Resource Partner Directory

AEGON's Advisor Resources Group, founded in 1994, focuses exclusively on providing insurance product solutions to fee-only investment advisors.  Our product line consists of low-cost variable, fixed and immediate annuities.  Our core product is a no-load, low-cost variable annuity (Advisor's Edge) featuring active and passive managed subaccounts from leading investment management companies including Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA), Vanguard, Fidelity, PIMCO and others.  This annuity is a pure solution to other, high-cost annuities and it offers a unique lifetime withdrawal guarantee rider that provides flexibility and security.

The Advisor Resources relationship management group assists advisors by providing enhanced service and support including annuity comparative analysis, downloads and pre-completion of client paperwork.

For additional information on lower-cost annuity solutions and ideas on how we can help you grow your assets under management please visit www.advisorresources.com or contact an AEGON Advisor Resources Consultant at 800.797.9177 option 2.

Ariel Investments, LLC is a Chicago-based investment firm. In keeping with our turtle logo, we employ a disciplined, patient approach to investing. In addition to managing separate accounts for institutional clients, the firm also serves as the investment advisor and distributor of the no-load Ariel Mutual Funds.

At Artisan Funds, we believe that experienced, active managers investing in inefficient markets can produce superior returns over time.  We welcome long-term investors who share this belief.  Investors should consider carefully before investing the fund’s investment objective, risks and charges and expenses.  For a prospectus, which contains that information and other information about the Fund, please call 800-454-1770 or visit our website, www.artisanfa.com.  Please read it carefully before you invest or send money.  Artisan Distributors LLC, member FINRA.

Since the inception of our firm in 1986, Cohen & Steers has maintained a strategic focus on dividend paying securities. We maintain a strategic focus on some of the highest yielding equity sectors, specializing in global real estate securities, preferred stocks, utilities, value equities and other dividend paying common stocks.

As a passive custodian, Equity Trust Company teams with advisors to help clients diversify their retirement accounts beyond the traditional stocks, bonds and mutual funds.  For more than 35 years Equity Trust Company has been helping individuals generate tax-free/tax-deferred wealth by self-directing IRAs and small business retirement accounts in real estate, promissory notes, tax liens, oil and gas, limited partnerships and more (refer to IRS publication 590 for regulations and any prohibited investments). 

The Equity Trust Professional Network provides advisors with resources to grow their business and clients' portfolios with this alternative investment strategy.  Resources include an online professional-only community for networking and industry updates; promotional materials; seminar hosting and continuing education opportunities.  For more information, contact Ann Siford at pronetwork@trustetc.com

FSEC makes direct investments in micro-cap oil and gas producers and service companies to acquire, develop, exploit and service producing properties. These investments are in a preferred position, and incorporate fixed and variable return elements to optimize risk-adjusted investor returns.

Jefferson National is a leading innovator of retirement products for fee-only advisors. We’ve made it our mission to help your clients save more by launching Monument Advisor, the first variable annuity with a flat-insurance fee and 200+ tax-deferred funds, designed expressly to fit the way RIAs work. Jefferson National serves more than 50,000 customers nationwide, and is domiciled in Dallas, Texas with authority in 49 states and the District of Columbia. The company has operations in Louisville, KY and offices in New York, NY. To reach our Advisor Support Desk, please call, please call 866-WHY-FLAT (1-866-949-3528). To learn more please visit www.jeffnat.com.

Low Load Insurance Services, Inc. provides fee-only financial advisors and their clients with comprehensive insurance consulting and support services. LLIS is not made up of money managers, accountants or financial planners, nor do we solicit business from the general public. Rather, we are experts in the insurance process -- from planning to ongoing service to policy reviews -- for term, long term care, disability, annuities, hybrids, and low load fixed and variable life products from highly rated companies. We find the right insurance product based upon a client’s needs and their financial planner’s recommendations. That’s what makes us the advisor’s insurance advisor.

Established in 1975, MAGA LTD. is one of the nation’s most experienced Long Term Care Insurance (LTCI) broker specialists.  In fact, Murray Gordon, CEO and Founder of MAGA LTD., was influential in the development of LTCI policy features that are still found in LTCI policies marketed more than thirty years later.  MAGA’s experience and commitment to the LTCI industry ensures that you and your clients are always up to date with the latest information.  Over the years, MAGA LTD. has been interviewed on the topic of LTCI by a number of national publications including the Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger’s, Newsweek and Morningstar.  A NAPFA Resource Partner, MAGA created a LTCI group discount for NAPFA members and eligible family members.  Allow MAGA’s experience and expertise in long term care planning to work for you.  Call Brian Gordon, Peter Florek or Murray Gordon at 800-533-6242 for more information. www.magaltc.com

We offer a national Errors & Omissions Insurance program for Registered Investment Advisors (RIA's) and Investment Advisory Representatives (IAR's) who are typically financial planners and asset managers. Our program is available in all 50 states and is endorsed by several financial associations.

Murvin & Meier Oil Co. markets private placements of working interest energy investments. These multi-well natural gas Drilling Programs are suitable for high net worth individuals and offer participants investment diversification, long-term income, and substantial tax savings.

OAG Resources, Inc. is a privately held company that explores and produces oil, gas & coal properties throughout the U.S. with Accredited Investors, Industry & Institutional Partners.

One of the largest and most respected money management firms in the U.S. with over $200 billion in client assets, OppenheimerFunds offers a broad spectrum of mutual funds, separately managed accounts and hedge fund of funds products. Our reputation for investment excellence was created over a more than 40-year history of providing strong results in even the most difficult market climates. To find out more about our products and services, please call us at 800-981-2773.

Osterweis Capital Management ("OCM") was founded in 1983 by John Osterweis to serve the portfolio management needs of high net worth individuals. OCM currently manages over $4 billion in various products, including The Osterweis Fund, The Osterweis Strategic Income Fund and individually managed accounts.

Payden Mutual Funds provide investors a globally diversified group of stock, bond and retirement mutual fund strategies at every level of the risk/reward continuum. These strategies are available through Paydenfunds, Metzler/Payden Funds and Payden/Wilshire Longevity Funds.

John Ryan, CFP has been consulting with NAPFA members since 1983 on the evaluation of life, disability and long-term care insurance planning for their clients. Over 100 insurance companies’ products are considered. Additionally, a network of industry advisors is available to help NAPFA members solve more complicated planning issues.

• Massachusetts and New Hampshire Societies of CPAs
• AAA Southern New England, AAA Merrimack Valley, and AAA Pioneer Valley 
• Virginia, Tennessee, and Massachusetts Bankers Associations

The Scout Funds are designed for the long-term investor. With a disciplined investment process focused on quality companies, the Funds have amassed total assets of more than $6.8 billion in assets (December 31, 2009). UMB Distribution Services, LLC, Distributor.

The Selected Funds are distinguished by outstanding portfolio management leadership, style fund consistency, and extremely high insider ownership in the funds. The Davis Investment Discipline, honed over three generations by the Davis family, guides us in purchasing durable, well-managed businesses at value prices and holding them for the long-term. Our commitment is demonstrated by the fact that as of June 30, 2010, the Davis family, employees and directors have more than $2 billion of their own money invested side by side with fellow shareholders in the various mutual funds our firm manages.

Since 1997, Sincere & Co. has represented institutional mutual fund companies whose managers aren’t household names.  Our current clients include Marketfield Asset Management (Marketfield Fund - MFLDX) and Beck, Mack & Oliver (Beck Mack & Oliver Global Equity Fund – BMGEX).  For more information, please call 847.905.0225, email info@sincereco.com, or visit www.sincereco.com.

Founded in 1937, Baltimore-based T. Rowe Price (Nasdaq: TROW) is a global investment management firm with $334.7 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2006. The firm provides a broad array of mutual funds, sub-advisory services, and separate account management for financial intermediaries, retirement plans, and individual and institutional investors. T. Rowe Price's disciplined, risk-aware investment approach focuses on diversification, style consistency, and fundamental research.

Trust Company of America has provided technology and custody services for more than 38 years. The platform, TCAdvisor, provides the only real-time all-in-one technology, trading and custody solution for fee-based RIA’s. Trust is recognized for helping advisors create scale and efficiency and providing technology that allows them to be more nimble in volatile markets. At the heart of the approach is one-on-one attention with more client service employees per advisor than any other custodian in the industry. Trust is a privately-held company headquartered in Centennial, Colorado. For more information about Trust, please visit www.trustamerica.com

U.S. Global Investors, Inc. is a registered investment adviser and management firm servicing retail and institutional investors. The company manages a comprehensive family of no-load mutual funds, encompassing major asset classes and markets including gold and natural resources, stocks, government money markets, tax-free bonds and emerging markets. The company manages over $4.5 billion in mutual fund assets and has an established record of delivering self-directed investment solutions to a broad spectrum of individual investors, companies, non-profit organizations and pension plans.

Wells Fargo Home Mortgage* is a NAPFA Resource Partner with a dedicated Home Mortgage team to serve the unique needs of NAPFA members. We provide services in all 50 states, featuring a full menu of traditional products as well as reverse mortgages, second homes, construction-to-permanent financing and more. Your toll-free number is 866 253-2030.

Western & Southern Financial Group (Western & Southern) is a Cincinnati-based diversified family of financial services companies with assets owned, managed and under our care in excess of $42 billion as of Dec. 31, 2008. A Fortune 500 company, Western & Southern has received A.M. Best’s highest rating of A++ Superior for financial strength, Standard & Poor’s AA+ rating (one of the nine strongest life insurance groups in the world), Fitch’s AA+ rating and Aa3 (Stable) from Moody’s.