Christopher Giambrone is a CFP-designated registered investment advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network, based in New Hartford, NY, with 29 years of industry experience. Their practice areas include Financial Planning & Coaching, Investment Management, Retirement Planning. Their firm serves 399,450 clients with $210B in assets under management.
Commonwealth Financial Network offers investment management through various programs like PPS Custom, PPS Select, and PPS Direct. Fees are generally calculated as a percentage of your portfolio, including cash and money market positions. The exact fees vary depending on the specific program and the agreement between you and your advisor.
Commonwealth generally offers two types of fee schedules: blended and breakpoint. With a blended schedule, different portions of your portfolio are charged at different rates. With a breakpoint schedule, the fee rate declines as your portfolio value reaches certain levels. All fees are negotiable between the advisor and client.
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Learn about disclosures →Christopher is involved in several outside business activities. These include fixed insurance sales (about 10% of his time), being a principal and co-owner of Coughlin Giambrone, LLC, acting as a trustee for a non-family trust, instructing courses at SUNYIT and Mohawk Valley Institute for Learning in Retirement, co-owning Giambrone Coughlin Realty, LLC, and making Medicare product referrals for E Health.
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