FINANCIAL PLANNING ADVISORS, INC.
Firm details
- Headquarters
- ALTON, Illinois
- CRD number
- 122625
- Website
- www.howtoretire.net
- Fee structure
- Percentage of AUM, Hourly Charges, Fixed Fees
- Client types
- Individuals81.31%
- HNWI18.59%
- Charitable Organizations0.06%
- Corporations / Businesses0.04%
- Services
- Financial PlanningPortfolio Management for IndividualsSelection of Other AdvisersEducational Seminars / Workshops
Firm profile
FINTRXOverview
Financial Planning Advisors, Inc. is an independent RIA organized as a corporation that operates as a capital allocator for individual, family and small institutional clients. The firm emphasizes comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, and supplements advisory work with selection of third‑party managers and educational workshops. Fee arrangements include percentage of AUM, hourly charges and fixed fees, and the adviser manages nearly all client assets on a discretionary basis. Investment approach tilts toward pooled public vehicles—public funds and mutual funds are the dominant wrapper for client exposures—while the firm also places client capital with external alternative managers in real estate, commodities and oil & gas. The firm does not position itself as an ESG investor and is organized as a single‑state adviser despite maintaining a small, multi‑office footprint.
Assets & Accounts
Public Holdings
Investments & Alternatives
Location & Offices
Investment profile
FINTRXTraditional investments used
Alternative investments used
Active ESG investor
Technology & operations
FINTRXCRM & tech providers
TAMPs used
Clients
FINTRXClient base
Client personas
Asset composition
- Public Funds/Mutual Funds78%
- Exchange Traded Equities17%
- Cash & Cash Equivalents3%
- Investment Grade Corp Bonds2%
Contacts
1 of 1ALFRED HICKS
PresidentCRD 2124371
Wealth teams
FINTRXNewly hired reps
FINTRXRecent M&A activity
FINTRXRecent filings
FINTRXAwards
FINTRXLocation
ALTON, IL
MADISON
Location
ALTON, IL
Headquartered in ALTON, IL, anchoring the St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL metro in the Midwest.
- Metro area
- St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL
- Region
- Midwest
- County
- MADISON
- Address
- 1600 Washington Ave
- Time zone
- CT (UTC-6)
- Office locations
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