Tel: 615-704-4462 1025 Westhaven Blvd Suite 250 Franklin, TN 37064
About Creel Wealth Planning at Farther Finance
At Creel Wealth Planning, we understand that your lifestyle is more than numbers; its the product of your hard work, values, and vision. We help families preserve what they've built, sustain the life they enjoy, and protect that lifestyle across generations.
Our RIA, Farther Finance, is a premier, non-commission-based wealth management firm built to deliver institutional-grade financial guidance through an innovative digital infrastructure. Operating under a strict fiduciary standard, the firm legally aligns its incentives directly with the success of its clients. Farther blends the deep strategic insights of elite wealth advisors with proprietary, cutting-edge technology backed by prominent global tech investors like Alphabet's CapitalG. This infrastructure automates administrative complexities, ensuring maximum data integrity via advanced encryption and secure vault architectures while freeing advisors to focus heavily on bespoke client relationships. By unifying investments, proactive tax optimization, and comprehensive estate structures within a centralized dashboard, Farther delivers an effortlessly controlled, holistic financial ecosystem for individuals, families, and businesses nationwide.
Art is a seasoned financial professional with more than three decades of experience across advisory, leadership, and investment management roles. He earned his Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Banking and Financial Services from the University of Southern Mississippi - Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He is a certified Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA®), holds the Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor™, CRPC™ designation from the College of Financial Planning and the Certified 401(k) Professional Designation from the Retirement Advisor University at UCLA Anderson School of Management. Additionally, he earned the Securities Industry Institute Certificate from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He began his career as a financial advisor in 1987 and went on to serve in senior positions at First Tennessee Bank, John Hancock Financial Services, and SS&C Technologies. After years of building and leading investment teams, Art returned to his advisory roots, most recently serving as an Investment Advisor at Carmichael Creel Investments.
Art brings a pragmatic, client-centered approach to wealth management. With experience spanning individual investors, financial advisors, and 401(k) participants, he is skilled at translating complex financial objectives into simple, actionable strategies. He is guided by Einstein’s maxim: “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”
Art is based in Franklin, Tennessee, with his wife Heather. They have three adult children and two English bulldogs. Outside of work, Art enjoys travel, golf, reading, and cheering on the Tennessee Titans.
Corey Creel, CFP®, ChFC®, is a Vice President and Wealth Advisor at Farther, based in Nashville, Tennessee. With eight years of professional experience in wealth management, complex financial strategies, and comprehensive planning, Corey provides an authoritative yet highly approachable framework for navigating modern wealth. His approach integrates sophisticated academic training with practical, high-tier field execution, holding both a Bachelor's degree in Finance and an MBA from the University of Kentucky.
Corey lives in Nashville with his wife. When he is not in the office, you can usually find him watching football, skiing, or playing guitar.
General Information
Name of Custodial Firm:
Fidelity Investments and Charles Schwab
Work with the following types of clients:
Businesses, Individual Investors, Non-Profit Organizations, Families and Retirees
Your Office, Email, Phone, Our Office, Your Home, Video Conference
Compensation and Fees
Fee Structure:
Fee-Only
Compensation Methods:
Based on Assets
Financial Planning for Individuals
Our personalized financial planning processes transform cross-cutting financial complexities into a purposeful, dynamic roadmap. We look far beyond basic asset calculations to evaluate your holistic financial behavior, family lifestyle milestones, educational funding pathways, and philanthropic ambitions. This collaborative framework adapts to your changing circumstances, turning financial uncertainty into structural confidence at every stage of life.
Portfolio Management
Our portfolio management approach fuses human investment insight with research-driven, institutional strategies and predictive technology. We construct custom, diversified portfolios engineered to maximize risk-adjusted returns while remaining perfectly aligned with your long-term liquidity demands and personal values. By stripping away commission-driven conflicts, our investment models focus solely on low-cost execution and disciplined, long-term wealth accumulation.
Retirement Planning
We transform forward-looking freedom into a structured reality by mapping a seamless bridge from today's active accumulation to tomorrow's dependable distribution. Our retirement strategies account for complex variables including social security integration, corporate 401(k) rollovers, executive benefits, and sustainable cash flow modeling. We systematically mitigate longevity and inflation risks, giving you absolute clarity and confidence as you define your life's next chapter.
Wealth Management
Wealth management serves as the centralized engine coordinating every vertical of your financial reality. We orchestrate a holistic strategy that spans advanced portfolio design, multi-generational wealth preservation, dynamic liquidity management, and small business succession planning. By maintaining a deliberate, low advisor-to-client ratio, we deliver high-touch concierge support tailored to shield your capital from market and systemic vulnerabilities.
Financial Planning for Businesses
We assist business owners and executives in navigating the complexities of business succession, exit planning, and personal wealth accumulation. Our team bridges the gap between your business interests and your personal net worth, ensuring your professional hard work translates effectively into long-term financial freedom.
Financial Advice & Consulting
We offer more than just investment tips; we act as your dedicated partners. Whether navigating complex tax scenarios or making significant life transitions, our team provides personalized guidance backed by deep expertise, helping you make informed decisions with clarity and confidence.
401K Rollovers
Transitioning your career shouldn't mean losing control of your assets. We simplify the rollover process, helping you consolidate legacy accounts into our modern, unified platform. This allows us to optimize your holdings, reduce redundant fees, and better align your retirement savings with your current financial goals.
Insurance Planning
Risk management is a critical pillar of our comprehensive service. We analyze your existing insurance coverage as part of your total wealth picture, ensuring that your family, your business, and your assets are adequately shielded against the unexpected, integrating these policies into your centralized document hub for effortless oversight.
Estate Planning & Trusts
We help you create a lasting legacy by coordinating closely with your legal and tax professionals. From understanding trust structures to ensuring seamless wealth transfer, our focus is on protecting your hard-earned assets and providing clarity for your heirs, so you can rest easy knowing your wishes will be carried out.
Education Funding and Planning
We take the stress out of planning for future tuition costs by building structured, tax-efficient education funding strategies. By integrating these goals into your broader financial plan early, we help you prepare for your children's or grandchildren's future without compromising your own financial security.
Risk Management
True wealth preservation requires identifying threats before they manifest. We stress-test your financial landscape against market volatility, inflation, and unexpected economic shifts. Our proactive technology continuously monitors your accounts, ensuring your lifestyle and legacy remain protected, no matter what the market environment brings.
Disclosures
Advisory services provided by Farther Finance Advisors LLC, an SEC-registered investment advisor. The material presented in this advertisement is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as investment advice. It is not a recommendation of, or an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy, any particular security, strategy or investment product. Investing in securities involves risks, including the potential loss of money, and past performance does not guarantee future results. Historical returns, expected returns, and probability projections are provided for informational and illustrative purposes, and may not reflect actual future performance. For more details, see our disclosures in Form ADV Part 2 and Form CRS.
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