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Fiduciary, Independent, Fee Only Financial Advisors
ASSETS UNDER MANAGED (AUM) SERVICE:
Optimized investment and complementary services
- We provide “Basic”, “Premium”, or “Executive” level services to these clients depending on the size of the assets we directly manage (Please see the Retainer Fee Arrangements). In certain situations, this may result in a much lower fee for clients. Annualized fees are shown to the left. Suitable for those who want robust investment management service that is also tailored for tax optimization. We may make discretionary trades that are time sensitive in the interest of tax optimization or take advantage of short-term volatilities.
- Under this service, an investment portfolio is a replica of a 4 or 5 star allocated mutual funds from top rated investment management companies, such as Fidelity or T. Rowe Price. We use ultra-low expense exchange traded fund products to keep fund expenses well under 0.07%.
- We provide objective performance comparisons to match or exceed these top performing mutual funds. Schwab, the custodian, produces these performance reports, directly abiding by Global Investment Performance Standards – GIPS®. We objectively compare our performance with the leading mutual funds using net of fee basis in the most transparent and verifiable way for our clients. Optimized Diversified is different than Diversified Enough to be Legally Compliant.
- Optimized Diversified is different than Diversified Enough to be Legally Compliant. Many low-cost target dated or allocated mutual funds follow barely compliant models to keep the expenses low. Such low-cost index allocated mutual funds would not be allowed in institutions or corporations. It is because they are not optimally diversified, and they have concentrated risks in a few asset classes.
OUR FEES vs the INDUSTRY AVERAGE fees
Our fees are competitive and we avoid products that enrich broker dealers. We use low expense investment products often used by institutions.
Average Financial Planner's All In Fee (Management + Product Expenses): Mutual funds and Annuities enrich advisors' employers, broker dealers.
Ongoing Financial Consulting Arrangements (1 yr contract)
Basic Service:
- Recommended for investable asset sizes less than $750K with majority in tax qualified accounts.
- Initial full comprehensive financial planning and ongoing updates as needed. In this service, we examine your finances in their totality. The assessment normally takes four months to complete with 4 meetings in total expected. You will receive a detailed report of where you stand, a list of steps to take moving forward, and an assessment of how close you are to obtaining your financial goals. High-level assistance of strategy implementation included.
- Ongoing consultation on major financial topics (example: mortgage refinancing, giving plan).
- Quarterly portfolio review, account maintenance, and recommendations (rebalancing and tax harvesting).
- High level advice on held away assets. Limited assistance in implementation on these accounts.
- Cost ranges between $3,400 and $4,500 per year; 65% payable up front with the remainder due 6 months into the engagement.
Premium Service:
- Recommended for investable asset size of less than $1.5M with some in taxable unqualified accounts. Or for those with mid-to-upper senior management level compensation arrangements
- Includes all the services from Basic Service.
- Judicious investment management of existing investment portfolio. In complex situations, we recommend transferring as is to Schwab for us to execute trades more efficiently. Investment funds can be transferred to Schwab Brokerage Services without altering anything or creating any complications. In some cases, the changes could occur over several years to mitigate large taxable realized gains.
- We provide fully diversified exchanged traded fund solutions that mimic top mutual funds. Investment management is a replica of a 4 or 5 star allocated mutual funds. We provide objective performance comparisons to match or attempt to exceed these top performing mutual funds on a net of fee basis.
- High-level tax strategies.
- Employee Benefits Assessment
- Insurance Policy Review or planning
- Budgeting – High level strategy
- Monitor and advise on investment accounts that are held away (401K, Trust, or other restrictive accounts) up to 3 accounts.
- Cost ranges between $5,200 and $7,400 per year; 65% payable up front with the remainder due 6 months into the engagement.
Executive Service:
- Suitable for investable asset size greater than $1.5M. Or for those with executive level compensation arrangements, Executive Deferred Compensation, Stock Options, Stock Grants, executive level employee of a private company with profit sharing or other bespoke award arrangements.
- Includes all the services from Premium Service
- Complex financial planning strategies geared towards making generational wealth transfer or charitable giving involving trust or LLP creations or maintenance.
- Individual tax return service and strategy consultations by a prestigious CPA firm in Saint Paul MN, Lethert, Skwira, Schultz & Co. LLP. Or, we reimburse individual tax return service if clients wish to continue to use their existing CPA and are happy with their current service.
- Personalized consultation with Jim Mahnke. Jim is a recently retired top money manager at a prestigious investment management bank, AllianceBernstein.
- Budgeting – more involved implementation strategy if client wishes.
- More thorough monitoring and advise on investment accounts held away (401K, Trust, endowment fund, or other restrictive accounts) up to 7 accounts.
- Cost ranges between $8,200 and $11,700 per year; 65% payable up front with the remainder due 6 months into the engagement.
One-time financial planning service*:
Transactional Engagement:
- In this service, we examine your finances in their totality and then send you on your way. The assessment normally takes three months to complete with 3 to 4 meetings in total expected. By the end, you will receive a detailed report of where you stand, a list of steps to take moving forward, and an assessment of how close you are to obtaining your financial goals.
- If you are someone who values professional advice but prefers to take matters into your own hands, then a onetime financial planning service may be what you need.
- Price ranges between $3,000 ~ $6,500 depending on the complexity and intensity.
*We reserve right to politely decline this service to prospects who have not done any portfolio rebalancing or tax harvesting trades in the past or lack understanding on optimized investment portfolio construction theory. It is because we have found it not effective to educate our clients in such a short amount of time.