Winter 2014 Newsletter
Upcoming FPA
Meetings & Events
2015 Chapter Meeting Dates
January 12 - Junior League
February 10 - Junior League
March 3 - Junior League
June 9 - Junior League
August 11 - Junior League
September 8 - Junior League
November 10 - Junior League
FPA Houston Financial
Planning Symposium
May 6 - Westin Galleria Houston
FPA Breakfast Study Groups
March 17
April 21
June 16
August 18
September 15
October 20
November 17
Special Event Dates
Enhanced Game of Real Life
June 5-6
FPA National Events
FPA Retreat 2015
April 20-23
FPA BE: Boston
September 26-28
2015 FPA Houston Season Tickets
www.fpahouston.org
Season Tickets Available for a Limited Time
The FPA Houston Season Ticket remains the best value ever! Pricing still remains the
same as it was in 2008. This is a great way to attend the FPA Houston programs in 2015
at a significantly discounted price. Approximately 30 CE credit hours can be earned
throughout the year.
Season Ticket Package Options - Best Value!
FPA Professional Member Season Ticket Package: $325
Includes all chapter education programs and admission to the FPA of Houston
Financial Planning Symposium -
A savings of $200+
FPA Member Season Ticket: $175
Season Ticket Package includes all chapter education programs
-A savings of $150+
Season ticket sales will end on 3/31/15. To purchase a Season Ticket or renew online,
visit www.FPAHouston.org; click the Members Area dropdown menu; select FPA Houston
Season Tickets. FPA Members must log in with name and password gain access.
Season tickets apply to the 2015 calendar year.
FPA Houston Announces NexGen in
2015!
The FPA of Houston is excited to announce the launch of the FPA NexGen group to the
Houston chapter. Look for NexGen announcements and events to come in early 2015.
“NexGen is intended to be a community of the next generation of financial planners.”
NexGen strives to provide members with a network that serves to:
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Support, advise and encourage one another in our professional advancement
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Promote, foster and direct programs that aid in knowledge transference
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Explore issues common to younger planners and seek means of accentuating
FPA Houston 2015 Board of Directors Elected
The slate of candidates proposed to serve as the officers and directors of the Financial Planning Association of Houston for 2015 was recently elected by the chapter members as follows. FPA of Houston wishes to thank each of these individuals for their willingness to serve our organization and wish them well as they assume their roles in 2015. For a complete listing of FPA Houston Officers & Directors please visit the FPA Houston website at www.FPAhouston.org and click on ‘Leadership’.
FPA Houston Mission Statement
Revised by the Board of Directors, December 2014The mission of the Financial Planning Association of Houston is to foster excellence in the practice of Financial
Planning and to provide value to the CFP® Professional.
FPA Houston Financial
Planning Symposium
SAVE THE DATE!
May 6, 2015
The largest and best event that FPA
Houston hosts is moving to the
spring of 2015! Same great
location....new date! Join us on May
6 for a day of great education,
networking, industry expert
speakers, and extraordinary
sponsors and exhibitors. Details
will be announced online in early
2015. For information on becoming
a sponsor contact FPA at
[email protected].
Westin Galleria Houston
May 6, 2015
2015 FPA Houston Board of Directors
Chairman Kurt Box, CFP®, AIF, MSCypress Advisory Services, Ltd. President
Michael Misner, CFP®, MBA, CLU, ChFC®, CR-PC, APMA, CMFC
Ameriprise Financial
President Elect Ben Simiskey, CFP®, CPA/PFS
PLS Advisory, LLC
Secretary Will Goodson, CFP®The Legacy One Group
Treasurer Carrie Ousley
Hub International Personal Insurance
Membership Director Mike Middendorf, CFP®
Alpha Cubed Investments
Education/Programs Director Adam Frinsco, CFP®
Cypress Advisory Services, Ltd.
Symposium Director Matt Caire, CFP®, CMT
Houston Trust Company
Corporate Partnership Director Chris Behan
Charles Schwab
Technology Director Frank Marrone, CFP®, CRPC
Sunbelt Securities, Inc.
Pro Bono Director James Don McCurdyIndependent Financial Planning NexGen Director
Allen Kozel
Contact Us
FPA Dallas/Fort Worth
P.O. Box 261750
Plano, Texas 75026-1750
972.747.0407
[email protected]
Preview: FPA Houston Pro Bono 2015 Event
Enhanced Game of Real Life
•June 5-6, 2015
•Patrick Henry Intermediate School
•Classroom education before Game
•THE GAME: Job interviews, working, going to
college, life skills, “age” 19 to 26
•FPA- manages Financial Planning Business
FPA Houston
2015
Breakfast Meetings
FPA Houston is revamping the chapter breakfast meetings
(formally the case studies) for 2015!
New Location! More space!
Hub International Offices near the Galleria
New Pricing!
FPA Members - FREE!
Guests $20
New Dates!
March 17
April 21
June 16
August 18
September 15
October 20
November 17
Look for details on these events to come in early 2015. We hope to see you there!
If you are interested in speaking or sponsoring a breakfast meeting please contact
FPA at [email protected]. Thank you to Hub for sponsoring the location.
EXPONENTIAL GROWTH
T3 is celebrating a decade of success and collaboration with
independent financial advisors and allied institutions.
Over the past 10 years, the rate of
technological progress among financial
advisors has been exponentially increasing.
Advisors and their clients are reaping the
rewards. We‘ve been honored to play a part
in the educational process.
Please join us for the 10th annual T3
Technology Conference for Advisors as we
discuss trends for the future, more effective
ways to do things, and better ways to
communicate with your clients.
Topics of discussion will include:
· Cyber security audits
· Cloud contractual issues
· Estate planning for digital assets
· Electronic marketing
· Mobile communications
· Client acquisition
· Content management
· Emerging technologies
See you in Dallas!
Dave Drucker
Joel Bruckenstein
Houston FPA Members receive $25 off the Early Bird rate by using this code:
2015T3FPAHOU1
Houston FPA Members receive $50 off the Regular rate by using this code: 2015T3FPAHOU2
One free pass will be given away at Oct, Nov, Dec and Jan chapter meetings
T3 Technology Conference for Advisors
Feb. 12-14, 2015
Hilton Anatole – Dallas, TX
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FPA Houston Member Anniversaries
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ongratulations to the following Houston chapter members who are
celebrating significant FPA Membership Anniversaries in...
September, October, November & December
15 Years
Brett Carleton, CFP®
Heritage Wealth Management Gregory Hermes, CFP®, CPA/PFS KMH Wealth Management, LLC William Jameson, CFP®
WJ Interests, LLC Charles Lamonte, CFP® Gregory Petitti, CFP®, CLU
10 Years
Patricia Gerould, CFP® Thomas Hayes
Zone 7 Financial Services, LLC Darrell King
RBC International Wealth Management Susan Krabbe
Kanaly Trust Company Judy Lullo, CFP®
Lullo and Associates, LLC James Don McCurdy
Independent Financial Planning Michael Parmet, CFP®
Parmet, Chapman & Madsen, PC, CPA’s Meredith Rice, CFP®
Patriot Wealth Management Susan Saleem, CFP®, MBA Ameriprise Financial Advisors Robert Sweeney, CFP® Sentinel Trusty Company, LBA
Noor Amirali, CFP®
D H Hill Advisors
Leah Auricchio
All Reverse of Texas
Anthony Bui
Invesco
Bill Day
Morgan Stanley
Colin Eddington
MetLife
Kimberli Deutsch
Corda Investment Management
Roger Edwards
Cory Laird
Rhonda Little
Hartman Income REIT
David McKinney
Christy Pedersen
Wealth Development Strategies
Adolfo Rodriguez
A/R Financial Group
Michael Zlotnick
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Pamela Ahlers, CFP®
Ahlers & Stoll, PC
Virginia Lenihan, CFP®
Larry Melton, CFP®, CPA, CMFC®,
AIF®
Ameriprise Financial
20 Years
Steven Orr
Orr Financial Group Brien Smith, CFP®
Traditions Wealth Advisors
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GET REWARDED
Help grow the FPA
com-munity by referring
col-leagues through the
Member-Get-A-Member
program.
We Need Your Help…Gratitude is Powerful
Gratitude is a powerful and transformational force and because of your support countless
people and communities received pro bono financial planning advice in 2014. Thank
you for your support. We will also need your continued support in 2015— that's why our
work for next year starts today. We ask you now, in honor of Veterans Day, to make a
do-nation and/or volunteer to provide pro bono financial planning to a veteran and/or
criti-cally wounded service member. Will you say yes to a veteran in need?
The need is tremendous, but together we can meet this unmet need and provide pro bono financial planning
ad-vice to our veterans and military members.
Foundation Trustee, Alexandra Armstrong, CFP® is committed and will match your donations of
$100 to $999 dollar for dollar. Can you contribute $100, or more right now to help the Foundation meet
this need?
We can do this, but it's going to take every dollar we can raise to make a bigger impact in
2015. So we're betting on you to support the Foundation for Financial Planning “Your
Foundation” to get the job done, , and it's the best bet we can make.
Contribute now to help our veterans and critically wounded service member
Please remember to make your tax-deductible year-end donation by December 31 to support
2015 pro bono financial planning outreach. We owe the availability of pro bono financial planning advice
to those who have given so much for our freedom and country.
Pledge or donate online: http://foundation-finplan.org/donate/pledge-online
Sincerely,
Jim Peniston
Executive Director
Job Opening - Registered Sales Assistant (RSA) - The Woodlands, TX
The Office is located on the top 14th floor of this beautiful building located in the prime Waterway Square district of The Woodlands two blocks from The Woodlands Mall. Full-Time; Non-Exempt
Job Description:
We are looking for a talented investment professional to support a highly successful advisor in our The Wood-lands, TX office. You will utilize the client relationship model and turnkey tools available to assist the advisor in servicing clients by gathering and analyzing client data, helping prepare financial plans, working with clients, pro-cessing transactions and trades for clients, and other practice management tasks as needed.
Responsibilities:
● As directed, assists advisor in servicing clients including preparing financial plans, conducting investment research, and complet-ing trades and transactions.
● Responsible for preparing and summarizing client meetings by scheduling and confirming meetings, entering data into Contact Manager, creating the agenda and summary of meetings, escorting clients to advisor within the office, and providing necessary follow-up.
● Prepares and ensures new business paperwork processes successfully which may include preparing forms via Simplified Ac-count Opening (SAO), obtaining appropriate signatures, preparing documentation to send to home office, tracking new insurance applications and coordinating rollovers.
● Prepares for and coordinate marketing events including creating marketing compliance documentation and managing event mar-keting reimbursement.
Required Qualifications:
● College degree or equivalent.
● Series 7 (or commitment to obtain within 120 days)
● Series 63 & 65 or 66, Life, Accident, and Health licenses (or commitment to obtain within 120 days). ● Experience working in a client service environment.
● Detail orientated, strong math, and analytical skills. ● Good organization and time management skills.
● Able to manage multiple priorities and prioritizes effectively. ● Able to independently work with minimal supervision. ● Strong computer and software skills.
● Able to communicate with all levels within the organization. ● Process oriented and can work with a team.
Licenses(s) Required:
TX Life Accident Health Exam Series 63 or 66 (State Securities) Series 65 or 66 (IAR)
Series 7
About Ameriprise, Michael Misner & The Woodlands Branch Office:
Focused on people, not just our bottom line. Here, you'll be part of an inclusive, collaborative culture that rewards you for your contribu-tions. You'll work with other talented people who share your passion for doing great work that's in the best interest of our clients. And you'll have plenty of opportunities to make your mark at the office - and a difference in your community. So if you're talented, driven and want to work for a company that cares, put a rewarding career more within reach at Ameriprise Financial. Check out:
www.ameripriseadvisors.com/michael.r.misner<http://www.ameripriseadvisors.com/michael.r.misner> as well as
www.ameriprie.com<http://www.ameriprie.com>.
NOTE: excellent health care benefits, 401(k) company match, educational reimbursement, fun place to work with happy advisors :) For More Information please contact:
Michael Misner @ [email protected] Additional Location Opportunity:
There is another opening for a RSA position in our Clear Lake Branch Office located at 2525 Bay Area Blvd.
Representing financial planners and issues affecting planner practices are primary objectives of the Financial Planning Association. To enhance our efforts, the FPA-PAC was created as the federally registered political action committee of FPA, the only registered PAC on Capitol Hill representing the interests of the financial planning profession.
By contributing to the FPA-PAC fund, you're helping support candidates for the United States Sen-ate and House of Representatives — primarily incumbents, regardless of political party — who have demonstrated previous support of issues FPA believes critical to advancing the profession.
