Resource Partner Directory

Our quality, low-cost multi-managed 529 college savings programs offer excellent flexibility and attractive tax benefits.Funds from AllianceBernstein, American Century, Ariel, Barclays Global Investors, Calvert, DFA, Fidelity, Goldman Sachs, Legg Mason, Northern Trust, PIMCO, State Street Global, T. Rowe Price, Vanguard, and William Blair are available.

21st Services provides objective, customized life expectancy evaluations for longevity risk management and financial planning purposes. Life expectancies are based on a comprehensive review of a client’s medical history and provide a responsible starting point for financial planning and product recommendations.

AAIS ... Long-Term Care Insurance / World Wide Travel Insurance AmeriCal Advanced Insurance Solutions, LLC (AAIS) specializes in the design, distribution and marketing of private long-term care insurance in the United States and in Latin America. Since 1973 members of our firm have been a resource for community long-term care and long-term care insurance knowledge. AmeriCal's primary focus is to help people understand the need, the cost and financing of long-term care and provide the correct long-term care insurance policy to people when it is appropriate for the consumer to buy coverage. Many of our clients travel inside and outside their country of origin. Since most insurance plans do not provide medical coverage for World Wide Travel, we developed World Wide Travel Insurance for anyone in the world. With national and international avenues for policy distribution, AmeriCal is an excellent choice for travel and long-term care insurance planning, education and solutions. Contact AmeriCal at www.americalLTC.com or at 866-311-2656 to learn more.

AEGON’s Advisor Resources Group, founded in 1994, focuses exclusively on providing insurance product solutions and services to fee-only investment advisors. Advisors have access to a no-load, low-cost variable annuity (Advisor’s Edge) featuring Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) sub-accounts, as well as Vanguard and several actively managed funds. This annuity is a solution to other, high-cost annuities. Advisor Resources is a relationship management group that assists advisors by providing an additional benefit to their clients by managing the annuity assets in the same fashion as the rest of the clients’ portfolio -- while adding to their firm's assets under management. For additional information, you can visit www.advisorresources.com or contact an AEGON Advisor Resources Consultant at 800.797.9177 option 2.

Albridge Solutions provides enterprise wealth management services to 150 financial institutions, more than 100,000 financial advisors and millions of investors that enables advisors to deliver an accurate, single view of all of their clients’ assets. Using patent-pending technology, Albridge’s enterprise wealth management technology provides unparalleled scalability in consolidating client account information from hundreds of data sources, including banking, brokerage, insurance, retirement and more. Combined with the firm’s open architecture approach to development and compatibility with a range of third-party applications, Albridge’s portfolio management system, Albridge Wealth Reporting, serves as the cornerstone of any wealth management platform. Additional information is available at www.albridge.com.

Alma Inc. is an independent oil producer. The Company specializes in acquiring and developing infill, developmental oil leases in West Central Kansas. The Company specifically targets properties that have undrilled, bypassed oil reserves. The investments are working interests and as such are fully tax advantaged.

American Century Investments is a leading investment manager with 50 years of experience helping investors achieve their financial goals. Serving investment professionals, institutions, corporations and individual investors, American Century Investments offers a broad range of products across a variety of investment disciplines. With offices in New York, Mountain View, Calif. and Kansas City, Mo., the company manages approximately $95 billion in assets through mutual funds, subadvisory accounts, institutional separate accounts and commingled trusts. For more information, visit www.americancentury.com.

The Ameristock Mutual Fund is a pure no-load fund, investing in well etablished, large-cap, domestic, companies. It utilizes a disiplined "value", bottoms-up, fundamental investment approach. By combining both active and passive portfolio management techniques, the fund seeks to achieve a consistent long-term capital appreciation with less volatility. The Fund adheres to a buy-and-hold philosophy and focuses in keeping cost, fees, and turnover to a minimum.

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 Funds, 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 NASD.

Canyon Creek Financial is a captive broker dealer that distributes, on a best-efforts basis, offerings of its sponsor, Canyon Creek Development (CCD). CCD is engaged in the acquisition and development of senior housing. The property is managed by Sunwest Management, Inc. Securities offered by Canyon Creek Development are private placements tenant-in-common fractional interest

Diamond Bay Investments (DBI) is a private real estate lender that origginates and underwrites commercial loans thrroughout the U.S.  DBI created Secured Income Partners, LLC to provide accredited investors with a high yield income investment..

Discovery - The Financial Information Group Inc. is the leader in providing Web based databases of Financial Intermediaries that empower professionals to sell more profitably. The firm also provides Discovery-Advisor Growth Services, which offer sales and marketing expertise to advisors.
Miranda Hall
732-933-1899, extension 101
732-530-6797
mhall@discoverydatabase.com
www.discoverydatabase.com/discovery_ags.htm

Empiric Core Equity (EMCAX, EMCCX) is a global, multi-cap, absolute return fund. The fund utilizes a highly structured, quantitive, and empirical (SQE) computer process to identify long and short opportunities. We believe the SQE process increases the chances of repeatability in investment returns. The fund's go-anywhere approach means it may be found in any style box at any time. The fund's objective is capital appreciation by investing in equity securities and derivatives of domestic and foreign corporations.

Contact Name: Gabe J Rodriguez
Phone Number: 800-880-0324 X3
Fax Number: 512-328-9809
E-mail address: gabe@empericadvisors.com

Fee-Only Wealth Management and Financial Planning firm

Jefferson National Life Insurance Company (Jefferson National) is a retirement savings company for fee-based advisors and the clients they serve. We believe that simple, low-cost variable annuities should be a part of every American's retirement portfolio, and we’ve made it our mission to help all Americans save more for retirement by launching Monument Advisor, the first variable annuity with a flat insurance fee. Founded in 1937, Jefferson National serves more than 40,000 customers nationwide. Jefferson National is domiciled in Dallas, Texas with authority in 49 states and the District of Columbia, and has offices in New York, N.Y. and in Louisville, KY. To reach our advisor support desk, please call 1-866-WHY-FLAT. To learn more, please visit www.jeffnat.com.

Lifetime Income Solutions Group (LISG), a member of Western & Southern Financial Group® (Western & Southern), develops products, services and tools, and identifies new distribution channels and delivery systems to help enhance and expand Western & Southern’s ability to serve segments of the population in need of retirement solutions. Western & Southern is a Cincinnati-based diversified family of financial services companies with assets owned, managed and under our care in excess of $47 billion. A Fortune 500 company, Western & Southern is one of the 10 highest rated life insurance groups in the world based on our Standard & Poor’s rating and is consistently recognized by Moody’s and Fitch for financial strength and sound management.

 Firm Name:  Integrity Life Insurance Company / Lifetime Income Solutions Group
Contact Name:  Jerry Skapyak   
Phone Number:  800-513-6696
Fax Number:   502-589-6807
E-mail Address:  jerry.skapyak@wslife.com

AdvisorIntelligence, based in Orinda, Calif., is an independent Web-based research and practice management resource for advisors to conduct research, select funds, and construct portfolios for their clients.  AdvisorIntelligence, the only service that provides investment strategies from a practicing wealth manager, is published by Litman/Gregory Analytics, LLC.  Litman/Gregory manages more than $3 billion in assets both directly for high-net-worth clients and indirectly as an investment strategist to consultant platforms, trust companies and broker/dealers. Resources include asset class and manager research, investment recommendations, model portfolios, charts and communication materials that can be redistributed to advisors’ clients. To subscribe or for more information visit www.advisorintelligence.com/offer/NAPFA

Litman/Gregory's AdvisorIntelligence is a web-based research and practice management resource for advisors to conduct manager due diligence, select funds, and construct portfolios. Resources include research, presentations, tools, charts, and communication materials that can be redistributed to advisor's clients. NAPFA advisors receive a free trial and discounted subscription for first time subscribers at www.advisorintelligence.com/offer/NAPFA07.

Low Load Insurance Services, Inc. in Tampa, Florida, provides financial advisors with comprehensive insurance consulting and support services, including policy reviews. We assist with the entire insurance buying process, from planning to ongoing service. We offer term, long term care, disability and low load fixed and variable life products from highly rated companies. www.llis.com

MAGA Limited, one of the nations most respected LTCI agencies, has been a pioneer in long term care planning since 1975. As an industry innovator, we help shape the marketplace and are always up to date on the ever changing LTCI landscape. MAGA works with your clients in the manner you deem most appropriate to design their unique coverage and keep you in the loop every step of the way. Licensed nationally, MAGA has been quoted and published in some of the nations most respected newspapers, magazines and trade publications. NAPFA members and their extended family are eligible for coverage discounts. Contact MAGA to learn more.

Managers Investment Group, LLC designs and implements a wide array of institutional-quality mutual fund and separate account strategies that span the range from single-asset, single-manager building-block components that fit one particular client need, to all-encompassing, multi-asset, multi-style, multi-manager investment solutions.

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in the United States and in major international markets. The company offers an extensive line of Internet, software, and print-based products and services for individuals, financial advisors, and institutions. Morningstar provides data on approximately 145,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles. The company has operations in 14 countries and minority ownership interests in companies in three other countries.

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.

Realty Capital Partners, LLC (RCP) provides real estate investment programs for investors who wish to diversify their investment portfolios. Investors may spread their risk by participating in a variety of real estate limited partnerships, including retail, office, raw land, industrial, hotel, residential and medical condos, mezzanine financing and residential developments. RCP offers development partnerships with long-term profit potential as well as “cash flow” partnerships that provide for immediate investment returns. RCP has invested over $300 million of equity capital in the past decade for these partnerships.

Contact Name:  Isaac D. Gregory
Phone Number:  (817) 479-1400
Fax Number:  (817) 577-5434
E-mail Address:  igregory@rcpinvestments.com

www.rcpinvestments.com

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.

A global asset management company with a 200-year history and over $226 billion in assets. Manage money for institutional investors, endowments & foundations and financial intermediaries. Offices in 26 countries, bringing our expertise to markets across the world.

The Selected Funds are distinguished by renowned leadership, fund style consistency, and extremely high insider ownership in the funds. We are pleased to have Shelby Davis as our Senior Research Advisor and Christopher Davis and Kenneth Feinberg as our outstanding Portfolio Managers.

Servant Investments is a Private Equity Real Estate Investment Firm based in Orlando Fl.,  investing in various real estate asset classes.  We presently have one fund available, our Healthcare Fund which is  on the Schwab and Fidelity platforms.  The Fund invests in Senior independent and assisted living facilities as well as medical office building and hospitals.   It offers  a 10% preferred return and a projected ROI of  17% to 22% over the life of the investment which ranges from 36 months to 60 months.  

Shopoff Properties Trust, a publicly registered, non-traded REIT is available for your clients.  Our primary focus is investing in undeveloped, value add real estate assets and preparing them for development by seeking entitlements.  Our shares are offered on a commission free basis from our affiliate Shopoff Securities, Inc.

Contact Name: Investor Relations
Phone Number:1-877-874-7348  
Fax Number:949-417-1399  
E-mail Address: info@shopoff.com

Sincere & Co.'s mission is to find high quality, lesser-known investment products for the independent RIA community. We conduct our own qualitative and quantitative analysis to identify managers who meet our standards and then, upon agreement, we represent a hand-selected few to RIAs.  Our newest clients are Marketfield Asset Management (Marketfield Fund - MFLDX) and Allianz Global Investors.  For more information, please call 312.214.7220, email info@sincereco.com, or visit www.sincereco.com.

Superfund Asset Management, Inc. has been offering managed futures products to US private investors since 2002. The Superfund group of companies is a leading worldwide provider of managed futures funds, with approximately $1.5 billion under management for over 50,000 individual clients.

Trust Company of America Institutional Advisor Services is an independent, differentiated provider of custody, trading, and back office services to fee-based registered investment advisors. Trust Company Advisor Services provides a state-of-the-art modeled strategies trading platform where advisors can enter, execute, allocate, and reconcile trades across individual accounts, groups of accounts, or entire books of business in less than a minute. Other unique benefits include a specialized program for advisors who sell through representatives and a flexible, comprehensive fee management program. Trust Company Advisor Services delivers highly scalability solutions for growing advisors who want to spend less money on overhead and more time growing their business.

Contact Name: Joanna Kafel-Knott
Phone Number: 800-955-7808
Fax Number: 303-705-6128
E-mail Address: sales@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.

For more than 25 years, the UMB Scout Funds have provided a prudent investment vehicle for registered investment advisors, Taft-Hartley plans, institutional clients and long-term investors. The Funds offer a wide range of investment objectives, including large-cap, mid-cap, small-cap, international and fixed-income. With a disciplined and repeatable investment process focused on high-quality companies, the Funds’ advisor seeks to increase alpha while minimizing risk. Over the years, the Funds’ managers have been featured in many financial publications including, Barron’s, Investors Business Daily, SmartMoney, etc. The Funds have amassed more than $5.8 billion in assets (

Wasatch Funds is a family of 13 no-load mutual funds focused on finding investment opportunities in micro to mid cap companies through a research-intensive process of bottom-up, fundamental analysis. The same people who built the long term track record are the portfolio managers today. It is the firm’s philosophy that earnings growth drives stock prices over the long run.

Contact Name: Tim Bryan
Phone Number: 800 381 1065
Fax Number: 801 533 9828
E-mail Address: tim@wasatchfinds.com

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.