Integrated Financial Planning for Doctors

Can consultants looking through the microscopes of their own individual disciplines be successful in helping you achieve your financial goals? Who ensures that their combined efforts are squarely focused on your financial health in its totality?

That's where Robert Kerman Financial Services, LLC comes in.

The Whole is Greater than the Sum of Its Parts: Robert Kerman Financial Services, LLC offers financial planning programs designed exclusively for doctors called Advanced Equities Wealth Management. Our capabilities are driven by a team of financial talent and strategic thinkers who design and manage each of the four cornerstones of our integrated platform:

Practice structure/ Risk management/ Portfolio design/ Asset protection

We employ a conservative approach committed to unwavering regulatory compliance that seeks to avoid unwarranted risk, maximize allowable deductions and protect income and savings from unexpected life events.

Robert Kerman Financial Services, LLC, understands doctors' unique earning, spending and savings patterns across different specialties and age groups, and uses that knowledge to design integrated financial plans that are intended to help you reach your goals most efficiently. We work hard to mitigate threats to your income and investments, and possible exposure to creditors and frivolous lawsuits. We also help doctors recognize the tax implications of their entire portfolio, and select the most effective pension and business structures.

Key to the Advanced Equities Wealth Management approach is the delivery and management of all programs and services through your highly trained independent Financial Advisor. Robert Kerman Financial Services, LLC, counts on years of experience to lead doctors to financial independence.

The Shortest Path: We believe that integrated financial planning created with the Advanced Equities Wealth Management team and delivered through an experienced Financial Advisor maximizes your ability to reap the rewards your hard work has earned you. We're eager to build a detailed plan that identifies the date you can expect to reach financial independence.

The Advanced Equities Wealth Management Team:

Robert S. Holcomb:

Robert S. Holcomb sets the firm's strategic direction and management priorities. Prior to becoming CEO, Mr. Holcomb founded DataStream, a software development firm that created proprietary applications for the financial services industry. DataStream was acquired in early 2000 by Thomson Financial, a division of the Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC). Post-acquisition, Mr. Holcomb served as Chief Operating Officer for Thomson's Wealth Management division, overseeing several large contract "wins" for the design of next generation in wealth management technology. Mr. Holcomb has also served as a lead consultant to prominent investment banks such as Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan on many of the largest IPOs in Wall Street history.

Craig E. Columbus, JD, MBA:

Craig E. Columbus serves as President of Advanced Equities Asset Management (AEAM), managing day-to-day operations of Advanced Equities' captive money management subsidiary. In this capacity, Mr. Columbus is responsible for the portfolio management team and its efforts, including portfolio selection, trading, execution, proprietary money management and product development. Mr. Columbus was formerly Vice Chairman of Greenbook Financial Services as well as Co-Portfolio Manager and the Managing Director of Discretionary Accounts for Greenbook Investment Management, Inc. Prior to Advanced Equities Wealth Management, Mr. Columbus was the Chief Market Strategist for Thomson Financial, a leading provider of information and technology solutions to the worldwide financial community. During this time, he became one of Wall Streetï¿1/2s most recognizable figures, appearing each Monday on CNBC's Power Lunch program for seven years. Mr. Columbus is a graduate of Loyola University, holds an MBA degree from Penn State University and a law degree from Indiana University. He was previously a candidate for the United States House of Representatives.

Rick A. Jaye:

Rick A. Jaye serves as Chief Financial Strategist, providing management support and financial planning oversight to the company's Advisor community. His duties also include integrating existing programs into the firm's portfolio of solutions and developing new services and strategies for clients. Previously, Mr. Jaye spent 23 years providing financial services to high-net-worth business owners and health professionals through his affiliation with several national planning and investment advisory organizations. Mr. Jaye serves on the Board of Directors of Doctors Bank, LLC, a bank holding company in Manhattan Beach, CA. He is a registered investment advisor representative and holds a life, health, and variable insurance license. Mr. Jaye earned an economics degree from the University of California, San Diego.

Silas I. Harrington, JD, LLM (Tax)*:

Silas I. Harrington serves as General Counsel, working closely with the Pension Services team to oversee compliance for advanced pension plan design. Mr. Harrington previously worked for the Washington State Bar. He later joined the Seattle law firm of Preston, Gates, and Ellis, where he was involved in high-profile cases, including Microsoft's antitrust defense. Mr. Harrington obtained his undergraduate history degree and his law degree from the University of Washington, and returned to the University of Washington School of Law to attend the Graduate Tax Program, with areas of practice concentration including qualified and non-qualified deferred compensation plans and advanced wealth transfer. In addition to his duties on the in-house legal team, Mr. Harrington provides seminars to various groups around the country on the benefits of qualified retirement plans for business owners and their employees. *Licensed in CA & WA.

Robert G. Thurlow, JD:

Active in both the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA) and the National Institute of Pension Administrators (NIPA), Robert G. Thurlow serves as President of the firm's Pension Services Division. Mr. Thurlow was recently honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from NIPA, and is a published author and speaker at national conferences. Mr. Thurlow has more than 27 years of executive experience in specialty employee benefits. He has been responsible for the design, installation and administration of thousands of qualified pension and profit sharing plans. Mr. Thurlow earned a BA from the University of California at Berkeley and a JD from McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific.

Jeffrey J. Mindlin, CFA:

Jeffrey J. Mindlin serves as Advanced Equities Asset Management's Managing Director and Co-Portfolio Manager. Prior to joining AEAM, Mr. Mindlin was the Director of Research and Co-Portfolio Manager of Greenbook Investment Management, Inc., where he was instrumental in the design of sophisticated, proprietary investment portfolio strategies. Before that, he worked as the Assistant Portfolio Manager and Senior Financial Engineer for Pinnacle Investment Advisors, LLC, which operated a hedge fund and a series of managed accounts for institutional and high-net-worth clients, and sub-advised a publicly traded mutual fund. Previously, Mr. Mindlin was the Manager of Financial Engineering at Camelback Research, leading the development of several successful institutional grade quantitative products, including the widely popular MSN Money Stockscouter system. Mr. Mindlin has earned his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, as well as a BS in Economics and a BS in Finance from the College of Business Honor's Program at Arizona State University, where he received the prestigious Moore Award.

Michael A. Nichols:

Michael A. Nichols serves as Vice President of Marketing for Advanced Equities Wealth Management, Inc. overseeing the company's integrated marketing strategy. In this position, Mr. Nichols is responsible for AEWM's brand identity, lead generation efforts and events, working from the company's Scottsdale, Ariz. office. Mr. Nichols began his career in business media, holding a variety of editorial and publishing roles over a nine-year career at VPI, a Phoenix, Ariz.-based publisher of niche trade magazines. He later served as Director of Technology Marketing at IKON Office Solutions, responsible for all technology and product marketing deliverables, as well as the company's various websites and Research and Development labs. Prior to joining Greenbook, Mr. Nichols was Director of Product Marketing for Electronics for Imaging, a Foster City, Calif.-based software company. Mr. Nichols earned a BA degree from Kansas State University.

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