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KFG, LLC

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Client AUM

$180,500,000

Clients

100

Advisors

6

of 10 employees

About

KFG, LLC advises individuals—including business owners, professionals, retirees, and families—as well as trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers integrated financial planning and portfolio management along with services such as estate and tax planning, cash flow analysis, business succession planning, financial coaching, and standalone consulting “Lightning Meetings.”

The firm describes a process-driven, five-step planning approach (Data Gathering; Discovery; Design; Implementation; Maintenance) that combines technical planning with clients’ values and behavioral considerations. Investment management centers on a long-term, “constant-weighting” asset allocation philosophy, periodic rebalancing, use of third‑party managers and sub‑advisors, and tax-aware techniques such as tax‑loss/gain harvesting.

KFG’s brochure highlights several features less common among peers: it succeeded a prior registered adviser in a documented succession, discloses affiliations with other advisers and an affiliated CPA firm (with migration or client solicitation possible but optional), and references an affiliated non‑advisory financial mental‑health coaching service. The firm also maintains a firm blog, runs workshops, study groups and teleclasses, offers paid Lightning Meetings, and notes that portfolio performance comparisons and periodic reports are prepared and made available through a client portal or on request.

Client services

Financial planning Portfolio management Selection of other advisers Newsletters or periodicals Educational seminars or workshops
Consultation,financial coaching (individual & group), columnist & author

Expertise

General retirement planning Tax strategies for small businesses Business succession planning Cash flow / budgeting

Occupation focus

Founder/Business Owner Retired

Demographic focus

Mid-Career Professionals Established Professionals

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Fee options

Fixed

Flat fee for Lightning Meetings: 60-minute sessions costing $990, $650, or $350 depending on planner level

Percentage

$0 - $780,000: 1.30% $780,000.01 - $1,825,000: 1.00% $1,825,000.01 - $3,675,000: 0.80% $3,675,000.01 - $8,000,000: 0.55% Over $8,000,000+: Negotiable

Project-based

Up to $500 per hour for other services; Lightning Meetings: $990/hr with principal, $650/hr lead planner, $350/hr associate planner

Other

Minimum fee: Financial Planning clients have a minimum quarterly fee of $1,875 Fee-only: Fee-only financial planning and investment advisory, no commissions or third-party product compensation.

Main office

429 Quincy St

Rapid City SD 57701

Advisors at this office

6

Most active in

Florida · Idaho · New Hampshire · South Dakota · Texas

Also doing business as

Kahler Financial Group · Kfg, LLC

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Business activities & affiliations

Advisors at this firm

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Richard K

CFP®, ChFC®, Series 63

Rapid City, SD

KFG, LLC

Richard Kahler is a financial advisor at KFG, LLC with 37 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 63 designations and previously worked for Kahler Financial Group, Inc. for 22 years before joining KFG, LLC. Kahler is involved in financial therapy through Advanced Well-Being, LLC and has experience in writing and speaking via a publishing company, Conscious Finance LLC. KFG, LLC provides financial planning and portfolio management services to individuals, families, business owners, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a process-driven planning approach that integrates technical strategies with clients’ values and behavioral factors, focusing on long-term asset allocation, tax-aware investment techniques, and ongoing client engagement through various educational formats.

General retirement planning Tax strategies for small businesses Business succession planning Cash flow / budgeting Founder/Business Owner Retired Mid-Career Professionals Established Professionals
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Emily K

Series 66

Rapid City, SD

KFG, LLC

Emily Koch is a financial advisor at KFG, LLC with two years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at LPL Financial LLC (Waddell and Reed) and Tagge Rutherford Financial Group. KFG, LLC serves individuals, business owners, professionals, retirees, families, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations with integrated financial planning and portfolio management. The firm uses a process-driven, five-step planning approach and emphasizes long-term, tax-aware investment strategies combined with behavioral considerations.

General retirement planning Tax strategies for small businesses Business succession planning Cash flow / budgeting Founder/Business Owner Retired Mid-Career Professionals Established Professionals
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Karie S

CFP®

Rapid City, SD

KFG, LLC

Karie Swanson is a CFP® professional with one year of experience in financial advising at KFG, LLC. Prior to joining KFG, she worked for 12 years at NorthWestern Energy. KFG, LLC serves individuals, business owners, retirees, families, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations by providing integrated financial planning and portfolio management. The firm follows a process-driven planning approach combined with a long-term, tax-aware investment strategy, and offers services including estate and tax planning, business succession planning, and financial coaching.

General retirement planning Tax strategies for small businesses Business succession planning Cash flow / budgeting Founder/Business Owner Retired Mid-Career Professionals Established Professionals
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Benjamin P

CFP®, Series 66

Rapid City, SD

KFG, LLC

Benjamin Paulding is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with three years of industry experience. He is currently with KFG, LLC and has previously worked at Freidel & Associates and Steward & Company, LLC. Outside of advisory work, Paulding serves as treasurer and a board member of Preferred Security Components of Pennsylvania, a vehicle detection systems company. KFG, LLC provides financial planning and portfolio management services to individuals, families, business owners, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a process-driven, five-step planning approach and emphasizes long-term, constant-weighting asset allocation with tax-aware investment techniques.

General retirement planning Tax strategies for small businesses Business succession planning Cash flow / budgeting Founder/Business Owner Retired Mid-Career Professionals Established Professionals
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Nathaniel G

CFP®, Series 66

Rapid City, SD

KFG, LLC

Nathaniel Gehring is a CFP® with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at KFG, LLC. He has previously worked at Kahler Financial Group, Inc. and KeatsConnelly. KFG, LLC provides financial planning and portfolio management services to individuals, business owners, retirees, families, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a process-driven planning approach that integrates technical strategies with clients’ values and behavioral factors, emphasizing long-term asset allocation, tax-aware investment techniques, and the use of third-party managers.

General retirement planning Tax strategies for small businesses Business succession planning Cash flow / budgeting Founder/Business Owner Retired Mid-Career Professionals Established Professionals
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Cecilia F

CFP®

Rapid City, SD

KFG, LLC

Cecilia Fleming is a CFP® professional at KFG, LLC with three years of industry experience. She previously worked at Kahler Financial Group and EVOadvisers. Outside of advisory work, she operates a tax preparation service for long-haul truckers based in Midlothian, VA. KFG, LLC serves individuals, business owners, professionals, retirees, families, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm provides integrated financial planning and portfolio management using a process-driven, five-step planning approach and a long-term, constant-weighting investment philosophy with tax-aware strategies.

General retirement planning Tax strategies for small businesses Business succession planning Cash flow / budgeting Founder/Business Owner Retired Mid-Career Professionals Established Professionals
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