CPA Prosperity Kit

Why Offer Investment Services to Your Clients?

"Since 2000, 50% of all accounting firms have added financial planning services, according to the study, created by Seattle-based Moss Adams LLP."

Increase and diversify your revenue stream.
CPAs already have the trust and confidence of clients.
Accounting and investing fit hand in glove and feed off of each other.
Clients want one-stop shopping: Co-ordinated retirement, investment, insurance, college, business succession, asset protection, estate and tax planning.
CPAs have the best knowledge of their clients’ has all the information as to what the client is doing financial history.
Protect your clients from people who call themselves "Financial Advisors" but are really salespeople selling commissioned investment and insurance products.
Better compete against other CPA firms
Create an annualized stream of revenue that can be used to fund your own retirement and dreams of financial independence.

Regatta Pays a Huge Payout: 40% of the Gross Management Fee - Forever!

Regatta Research is committed to providing high payouts designed to incentivize long-term win-win relationships with our CPA partners.

Our payouts rival any in the industry on both amount and the duration. As a CPA Partner with Regatta Research, you will pocket an extremely attractive 40% of the gross money management fee every year as long as the client remains with Regatta! Consider the chart below. It shows how much you will receive every year under the following circumstances:

A modest 1 million dollars pear year is brought to Regatta for a twenty year time period.
The assets compound at an 8% annual rate.
The asset under management fee charged to the client is 1.5%, and you receive 40%

In twenty years, your annual income would grow to $274,572.

10 Additional Reasons CPAs Love to Partner with Regatta Research

Our Proven Track Record
Our flagship Clipper account has historically outperformed the major market indices on an absolute, relative, and risk adjusted return basis.
Experience, Depth and Expertise
As a leading wealth management firm, we provide a guiding hand through bull, bear, and neutral markets by actively managing and attempting to shield your clients’ portfolios with our risk management systems.
Alignment of Interests i.e. Fee-only, No Commission, and Our CPA Partners Decide the Fee Schedule
Active Management of Multiple Vehicles, and Multiple Custodians = More Choices, Lower Fees, and Independence
Depending on market conditions, opportunities, liquidity preferences, and risk profiles, we can enhance our clients’ portfolios with a large variety of vehicles that include, but are not limited to:
- International, emerging market, and domestic stocks
- Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
- No-load mutual funds
- No-load variable annuities
- Municipal, corporate, and emerging market bonds CDs
Strategies Designed to Potentially Win in Any Market Environment: Up, Down, and Sideways.
Investment in You and Your Clients’ Financial Education through Our Education Division, Your Financial Coaches™
No Account Minimums Let’s You Build Your Asset Base Quicker and Focus on Long-Term Relationships
Our Contracts Are “At Will” and Can Be Terminated by Either Party at Any Time.
Our CPA Clients Can Pick and Chose the Services You Want Us to Provide.
It is important to us to make sure you have the freedom to determine which of our services you want and which ones you do not want to use. For example you may want us to do everything for a client and other times you may want to do the financial planning and have us do the portfolio management. That’s completely fine with us. You determine the scope and extent of our relationship.
Marketing Support
We can assist you in a variety of ways to build your business, including co-sponsoring dinner seminars, web casts, direct mail, etc.

Two Paths to Work with Regatta: You Choose What is Best for You

CPAs who work with Regatta Research are frequently amazed at the sheer flexibility they have in choosing the best way for you and Regatta to team up. In a nutshell, there are the two paths we can take to work together;
1) Become a Regatta Financial Advisor, or
2) Work with Regatta as a Third Party Investment Advisor through your Current Broker Dealer or your own RIA.

Option 1. Become a Regatta Financial Advisor

General
As straightforward as it sounds, you become a Regatta Financial Advisor and employee.
Pros:
- We handle all compliance, billing, contracts, etc.
- You determine your hours and production
- We provide you with a system, process, and infrastructure
- Become part of a high end, client centric, boutique wealth management firm
Cons:
A partial reduction in your freedom of action For example, marketing campaigns and literature need to be reviewed for compliance or alternative investments must be submitted through Regatta’s due diligence process.
Process:
- Pass the Series 65
- Submit a "clean" U-4
- Review and agree to abide by Regatta’s Code of Ethics, Employee contracts, etc.
- Being our Training and familiarization process
- Create marketing plan in conjunction with Regatta Research
- Receive Regatta Research business cards and stationary

Option 2. Work with Regatta as a Third Party Investment Advisor through your current Broker Dealer or through your own RIA.

General
Under both of these regulatory arrangements, you completely run your practice free and distinct from Regatta Research. We simply manage all or a portion of your clients’ portfolios for you.
Pros:
You can maintain your existing arrangements.
Cons:
If Regatta Research is not already approved, the Third Party Money Manager due diligence and background check required by your B-D or RIA may be lengthy and may not be a priority of your compliance department. There may be restrictions placed on certain non-traditional vehicles and strategies utilized in the portfolios.
Process:
- From Your RIA to Regatta Research or from Your Broker-Dealer to Regatta Research
- Due Diligence
- Solicitor’s Agreement
- Mutual Background Checks

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