Ian Stuart Cole
Advisor at Copper Financial — New York, NY
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Credentials
Series 63, Series 66
Experience Industry experience
17 years
Location
New York, NY 10017
Copper Financial
Multi-team
Ian Cole is a financial advisor at Copper Financial with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including Personal Capital Advisors and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. Outside of his advisory career, he is a member of two residential real estate investment entities, though he is not involved in their day-to-day operations. Copper Financial primarily serves credit union members, offering financial planning, brokerage services, discretionary portfolio management through third-party manager referrals, and model-based wrap programs. The firm works with both individual and institutional clients and maintains a dual registration as a broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser.
Based on Copper Financial
In limited situations, financial plans may be prepared for a flat fee; maximum financial planning fee is $5,000 per plan.
Financial planning fees generally charged at $250 per hour, negotiable.
Fee-only: Financial planning fees are generally $250 per hour, negotiable, with a maximum fee of $5,000 per plan. In limited cases a flat fee may be charged.
New York, NY
Two Un Plaza, 3rd Floor, (E. 44th Street, Between 1st and 2nd Avenue)
New York NY 10017
Advisors at this office
5
New York · Texas
17 years of industry experience
Copper Financial Network LLC
2019 - Present • 7 years
Lenexa, KS
UNFCU Advisors LLC
2019 - 2022 • 3 years
New York, NY
United Nations Federal Credit Union
2019 - 2022 • 3 years
Long Island City, NY
Personal Capital advisors
2017 - 2019 • 2 years
Hawthorne, NY
HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
2016 - 2017 • 1 year
New York, NY
HSBC SECURITIES (USA) Inc.
2014 - 2017 • 3 years
New York, NY
EDI Investment Advisor Corporation
2010 - 2011 • 1 year
New York, NY
B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc.
2008 - 2008 • 1 year
New York, NY
Gunnallen Financial, Inc.
2006 - 2007 • 1 year
NY
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