Services & Fees

At Neary Financial Planning, you can choose between two services: financial planning with investment management or financial planning only. We’re here to help you find the option that best fits your needs.

Personalized Planning

As a small independent Registered Investment Advisor, we prioritize exceptional client service, while providing flexible, adaptable and personalized financial planning and investment management services to clients.

Ongoing Support

Financial circumstances can suddenly change, and priorities and goals inevitably shift. We are here to help you understand your evolving financial circumstances.

Transparent Fees

We offer transparent pricing with no hidden fees and no commissions.

Fiduciary Financial Advisor

Legally and ethically bound to act in your best interests, we act as your partner and advocate, ensuring you make smart financial decisions so that you can enjoy the moments that matter to you most.

Educational Approach

We educate our clients about financial concepts, investments and their options, offering impartial advice, removing barriers and allowing you to maintain greater control over your financial future. 

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Our Services

Financial Planning with Investment Management

We will collaborate with you to build a tailored comprehensive financial plan while also providing investment management to help you plan and achieve the financial goals important to you. Financial planning and consulting services are included for clients on an ongoing basis, at no additional charge, who opt for our investment management services. After completing and reviewing your financial plan, we will also provide you with actionable next steps and guidance.

When utilizing our investment management services, we will collaborate with you to carefully craft and manage broadly diversified portfolios that cater to your unique investment preferences, tax situation and goals. We consider both your long-term and short-term financial goals when constructing portfolios. By building a diversified portfolio, and utilizing both passive and active investment strategies, we strive to help clients weather a variety of market environments.

This model is best for clients interested in ongoing comprehensive financial planning from a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERⓇ with ongoing professional investment management.

Fees: Financial Planning with Investment Management Annual Fee Schedule

  • $0 – $750,000:  1.0%
  • $750,000 – $2,500,000:  0.80%
  • $2,500,000 – $5,000,000:  0.50%
  • $5,000,000 +:  0.30%
  • Fees can be deducted directly from accounts or billed separately. Fees are blended according to the above tier and may be billed monthly or quarterly in arrears. Minimum annual fee of $2,400 (billed either at $200 per month or $600 per quarter).

Billing Example: The effective annual fee rate for a client with assets under management of $1,500,000 would be 0.90%, or $13,500.  See math below: (($750,000 x 1.00%) + ($750,000 x 0.80%)) / $1,500,000.

Discounts & Credits:

  • Credit – Tax Prep: Up to $1,200 annual reimbursement for tax prep and planning with household investable assets $2,500,000 and above.
  • Credit – Estate Planning: Up to $3,000 1x reimbursement for estate planning with household investable assets $2,500,000 and above.
  • Discount: Aggregated billing for families.
  • Discount: Veterans and active military discount of 10%. Thank you for your service.

Financial Planning Services:

  • Retirement planning
  • Social security planning
  • Tax planning (including Roth conversion planning)
  • Insurance analysis & planning
  • Estate planning
  • Education funding
  • Debt management
  • Employer retirement plan and benefit analysis
  • Budgeting & cash flow planning
  • Charitable & gift planning
  • Portfolio withdrawal planning

Professional Investment Management Services:

  • Build diversified portfolios utilizing ETFs, mutual funds and/or direct indexing
  • Utilize passive and/or active investment strategies
  • Disciplined portfolio rebalancing
  • Investment tax optimization
  • Performance reporting
  • Proactive and collaborative tax loss & gain harvesting
  • Investment income projections
  • Required minimum distribution management
  • Recurring withdrawal and deposit management
  • Qualified charitable distribution management
  • Appreciated stock gifting management

Financial Planning Only

Our comprehensive financial planning service is also offered as a stand-alone flat rate service, without ongoing professional investment management. We will collaborate with you to build a tailored comprehensive financial plan, to help you plan and achieve the financial goals important to you. After completing and reviewing your financial plan, we will also provide you with actionable next steps and guidance.

This model is best for DIY clients looking for comprehensive financial planning from a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERⓇ.  This service model does not include professional investment management.  

Fees: Financial Planning Only

Flat fee negotiated up-front for full transparency. Payable either as a lump sum or via installment. Please note, 25% of the quoted fee is due up front. The remaining fee is due upon receipt and final consultation of your completed financial plan, unless paying via installment. Financial planning only engagements can be on a one-time or ongoing basis.

Discounts & Credits:

  • Discounts: 10% veterans discount.
  • Retirement planning
  • Social security planning
  • Tax planning (including Roth conversion planning)
  • Insurance analysis & planning
  • Estate planning
  • Education funding
  • Debt management
  • Employer retirement plan and benefit analysis
  • Budgeting & cash flow planning
  • Charitable & gift planning
  • Current portfolio review and recommendations
  • Portfolio withdrawal planning
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