FA Magazine, by Christopher Robbins, July 31, 2018 With clients demanding income from their portfolios, Paul Pagnato has turned to alternatives. Pagnato, founder and CEO of PagnatoKarp, a $3.5 billion¹ RIA based in Reston, Va., said his average client has between 25 percent and 35 percent of their portfolios in alternative investments. “We allocate to alts from both equity and …
Forbes, by R.J. Shook, July 25, 2018 For Jennifer Wappaus, a Private Wealth Advisor with PagnatoKarp, the more complex and challenging a client’s situation, the better. “Our biggest value-add comes from working with entrepreneurs selling their businesses. We focus on moving the whole family forward after the sale event.” Sales of substantial businesses involve many moving parts—financial and psychological—and emotions …
Financial Advisor Magazine released its 2018 RIA Survey and Ranking with PagnatoKarp on the list of top Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs). PagnatoKarp has received four Barron’s and Forbes awards this year and was recently crowned 2018 ‘Best Multi-Family Office (New Entrant)’ at the Family Wealth Report Awards¹. “We take our fiduciary duty as an RIA further than required, with True Fiduciary® …
If you’ve been working every day growing your business and find that your business has overtaken your life, you might need help simplifying complexity. Who do you rely on to help you navigate and streamline your affairs? In this era of increased automation and democratization of information, there are options to satisfy most everyone’s level of risk, fee tolerance and …
Are you on a first-name basis with Alexa or Siri? Whether you know it or not, artificial intelligence (AI) is a part of your life. While such technological advances were promised to us for decades, until recently they were just that – promises, available in relatively primitive forms to the privileged few. In the last few years, however, the use …
How does a financial planner add value in a Family Office? How does financial planning contribute to operating as a Fiduciary Business®? While there are certainly many elements of “hard science”, a large part of financial planning depends on other factors – getting to know the client and being able to clearly articulate their goals and needs. The relationship between …
Within every family office, there is a range of services available to individuals and families, each of which tackles a distinct issue related to the rest. Most of those – such as investments, financial planning and tax strategies – are focused on assets. Family coaching, on the other hand, focuses exclusively on the family. The distinction is one of financial …
While the general public is becoming increasingly aware of the difference between fiduciary and non-fiduciary financial advisors, lost in the hubbub over that distinction is the fact that the same principle can be applied to the broader universe of advisory services. The words “fiduciary” and “business” should be irrevocably linked with the ultimate goal of all kinds of enterprises putting …
Within every family office, there is a range of services available to individuals and families, each of which tackles a distinct issue related to the rest. Most of those – such as investments, financial planning and tax strategies – are focused on the assets. Family coaching, on the other hand, focuses exclusively on the family. The distinction is one of …
Bestselling author Barbara Ehrenreich is back with a book that is sure to lead to a lot of questions about the choices she’s making. The 76 year-old, described by The New Yorker as “a veteran muckraker,” has written Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer, in which she describes at length …
Albert Einstein famously said, “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world.” Indeed, it is one of the bedrock foundations of wealth advisors, this notion that investing early and often allows small amounts to become much more than the sum of their parts. Instead, they can grow exponentially. The simplest mathematical example of the power of exponential growth involves …
As graduations conclude and the weather heats up, families across America are embarking on summer vacations, traveling the roads and airways to destinations both familiar and exotic. In many cases, a modicum of self-planning will be enough for a satisfying trip, but in other situations it may take expert advice to maximize everyone’s enjoyment. You might know that you want …
You’ve worked very hard to build your business and now you’re considering selling. The process takes considerable planning and preparation well in advance to maximize the value. Here are 10 things to consider: 1. Determine If A Sale Meets Your Cash Flow Needs. Each of the more than 70 times – without exception – we have assisted a client through …
Right on the heels of a prolonged period of record-setting growth, the stock market has been a roller coaster, experiencing spurts of extreme volatility. Our general belief is that the fundamentals of the economy remain strong, and that this is likely not a sign of substantial future declines. Nevertheless, we understand that investors may have different levels of risk tolerance …
The Department of Labor promulgated a “fiduciary rule” that would have required financial advisors to act in the best interests of their clients, rather than merely requiring them to provide “suitable” advice. Under pressure from some corners of the Wall Street universe, implementation of the rule’s key provisions was later delayed until July of 2019. In March of 2018, the …
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously wrote, “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.” *** The goal of True Fiduciary® is to promote transparency across the financial industry and throughout every investor’s financial life. We believe True Fiduciary® Standards are so effective in doing so that they have the near-term potential to …
Presentation Takeaways: Fundamental understanding of blockchain, digital assets, and cryptocurrencies. Global problems that are being solved. Why this will change the world’s banking system. Audio Recording: Presented by Nathana O’Brien Sharma Nathana O’Brien Sharma is the Program Director for Faculty Affairs and Principal for Blockchain, Law, Policy & Ethics at Singularity University. She is also a Partner at Crypto …
A positive step took place in the financial industry to help improve the value of advice given by financial planners and advisors. In an effort “to maintain the value, integrity and relevance of the CFP® certification,” the CFP Board adopted a new Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct, which shall become effective on October 1, 2019. It is the …
Throughout the course of your life, you will deal with a vast array of professional experts, almost all of whom you’ll expect to adhere to a certain basic ethical standard, one that allows arm’s length dealings and no hidden motives. We expect our doctors to faithfully follow the Hippocratic Oath. We expect our attorneys to advocate vigorously for our best …
RESTON, Va., March 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Paul A. Pagnato, Founder and CEO at PagnatoKarp, has been ranked #3 in Virginia on Barron’s Top 1,200 Advisors for 2018. The annual ranking is Barron’s largest, most comprehensive listing, encompassing financial advisors from all over the nation, from small independent advisors to big Wall Street firms. This is Pagnato’s eighth time appearing on …
