Michael Fanto
Advisor at Guardian Life — Pittsford, NY
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Credentials
Series 63, Series 65
Experience Industry experience
41 years
Location
Pittsford, NY 14534
Guardian Life
Enterprise
Michael Fanto is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 41 years of industry experience. His career includes long-term roles at Guardian Life Insurance and Park Avenue Securities dating back to 1998. Outside of advisory work, he occasionally brokers life, disability, and long-term care insurance contracts. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a diverse retail client base with transaction-based brokerage and fee-based advisory services, including financial planning and retirement consulting. The firm employs a range of investment strategies through proprietary and third-party managers, supporting both discretionary and non-discretionary accounts with various asset types and lending solutions.
Based on Guardian Life
Based on Guardian Life
Flat fees for financial planning, consulting, business exit consulting generally $500 to $30,000.
$0 - $499,999.99: 2.05% (Park Avenue Portfolio Select Program maximum client fee) $500,000 - $999,999.99: 2.00% (Park Avenue Portfolio Select Program maximum client fee) $1,000,000 - $1,999,999.99: 1.95% (Park Avenue Portfolio Select Program maximum client fee) $2,000,000+: 1.90% (Park Avenue Portfolio Select Program maximum client fee)
Brokerage commissions on transaction-based accounts; ticket charges $10 per transaction for Park Avenue Portfolio Select.
Hourly fees for financial planning and consulting generally $100 to $500 per hour.
Subscription-Based Financial Planning fees up to $25,000 per agreement annually; Subscription-Based Business Financial Consulting fees up to $30,000 annually or per engagement.
Account minimum: $5,000 (VestWise minimum), $10,000 (most Park Avenue Proprietary Programs minimums, including Park Avenue Portfolio Select [closed to new investors], Park Avenue Signature Portfolio, Foundations, Quantitative Innovations, Park Avenue Strategist Select and Plus, UMA Select) Minimum fee: Annual Platform Fee minimum $90 per household for Park Avenue Proprietary Programs other than VestWise. Fee-only: Advisory and financial planning fees negotiated; financial planning fees range generally $100/hour to $500/hour or flat fees $500 to $25,000; subscription plans up to $25,000 annually.
Pittsford, NY
69 Monroe Avenue
Pittsford NY 14534
Advisors at this office
11
Arizona · California · Connecticut · Florida · Maine · Massachusetts · New York · North Carolina · Utah
41 years of industry experience
Park Avenue Securities
2022 - Present • 4 years
Pittsford, NY
Guardian Life Insurance
2022 - Present • 4 years
Pittsford, NY
Park Avenue securities
2017 - 2022 • 5 years
Rochester, NY
Guardian life Insurance Company
2017 - 2022 • 5 years
Rochester, NY
Guardian Life
1999 - 2017 • 18 years
Pittsford, NY
Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America
1998 - 2017 • 19 years
Pittsford, NY
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