For over 30 years, our mission has been to place our clients' interests first, to provide comprehensive financial planning and investment management, and to be a premier provider of innovative and timely strategies that ensure every client meets their established lifetime objectives.
General Information |
Firm Start Year: | 1989 | |
No.of Employees: | 10-19 | |
States Licensed in: | OH, KY, IL, IN, FL, TN, TX, CA, CO, AZ |
Number of Years with Current Firm: | 20 |
Work Experience: | Dave is Chief Investment Officer, serves as Senior Advisor for many client relationships and is a member of the Investment Policy Committee. He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIALPLANNER? and Certified Trust and Financial Advisor with thirty years of professional investment management and financial planning experience. He graduated from Villanova University with a Bachelor of Science, Accounting and a Master of Science, Taxation. His educational background also includes the College for Financial Planning and the Cannon Financial Institute. He began his career with the Vanguard Group, a leading mutual fund company, where he was a Senior Investment Advisor along with facilitating the creation of a new managed account service. His professional memberships include the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors, the Financial Planning Association, the Cincinnati Estate Planning Council, the American Bankers Association, and the Paladin Registry. He retired his service on the Finance and Investment Committee for the Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, a non-profit community service organization. Dave is recognized as a Five-Star Advisor through Paladin Registry and as a 2008 Reuters Top Advisor. In 2009, Businessweek Ranked Dave as one of the Top 50 Independent Investment Advisors in the country. |
I work with the following types of clients: | Non-Profit Organizations, Individual Investors |
Services |
Investment Types: | Bonds, Stocks, Annuities, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), Real Estate, Mutual Funds, Alternative Investments |
I can meet clients in the following ways: | Via Email, Via Phone, At my office, Video Conference |
Qualifications & Memberships |
Financial Organization Memberships: | National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA), Financial Planning Association (FPA) |
Firm Information |
Firm's Number of Clients: | 350 |
Firm's Number of Planning Clients: | 275 |
Firm's Number of Managed Clients: | 350 |
Assets Managed by Firm: | $520M |
Assets Managed by Advisor: | $520M |
Compliance |
Registered Investment Advisor: | Yes |
I am an acknowledged fiduciary: | Yes |
Compliance Disclosures in Last 5 years: | I have a clean record |
Criminal Disclosures in Last 5 years: | I have a clean record |
Compensation and Fees |
Fee Structure: | Fee Only |
Minimum Portfolio Size for New Managed Accounts: | $5,000 |
Compensation Methods: | Flat Fee, Based on Assets |
Additional Details on Charges: | Fees vary depending on the service level provided, but typically average less than 1%. |
Bachelor's of Science - Accounting |
Villanova University - Villanova, Pennsylvania
September 1985-May 1989 |
Master's - Taxation |
Villanova University - Villanova, Pennsylvania
September 1996- April 2001 |
As Chief Investment Officer, Dave chairs Total Wealth
Planning's Investment
Policy Committee and leads and manages the investment
management team. He is primarily responsible for investment
research, preparing and communicating Total Wealth Planning's
economic and investment outlook.
As Principal, Dave is responsible for investment advice, with
extensive client contact and client-relationship management.
He has a Masters in Tax Law (MST) from Villanova University
and is a CFP®, a Certified Trust and Financial Advisor (CTFA),
and a Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA). Daves
background and experience includes:
25+ years professional investment management and financial
planning experience, including 12 years with The Vanguard
Group as a senior investment advisor within the managed
account service.
Professional Memberships in the National Association of
Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA), Financial Planning
Association, Cincinnati Estate Planning Council, and the
American Bankers Association.
Serves on the Finance and Investment Committee for the
Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Five-Star Advisor through Paladin Registry; 2008 Reuters Top
Advisor; Bloomberg Business Week magazine, a 2011 Top 50 Most
Experienced Advisors in the United States.
Villanova University Bachelor of Science, Accounting
Dave enjoys time with his family of three children. He coaches
softball/baseball and spends time outdoors skiing, scuba
diving, hiking and running.
Financial Advice & Consulting |
At Total Wealth Planning, we believe in delivering extraordinary, personalized service. We are both morally and legally bound to place clients interests first. We listen to our clients goals and use our real-life experience and expert advice to deliver an extra-mile client experience. |
Robert Lemmons
CFP, CPA, AIF, CEPA
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Addyston | Alexandria |
Amelia | Batavia |
Bellevue | Blanchester |
Camp Dennison | Cincinnati |
Clarksville | Cleves |
Covington | Dayton |
Erlanger | Fairfield |
Florence | Fort Thomas |
Franklin | Ft Mitchell |
Goshen | Hamilton |
Harrison | Hebron |
Hooven | Independence |
Kings Mills | Latonia |
Lebanon | Loveland |
Maineville | Mason |
Melbourne | Miamisburg |
Miamitown | Middletown |
Milford | Monroe |
Morrow | New Richmond |
Newport | North Bend |
Okeana | Oregonia |
Owensville | Oxford |
Pleasant Plain | Seven Mile |
Silver Grove | Somerville |
South Lebanon | Springboro |
Terrace Park | Trenton |
Waynesville | West Chester |
West Elkton | Williamsburg |
Visa | MasterCard |
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