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Karen Ann Benedict

17 Years of Experience

Firm Information

Compensation
Commission-BasedFee-Only (AUM)Fixed/Hourly
Number of Advisors
26654 advisors
Number of Clients
1,676,192 clients
Average Client Portfolio
$369K average
Assets Under Management
$618.9B

Fee Structure

Minimum Investment:$1K

The OMP program has an annualized account fee, negotiable up to a maximum of 2.50% of assets, charged quarterly in advance. LPL also assesses a $5 transaction charge on each purchase and sale, but this is waived if an eligible contribution was made in the previous 365 days. Clients also pay other miscellaneous administrative or custodial-related fees. There are also fees charged by the Optimum Funds themselves. If the account is closed within the first six months, LPL and LPLE reserve the right to retain the pre-paid quarterly Account Fee.

Areas of Practice
Investment ManagementRetirement PlanningEducation PlanningEstate PlanningTax PlanningFinancial Planning & Coaching
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Advisor Information

Office location

200 Spring Street, Suite 120, Herndon, VA, 20170

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Regulatory History
Clean regulatory record

No disclosures, customer disputes, or regulatory actions on file.

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Other Business Activities

Karen is an investment advisor representative (IAR) for Northwest Financial Advisors since 2014 and a DBA for LPL Business since 2019. She is also SVP at Northwest Financial Group LLC since 2008 and SVP of Investments at NW Capital Management LLC since 2023, spending minimal time on the latter.

Employment History
Current Registrations
LPL Financial LLC Broker
March 2014 - Present · 11 yrs 10 mos
Northwest Financial Advisors LLC
February 2014 - Present · 11 yrs 11 mos
Northwest Financial Group LLCBroker
March 2008 - Present · 17 yrs 10 mos
Previous Registrations
LPL Financial LLC
March 2014 - March 2014 · 0 mos
State Registrations3 states
LATXVA
AdvisorBrokerBoth
Exams
No exam information available for this advisor.