Summit advisory team attends the annual Charles Schwab IMPACT conference
Las Vegas, Nevada - October 29, 2007 -- Marking the 20th anniversary of Schwab Institutional, every advisor of the firm attended the four-day event held at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas. The annual event is the largest of its kind in the industry and attracted over 3,800 registered investment advisors from across the country. The educational content covers virtually every area of importance for the industry such as investment management, compliance, technology and practice management. It offers continuing education for both certified financial planners and certified public accountants.
Rafael Velez
Summit reaches $500 million in assets under management
San Mateo, California - August 17, 2007 -- Total assets under management of Summit Financial Advisors, LLC now exceeds $500 million. The firm finds itself among a handful of financial planning firms in the San Francisco Bay Area with more than one half billion dollars of assets under management.
William Fisher, Mark Pietrofesa and Rafael Velez each named to "America's Top 100 Independent Advisors"
San Mateo, California - August 7, 2007 -- Three advisors at Summit Financial Advisors, LLC were recognized as some of the top independent financial advisors in the country. In this debut list by the securities industry publication Registered Rep, they ranked the biggest advisors in the independent broker-dealer community.
Summit Financial Advisors, LLC moves its main office
San Mateo, California - July 1, 2007 -- Summit Financial moved its offices to a new location in the Borel Financial Center to accommodate the growth of additional advisory and service staff. Working closely with the Borel Estate Company, a unique space was designed in January 2007 and delivered in June 2007.
LPL acquires Mutual Service Corporation
Boston, Massachusetts - March 1, 2007 -- LPL Financial Services, the nations leading independent brokerage firm, announced a definitive agreement to purchase Mutual Service Corporation. LPL’s success has been built through an unwavering commitment to our financial advisors and a relentless focus on providing them with an outstanding platform of investment products and services, which enables them to render, independent investment counsel to their more than 2.5 million client accounts.
