About Us

About Hive Retirement Planning

Hive Retirement Planning provides flat-fee retirement planning and investment management for people approaching or in retirement.

We help bring your spending, retirement income, taxes, investments and legacy planning together into one coordinated financial plan.

Our goal is to help you understand your choices and make informed financial decisions as you approach and move through retirement.


Why We Founded Hive Retirement Planning



Tom Mullarkey, CFP®, RICP®, TPCP® — Founder and Financial Planner

Tom Mullarkey is a CFP® professional and also holds designations in Retirement Income Planning (RICP®) and Tax Planning (TPCP®).

Prior to Hive Retirement Planning, Tom spent 24 years at Credit Suisse, most recently as a Managing Director in Leveraged Finance sales, where he worked with institutional investors on leveraged loans and high yield bonds. He is also a Senior Director at Shelter Rock Capital Group.

Tom attended Colgate University for his undergraduate degree and Fordham University for his MBA. At Fordham, he finished second in his class.

Tom is an avid musician who plays bass guitar in several bands, with performances raising nearly two million dollars for various charities.

Tom has also held many roles in his community, including President of Greenwich Village Little League, which serves the families of 850 girls and boys throughout Manhattan.

Hive Retirement got its name because Tom, or Tommy as friends know him, is also a beekeeper, keeping between six and twelve hives in the Berkshires in western Massachusetts.

He lives in NYC with his wife and two children.

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