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Credentials
CFP®
Experience Industry experience
2 years
Location
Des Peres, MO 63131
Creative Planning
Enterprise
Clients per advisor
74 TypicalAvg AUM per client
$2,113,277 Very HighHNW client ratio
45% Very HighAbby Shemeld is a CFP® professional with four years of experience at Creative Planning and prior experience at Paradigm Financial Advisors and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. She is based in Des Peres, MO. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and selective private market exposure, managing approximately $295.6 billion in client assets.
Based on Creative Planning
Based on Creative Planning
Financial planning fees typically range from $1,500 to $15,000; executive programs or complex cases range from $5,000 to $300,000; flat fees are negotiated and agreed upon beforehand
$0 - $500,000: 1.20% $500,001 - $2,000,000: 1.00% $2,000,001 - $5,000,000: 0.85% $5,000,001 - $10,000,000: 0.80% $10,000,001 - $25,000,000: 0.70% $25,000,001 - $50,000,000: 0.40% $50,000,001 - $100,000,000: 0.30% $100,000,001+: 0.25%
Negotiable hourly fee for Retirement Plan Services and financial planning services
Account minimum: $200,000 Minimum fee: Minimum management fee for clients with assets under $500,000; $10,000 minimum for nonprofit organizations; $10,000 minimum for consulting services in Retirement Plan Services; $1,000 minimum for 3(38) investment advisory services in Retirement Plan Services
Des Peres, MO
12818 Daylight Circle
Des Peres MO 63131
Advisors at this office
7
Missouri
2 years of industry experience
Creative Planning, LLC
2022 - Present • 4 years
Des Peres, MO
Paradigm Financial Advisors
2021 - 2021 • 1 year
St. Louis, MO
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
2016 - 2021 • 5 years
St. Louis, MO
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Accountant / CPA / tax prep
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Lawyer
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Other specialized services
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CFP®, CRPC®, EA
Kirkwood, MO
Mayfair Financial, LLC
Meet Joe Petry, Ph.D., CFP®, EA, CRPC®— Passionate hooper, hiker, and dog lover who founded Mayfair Financial. -Ph.D. in Economics and a Master's in Personal Financial Planning. -Extensive academic and professional background in teaching finance and economics at renowned institutions. -Certified Financial Planner™ and Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor®. -Has received awards for his volunteerism and leadership. -He believes in the power of random acts of kindness to make the world a better place. Fun Fact: Joe and his neighbors are now novice beekeepers.
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CFP®, Series 63
St. Louis, MO
Trinity Wealth Advisors LLC
Alan Smith is a CFP® with 39 years of industry experience, currently serving at Trinity Wealth Advisors LLC in St. Louis, MO. He has worked at Trinity Wealth Advisors since 1998 and owns Business Owner Strategies, Inc. Additionally, he is an independent representative for Growth Management Group / Stryde Savings, providing tax and cost-saving strategies for privately held companies. Trinity Wealth Advisors is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth families, retirement plans, and businesses. The firm employs a values-based “Return on Life” planning approach and typically uses outside institutional managers and sub-advisors to implement client portfolios.
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Series 66, Series 7, JD
Chesterfield, MO
Ameriprise
Richard Espenschied is a financial advisor at Ameriprise with Series 66, Series 7, and APMA(R) designations. Before joining Ameriprise in 2025, he worked at Anheuser-Busch for nine years in economics and strategy. Ameriprise offers a retirement-income planning service designed for individuals with substantial investable assets, combining research, modeling, and tax-efficiency analysis to produce written recommendation reports. The firm provides a broad range of advisory, brokerage, and insurance solutions through affiliated companies.
CFP®, Series 65
Saint Charles, MO
Fidelis Financial Planning, LLC
Jeffrey Laughlin is a CFP® with 17 years of industry experience and has been with Fidelis Financial Planning, LLC since 2011. He holds a Series 65 license and is based in Saint Charles, MO. Outside of his advisory role, he is the owner and managing member of a non-investment related real estate entity. Fidelis Financial Planning serves middle-income and high-net-worth individuals, as well as various institutional clients, offering integrated financial planning and discretionary portfolio management. The firm employs a structured investment approach grounded in academic research, focusing on broadly diversified, low-cost funds and ETFs.
Series 65, Series 66
Clayton, MO
Virtual Investment Planning LLC
Jahanguir Azodi is the principal of Virtual Investment Planning LLC and holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses with 28 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Aspire Wealth Management, Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services, and America's Financial Center, among others. Azodi also operates America's Financial Center, a wealth management and tax services firm, and is an author of a book related to accounting and tax services. Virtual Investment Planning LLC provides wealth management, discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement account advice to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and businesses. The firm manages approximately $23.7 million across about 102 clients, utilizing a long-term-focused investment process that combines fundamental and technical analysis, employing diversified mutual funds, ETFs, individual stocks and bonds, and insurance consulting through affiliated businesses.
Series 65
Fenton, MO
Midwest Investment Advisors, LLC
Bruce Krieg is a financial advisor at Midwest Investment Advisors, LLC in Fenton, Missouri, holding a Series 65 designation with 15 years of industry experience. He has been with Midwest Investment Advisors since 2010 and also has a long-standing association with Kriegl Lohbeck & Co dating back to 1992. Midwest Investment Advisors serves individual, high-net-worth, institutional, and business clients, providing discretionary portfolio management and financial planning. The firm employs multiple analysis methods and manages all portfolios in-house, overseeing a notably high client load for a solo advisor and maintaining an affiliation with an accounting firm to offer complementary services.
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