Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc. (St Petersburg)

Transamerica Financial Advisors provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, selection of other advisers, and educational seminars and workshops. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Transamerica Financial Advisors: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc. is $1.02 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 142% since the beginning of its operation, and $10.16 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $761.61 million in discretionary accounts and $254.02 million in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $64.54 thousand each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $7.49 thousand.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 80% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is cash and cash equivalents, which make up 10% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in other assets form 10% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc. for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and commissions. Commissions are paid and earned by the adviser when a trade or a sales of an investment is made. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients William Harold Geiger serves?

The firm provides services to individuals, charitable organizations, high net worth individuals, corporations or other businesses, and pension and profit sharing plans. The largest group of clients of William Harold Geiger is individuals with 45,072 clients and $850.67 million of assets under management. Among the 7 most similar advisory firms, Transamerica Financial Advisors has the highest percentage of individuals out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $1.01 billion for 45,665 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. 1% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Transamerica Financial Advisors doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc.

The company employs 1,271 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 100 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 1,271 employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There’s a single person with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm compensates employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

William Harold Geiger has been acting as President since 1 Apr 2002. Karen Barnett Perry joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Supervisory Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 16 indirect owners.

Based in St Petersburg

The principal office where Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc. performs its advisory services is located at 570 Carillon Parkway, St Petersburg, FL 33716 1202, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Pleasanton, CA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 727-299-1800 or by fax 800-660-3702. The normal business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at tfg.transamerica.com.

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