Sara Buffington
Sara Buffington is a registered investment advisor at Morningstar Investment Management LLC, based in Chicago, IL, with 9 years of industry experience. Sara operates on a fee-only basis, meaning they do not earn commissions from product sales. Their practice areas include Investment Management, Retirement Planning. Their firm serves 592,301 clients with $77B in assets under management.
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Morningstar Investment Management primarily works with institutional clients and retirement plans, not individual investors directly. They create model investment strategies and manage seed accounts. Fees for these services are negotiated with institutional clients and can be a fixed fee or based on the amount of assets. The fees typically range from 0 to 0.40% of assets. They also receive fees from other investment advisors or platforms when recommending them to investors.
Location
22 West Washington Street, Chicago, IL, 60602
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Regulatory History
No disclosures, customer disputes, or regulatory actions on file.
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Sara works as a dog walker since 2019, walking dogs for people who are unable to do so themselves. This activity takes a few hours per week and does not occur during trading hours.
Employment History
Current Registrations
Morningstar Investment Management LLC
Previous Registrations
Morningstar Investment Services LLC
Morningstar Investment Services LLCBroker
Principal Securities, INC.
Principal Securities, INC.Broker
State Registrations27 states
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