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Nicholas Maes

Advisor at Primerica Advisors

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Location

Watsonville, CA 95076

Credentials

Series 63, Series 65

Industry experience

2 years

About

Nicholas Maes is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and two years of industry experience. His background includes multiple roles at Santa Clara University and Andersen, as well as experience with Primerica Financial Services since 2020. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved in the sale of loan products and home-related services through affiliated companies. Primerica Advisors offers discretionary asset management primarily through its Lifetime Investment Program, which serves individual and high-net-worth clients with model-delivery strategies and discretionary separately managed accounts. The firm curates third-party asset managers and employs a tiered wrap fee structure, focusing on non-institutional clients.

Client services

Based on Primerica Advisors

Portfolio management

Expertise

Based on Primerica Advisors

ESG / Sustainable investing Tax-loss harvesting Income planning

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Fee options

Percentage

$0 - $250,000: 1.74% (1.25% Advisory Fee + 0.49% Program Fee) $250,000.01 - $500,000: 1.71% (1.25% Advisory Fee + 0.46% Program Fee) $500,000.01 - $1,000,000: 1.52% (1.10% Advisory Fee + 0.42% Program Fee) $1,000,000.01 - $3,000,000: 1.38% (1.00% Advisory Fee + 0.38% Program Fee) $3,000,000.01 - $5,000,000: 1.15% (0.85% Advisory Fee + 0.30% Program Fee) $5,000,000.01 - $10,000,000: 1.00% (0.80% Advisory Fee + 0.20% Program Fee) $10,000,000.01+: 0.85% (0.75% Advisory Fee + 0.10% Program Fee)

Other

Account minimum: $25,000

Location

3 Hangar Way, Suite B

Watsonville, CA 95076

Most active in

California

Work history

PFS Investments Inc.

2023 - Present (3 years)

Unemployed

2023 - 2023 (1 year)

Santa Clara University

2022 - 2023 (1 year)

Andersen

2022 - 2022 (1 year)

Santa Clara University

2021 - 2022 (1 year)

Pizza Antica

2021 - 2021 (1 year)

Santa Clara University

2020 - 2021 (1 year)

Primerica Financial Services

2020 - Present (6 years)

Santa Clara University

2019 - 2020 (1 year)

Santa Clara University

2019 - 2020 (1 year)

Bellarmine College Preparatory

2018 - 2019 (1 year)

Bellarmine College Preparatory

2017 - 2018 (1 year)

Bellarmine College Preparatory

2016 - 2017 (1 year)

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