About Us

Because we can’t and won’t serve everyone, we get to pick our clients. We work with a wide range of clients, but what generally unites our varied clients is their strong desire to steward their resources well. We work with high net worth families, entrepreneurs & owners, retirees, industry professionals, and younger couples.

When we started Kings Path, we set a goal of demonstrating passion and skills for the industry and a commitment to ongoing education. At KPP, we are always seeking to grow by adding licenses and designations but also by learning from our collective wealth of personal and shared experience.

A Series 6 or Series 7 is just not enough. While this allows you to be labeled an “Advisor” or “Broker”, it doesn’t necessarily equip you to be one. In order to more fully serve our clients, our team members have achieved the following designations and certifications:

Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), which tests over a very broad set of financial and investment materials and practices.

Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA®), which has three levels of intensive exams covering investments, portfolio design, economics, ethics, and other topics.

Certified Private Wealth Adviser (CPWA®), an advanced study program that focuses on higher net worth families and executives.

Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF®), a designation that represents knowledge of and ability to apply fiduciary practices.

Certified Trust and Fiduciary Advisor (CTFA), a designation certifying a financial professional’s knowledge and ability in the field of trusts and financial advice.

Several questions we encourage prospective clients to ask the advisor are:

Is the advisor a full-time fiduciary? Some advisors are also brokers who switch back and forth between putting your interests first and their interests first. You want an advisor who puts your interests first all the time.

Do they have conflicts of interest? Common conflicts are proprietary products such as in-house wrap programs and their own mutual funds, commissions from selling products, and outside ownership.

Are they registered and do they have a clean record? Check brokercheck.finra.org to search for registration and any complaints.

Do they have advanced credentials? Credentials indicate a passion and capability for learning and a deeper commitment to ethics.

Will they be transparent? Your advisor should disclose all fees and investment results should be benchmarked against indices.

Do they emphasize customized service? A good advisor will provide more than a "cookie-cutter" solution. He or she will listen and serve your needs uniquely. You should be more than just a page in their "book of business."

A fiduciary financial advisor acts on the client’s behalf, putting his or her interests ahead of their own. We have a legal obligation and the genuine desire to preserve good faith and trust by acting in your best interest.

Many advisers have hidden ways to make money off their “book of business.” There are commissions, incentives, margin agreements, proprietary product management fees, trading spreads, etc. These all come out of the client’s returns and pockets. Even with disclosure documents, most of these structures make it very hard for clients to know what they are paying for the services they receive.

Our philosophy for pricing is complete transparency. Clients generally pay a fee based on assets under management (AUM) – a fee that is typically lower than most in the industry. (Just pull up the various Form ADVs and compare ours.) We also have some clients that pay us hourly or on a retainer. In any case, we are fee-only, meaning we don’t receive compensation from any other source so that our recommendations are not biased by other forms of compensation.