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Roger George Tran

Advisor at Core Planning — Pittsburg, CA

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Credentials

CFP®

Experience

6 years

Location

Pittsburg, CA

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Core Planning

Multi-team

Total advisors

60

Across 47 offices

Clients per advisor

14 Very Low

Avg AUM per client

$605,570 Typical

HNW client ratio

14% Typical

About

Roger Tran is a CFP® with six years of industry experience, currently serving as an investment advisor representative at Core Planning in Pittsburg, CA. His previous roles include positions at Facet Wealth, Wells Fargo, and Ginsburg Financial Advisors, among others. He has also been affiliated with the Oakland Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce. Core Planning provides fee-only financial planning and wealth management services primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary account management through tailored investment strategies and the use of third-party model portfolios and automated rebalancing tools.

Client services

Based on Core Planning

Financial planning Portfolio management

Expertise

Based on Core Planning

Retirement income strategy

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Fee options

Fixed

Fixed fees for financial planning up to $1,200 (negotiable, based on complexity and client needs)

Percentage

$0+: Up to 1.25% annually (negotiable, based on money manager, IAR, and asset value) $0+: Up to 1.1% annually for ERISA plan assets

Project-based

Up to $400 per hour for hourly financial planning and consulting (negotiable)

Other

Fee-only: Fee-only financial planning and wealth management services

Location

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Pittsburg, CA

Pittsburg CA

Advisors at this office

1

Most active in

California · Florida · Hawaii · Missouri · North Carolina · Oregon · South Carolina · Wyoming

Work history

6 years of industry experience

NewRetirement Advisors LLC d/b/a Boldin Advisors

2025 - 2026 • 1 year

Pittsburg, CA

Core Planning d/b/a Roger Tran, CFP

2024 - Present • 2 years

Pittsburg, CA

Oakland Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce

2023 - 2025 • 2 years

Oakland, CA

Facet Wealth

2019 - 2023 • 4 years

Baltimore, MD

Grove

2019 - 2019 • 1 year

San Francisco, CA

L'Argent Ventures

2018 - 2024 • 6 years

Pittsburg, CA

Ginsburg Financial Advisors, Inc.

2017 - 2019 • 2 years

Oakland, CA

Wells Fargo

2007 - 2017 • 10 years

Concord, CA

Disclosures

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Business activities & affiliations

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CFP®, Series 65

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General retirement planning Income planning
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Lawrence G

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Douglas B

CFP®

Walnut Creek, CA

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Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) General retirement planning Annuities Wealth management Founder/Business Owner Executive
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Jeffrey E

Series 63, Series 65

Walnut Creek, CA

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General tax planning
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Eric H

CFA®, Series 63

Lafayette, CA

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Concentrated stock management Active portfolio management Passive / index investing
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