Ep 423: Expanding Across The Household By Helping (Affluent) Sandwich Generation Kids With Their Parents' Financial Needs with Cristina Livadary

Financial Advisor Success

Cristina Livadary is the CEO of Mana Financial Life Design, an RIA based in Los Angeles (that works virtually with clients nationwide) overseeing approximately $70 million in assets under management for 119 client households. Cristina's firm helps "sandwich generation" clients by crafting financial plans that address their personal needs and goals while also offering optional add-on planning engagements to tackle the financial challenges of their aging parents, who may require support in the future. This dual-focus approach ensures comprehensive support for clients navigating intergenerational financial responsibilities.

Listen in as Cristina shares how her personal experience navigating the challenges of caring for aging parents and young children inspired her to focus on serving this niche. She also discusses how she transitioned her firm to a complexity-based fee structure, how she conducts 20-minute "fit" meetings to determine whether prospective clients will be a good fit for her firm's services and fee model, and the lessons she's learned about creating defined roles for new hires in order to build a cohesive team.

For show notes and more visit: https://www.kitces.com/423

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Cristina Livadary is the CEO of Mana Financial Life Design, an RIA based in Los Angeles (that works virtually with clients nationwide) overseeing approximately $70 million in assets under management for 119 client households. Cristina's firm helps "sandwich generation" clients by crafting financial plans that address their personal needs and goals while also offering optional add-on planning engagements to tackle the financial challenges of their aging parents, who may require support in the future. This dual-focus approach ensures comprehensive support for clients navigating intergenerational financial responsibilities.

Listen in as Cristina shares how her personal experience navigating the challenges of caring for aging parents and young children inspired her to focus on serving this niche. She also discusses how she transitioned her firm to a complexity-based fee structure, how she conducts 20-minute "fit" meetings to determine whether prospective clients will be a good fit for her firm's services and fee model, and the lessons she's learned about creating defined roles for new hires in order to build a cohesive team.

For show notes and more visit: https://www.kitces.com/423

2025-02-04 90 min
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