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Fiduciary, Independent, Fee Only Financial Advisors
FINANCIAL ADVISORS NEAR MINNEAPOLIS MN
Areas of Expertise
Comprehensive Financial Planning: We help clients simplify the complex topics of tax, estate, charitable giving, education and college funding, social security optimization, pension plan interpretations and choices, cash flow analysis, and gifting. We help our clients formulate a clear vision for their finances.
Investment Management Strategy: We help our clients with investment management considering retirement income distribution needs, coordinating other investment assets (real estate, business, and pension) to optimize long-term stability and growth, and tax efficient strategies to optimize wealth accumulation.
Specialized Financial Advice: We help our clients develop sound financial plans for unique and infrequent situations, such as wealth transfer, use of trusts, real estate transactions, education, business, concentrated stock based rewards, sudden wealth via inheritance or windfall, sales of business, and estate tax issues.
Risk Management: We discuss with our clients how to use insurance products to address long term care and estate planning needs. We may coordinate with local insurance brokers to further assist with our clients' needs.
Personal Attention: Our financial advisors spend extra time to help clients understand their financial plan. We are fiduciary financial advisors who take pride in helping clients make better decisions.
Regular Communication: Our financial advisors reach out to clients regularly not only to just say "hi", but also to provide investment updates as well as to see if there have been any changes in the clients' lives.
Estate & Insurance & TAX PLANNING
Sarah Kang, Certified Financial Planner (TM)
Sarah is responsible for client relationships. She has passed all of the education and exam requirements of Certified Financial Planner designation. She has a Masters Degree from Indiana University Bloomington and is a Member of Financial Planning Association of MN. Her industry experiences include estate planning, tax strategy, special needs planning, and insurance strategy review.
Sarah is a concert pianist and is a frequent performer for local piano recitals or special events. She is a certified financial planner serving Saint Paul, Minneapolis, Rochester, and near Twin City areas and where otherwise legally permitted. Please Email me with inquiries.
Retirement Income & Core Investment Portfolio Management
Ujae Kang, CFA, CAIA, ASA, MAAA
Ujae is the portfolio manager and chief compliance officer. He has been involved in managing clients' and former employers' investment portfolios over 10 years. He is a charter holder of Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designations. He is also an Associate of the Society of Actuaries, and a Member of American Academy of Actuaries. He holds a Bachelors of Business Administration, Accounting & Finance, from Indiana University Bloomington. He holds a Master of Financial Mathematics from the University of Minnesota's School of Mathematics.
Both insurance companies and government regulators rely on actuaries to project cash flows from investments and liabilities of pension funds, insurance companies, financial institutes, and more. Ujae will bring that same knowledge and experiences to you in your financial planning. His experience comes from a decade of working experience advising the enterprise level investment portfolio, cash flow, and debt portfolio of one of the latest insurance companies in the US.
Ujae's wife is Sarah and they have four boys.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT (aDVISORY bOARD)
James "Jim" Mahnke, CTA, CPO
Jim provides market insight and business development strategies. Jim is Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager of Gamma Investment Management.* His notable past experience includes:
- Shield Plus Chief Investment Strategist & Portfolio Manager — A number one Barclay Institutional Report ranking for Option-Based Strategies.
- SVP at ING/ReliaStar Corporation (now Voya Financial) — Lipper top-third mutual fund ranking for US Government Fixed-Income.
- VP at Alliance Capital Management in Minneapolis & New York (now AllianceBernstein) — Russell top quartile performance for US Broad Fixed-Income.
- SVP & Portfolio Manager at Security Bank & Trust — Achieved an equivalent Morningstar top quartile ranking for 60/40 Balanced.
- Related Experience — Alternative Asset Committee & Asset/Liability Management Committees for $14B of marketable bonds at ING/ReliaStar and ING/ReliaStar Bank as well as third-party banks.
Our Support Teams and Partners
Investment Portfolio Operations & Support
Complex & Unique Financial Planning Support
Complex & Unique Financial Planning Support
Charles Schwab & Co. Dedicated Service Team: UAK Diversified LLC has selected Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as primary custodian for our clients’ accounts.
Charles Schwab & Co, Inc. (“Schwab”) has more than 20 years of experience serving independent advisors. Schwab was a pioneer in the business of exclusively serving independent, fee-based investment advisors and their clients.
Complex & Unique Financial Planning Support
Complex & Unique Financial Planning Support
Complex & Unique Financial Planning Support
MoneyGuidePro: MoneyGuidePro provides support to UAK Diversified in developing advanced financial planning. It is staffed with experienced Certified Financial Planners and other professionals to help us provide a team approach in financial planning and reviews.
Insurance Protection & Risk Management
Insurance Protection & Risk Management
Insurance Protection & Risk Management
CBS Brokerage: Shakopee, MN based CBS Brokerage is a leading insurance brokerage company. With senior management boasting 50 years of experience, the firm is able to provide invaluable industry knowledge pertaining to life, annuities, LTC and secondary products. UAK Diversified seeks help from CBS Brokerage when its valued clients have insurance protection needs. CBS Brokerage is chosen for its access to the insurance industry’s most respected carriers and its exceptional services.
Firm Compliance and Regulation
Insurance Protection & Risk Management
Insurance Protection & Risk Management
A 3rd party unaffiliated compliance firm: A national 3rd party RIA compliance vendor (RIA stands for Registered Investment Advisor) helps UAK Diversified with best practices in compliance. It provides state and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registration services as well as compliance solutions that enable RIAs to operate in good standing.
Our Firm's Professional Designations & Affiliations
