Financial Life Focus, LLC (Livingston)

Name: Financial Life Focus, LLC
Address: 70 South Orange Avenue, Livingston, NJ, 07039 4903
Telephone: (973) 533-0666

Financial Life Focus, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Livingston. It manages $258.53 million of regulatory assets for 523 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2014 and has operated in the jurisdictions of California, Connecticut, Florida, and 4 other states.

Financial Life Focus provides financial planning services, portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, and portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients. It prepares financial plans for more than 10 clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Financial Life Focus: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Financial Life Focus, LLC is $258.53 million. The company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.

Investments

The firm invests in investment and business development companies the most. They account for 100% of the total AUM.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Financial Life Focus, LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, hourly charges, and fixed fees. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Michael Frank Kay serves?

The firm provides services to individuals, high net worth individuals, and pension and profit sharing plans. The largest group of clients of Michael Frank Kay is high net worth individuals with 60 clients and $163.35 million of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Financial Life Focus has the 4th highest percentage of high net worth individuals out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $258.53 million for 195 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. None of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Financial Life Focus doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Financial Life Focus, LLC

The company employs 8 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 50 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 4 employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Michael Frank Kay has been acting as President since 1 Jun 2010. Michael F Kay joined the executive team most recently as the Managing Member/Chief Compliance Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Michael Frank Kay	President/chief compliance officer	1 Jun 2010	75% - 100%	1420183
Michael F Kay	Managing member/chief compliance officer	1 Jun 2010	75% - 100%	1420183

Based in Livingston

The principal office where Financial Life Focus, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 70 South Orange Avenue, Livingston, NJ 07039 4903, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in New York, NY. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number (973) 533-0666 or by fax (973) 533-6460. The normal business hours are 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at financial-lifefocus.com.