Fiduciary
We believe it is essential to be a fiduciary to best guide you through life’s complex financial decisions.
When it comes to financial planning and investment advice, there are two main standards — a fiduciary standard and a suitability standard. Advisors who choose a suitability standard are only required to give recommendations that are suitable based on your financial needs, circumstances and objectives. They are free to recommend an investment or product that pays a higher commission than others so long as that recommendation aligns generally with your overall goals. It’s our view that an advisor who follows a suitability standard owes their loyalty to their employer. Our loyalty is to you.
TrueFocus has chosen to follow a fiduciary standard, a far more strict standard, legally putting your best interests above our own. For all recommendations, we must choose the best course of action regardless of how it affects our firm or us personally. Our advice and recommendations must come from a thorough analysis of all relevant factors, and then we must execute any actions as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.
Fee-only
Further separating us from other advisors and aligning us even closer to your goals, TrueFocus is strictly fee-only. Fee-only means that we are compensated only by the fees you pay to us. We do not receive kickbacks, referral fees, commissions, or any hidden compensation. This fee structure allows us to remain unbiased and neutral toward any one product, service or investment. Every recommendation has to pass only one test: does it best serve your needs?
To us, choosing to be fee-only is the best way to minimize conflicts of interest and to provide you with peace of mind with all of our recommendations.
Our fee structure is reflective of our ongoing investment management and financial planning. We utilize a tiered structure based on the following breakpoints.