to understand exactly what changed, what it means for your specific situation, and whether anything needs to be revisited. You'll always know where you stand and why.
Who We Work With
We genuinely want to help people — and that's exactly why we're intentional about who we work with. Not because we're exclusive for the sake of it, but because we've learned that the best outcomes happen when there's a real alignment between what a client needs and how we work.
The clients we tend to serve best are curious, open-minded people who are willing to explore strategies and ideas they may not have encountered before. They're not looking for someone to simply validate what they already think — they want a team that will bring them options they didn't know they had, explain the reasoning behind them, and help them make informed decisions with confidence.
They also understand that real wealth management isn't a fair-weather commitment. We're not here just for the years when markets are climbing. We're here for the full picture — the corrections, the transitions, the unexpected moments, and the long arc of a life well-planned. Our focus is on annualized performance over a ten-year horizon, not on chasing a benchmark index year after year, which we believe is ultimately a distraction from what actually matters.
Finally, the clients we work with understand that genuine expertise has a cost. We invest significantly — in education, in tools, in staying sharp — because that's what it takes to give advice worth taking. We're committed to being worth every dollar, and we work best with people who value that same standard of care.
If that sounds like you, we'd love to start a conversation.
ContactLet's Find Out If We're the Right Fit
If what you've read here sounds like what you've been looking for, we'd like to meet you. Reach out to schedule an introductory call, and we'll find out together whether we're a good match.