Financial Advisors Network, Inc., doing business as Financial Advisors Network, is a corporation
formed in the State of California and registered with the SEC. We have been in business as an
investment adviser since 2011. Our firm is wholly owned by Kamps Asset Management Planning
Services, Inc. (“Kamps, Inc.”), which is wholly owned by the Kamps 2002 Family Trust. We have our
primary office in Tustin, California and another office location in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
We are dedicated to providing individuals and other types of clients with a wide array of investment
advisory services. We specialize in the following types of services: Wrap Comprehensive Portfolio
Management, Financial Planning & Consulting, Corporate Trust Services, Seminars, SEI Programs,
and Retirement Plan Management/Consulting.
Types of Advisory Services Offered
Financial Planning & Consulting:
We provide a variety of financial planning and consulting services to individuals, families and other
clients regarding the management of their financial resources based upon an analysis of the client’s
current situation, goals, and objectives. Generally, such financial planning services will involve
preparing a financial plan or rendering a financial consultation for clients based on the client’s
financial goals and objectives. This planning or consulting may encompass one or more (but not
limited to) of the following areas: Investment Planning, Social Security Analytics, Investment Fee
Analytics, Annuity Analytics, Retirement Planning, Estate Planning, Charitable Planning, Education
Planning, Corporate and Personal Tax Planning, Cost Segregation Study, Corporate Structure, Real
Estate Analysis, Mortgage/Debt Analysis, Insurance Analysis, Lines of Credit Evaluation, Business
and Personal Financial Planning.
Our written financial plans or financial consultations rendered to clients usually include general
recommendations for a course of activity or specific actions to be taken by the clients. For example,
recommendations may be made that the clients begin or revise investment programs, create or revise
wills or trusts, obtain or revise insurance coverage, commence or alter retirement savings, or
establish education or charitable giving programs. It should also be noted that we refer clients to an
accountant, attorney or other specialist, as necessary for non-advisory related services. For written
financial planning engagements, we provide our clients with a written summary of their financial
situation, observations, and recommendations. For financial consulting engagements, we usually do
not provide our clients with a written summary of our observations and recommendations as the
process is less formal than our planning service. Plans or consultations are typically completed within
six (6) months of the client signing a contract with us, assuming that all the information and
documents we request from the client are provided to us promptly. Implementation of the
recommendations will be at the discretion of the client.
Corporate Trust Services:
We offer Corporate Trustee Services to clients participating in our firm’s Comprehensive Portfolio
Management Wrap Fee Program. Our firm is available to service a variety of charitable, wealth
transfer, and asset protection trusts including, but not limited to: Living Trusts (Revocable Trusts),
Special Needs or Supplemental Trusts, Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts, Charitable Lead Trusts,
Charitable Remainder Trusts, Marital Trusts, Family Trusts, and Generation-Skipping Trusts.
Corporate Trustee Services typically include:
• Planning, preparing, managing, and filing trust income tax returns.
• Fulfilling ongoing distribution and liquidity needs.
• Creating accounting, estate flow, and other reports.
• Communicating progress of trust distribution to beneficiaries.
• Complying with federal and state laws.
• Documenting and tracking the legal ownership and custody of assets.
• Coordinating payment for bills and outside services when necessary.
• Overseeing property (personal and real).
• Filing insurance claims.
• Investing assets according to trust documents.
• Managing trust assets in a tax efficient manner.
• Adjusting portfolios to fit investment objectives.
• Educating beneficiaries on financial planning and their investment resources.
When designated as a trustee, co-trustee, or successor trustee for a client, our firm administers the
client’s trust in accordance with the specifications of their trust documents. We provide investment
management and manage all aspects of the trust administration. However, we do not provide legal,
real estate, or accounting services. The client is responsible for selecting such service providers.
These service providers will charge fees that are separate from, and in addition to, the fees charged
by our firm.
Seminars:
Mr. Kamps is a licensed presenter of Financial Strategies for Successful Retirement (FSSR). FSSR is
published by Broadridge Advisor Solutions. Employees of Financial Advisors Network, Inc. may
present these course materials in these seminars.
SEI Programs:
Our firm recommends that certain of our clients allocate investment assets among the various mutual
fund asset allocation models, underlying mutual funds, and/or independent investment manager
programs offered through SEI Investments Management Corp. (“SEI”). SEI is a global asset management
company and sponsor of its own proprietary mutual funds. SEI Private Trust Company, an affiliate of
SEI, serves as custodian for each SEI account, and provides each client with reporting services, including
consolidated monthly statements, quarterly performance reports, and year-end tax reports. SEI enables
investment advisers such as our firm to offer its clients mutual fund asset allocation models, underlying
individual mutual funds, and investment management programs that are not otherwise available to the
general public. As part of its overall investment management program, SEI offers quarterly rebalancing
of each client’s investment assets for the purpose of maintaining the assets in accordance with the
client’s previously designated percentage (%) asset allocations for the SEI account. Our firm shall not
remove clients’ account from SEI to another program without the client’s consent.
Retirement Plan Management/Consulting:
Our firm provides retirement plan management and/or consulting services to employer plan
sponsors on an ongoing basis. Generally, such consulting services consist of assisting employer plan
sponsors in establishing, monitoring and reviewing their company's participant-directed retirement
plan. As the needs of the plan sponsor dictate, areas of advising could include: investment policy
statement, investment options, plan structure, and participant education.
Retirement Plan Management/Consulting services typically include:
• Investment Policy Statement – Our firm will review or assist in the development of a
statement that summarizes the investment goals and objectives along with the broad
strategies to be employed to meet the objectives.
• Investment Options – Our firm will work with the Plan Sponsor to evaluate and select existing
investment options and make recommendations for appropriate changes.
• Asset Allocation and Portfolio Construction – Our firm may develop strategic asset allocation
models to aid Participants in developing strategies to meet their investment objectives, time
horizon, financial situation and tolerance for risk.
• Participant Education – Our firm will provide opportunities to educate plan participants
about their retirement plan offerings, different investment options, and general guidance on
allocation strategies.
When providing retirement plan management/consulting services, our firm does not provide any
advisory services with respect to the following types of assets: employer securities, real estate
(excluding real estate funds and publicly traded REITS), participant loans, non-publicly traded
securities or assets, other illiquid investments, or brokerage window programs (collectively,
“Excluded Assets”).
All retirement plan management/consulting services shall be in compliance with the applicable state
laws regulating retirement consulting services. This applies to client accounts that are retirement or
other employee benefit plans (“Plan”) governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended (“ERISA”). If the client accounts are part of a Plan, and our firm accepts
appointments to provide service to such accounts, our firm acknowledges its fiduciary standard
within the meaning of Section 3(21) or 3(38) of ERISA as designated by the Retirement Plan
Management/Consulting Agreement with respect to the provision of services described therein.
Tailoring of Advisory Services
We offer individualized investment advice to Wrap Comprehensive Portfolio Management clients.
Additionally, we offer general investment advice to clients utilizing our firm’s Financial Planning &
Consulting, Corporate Trust Services, and Retirement Plan Management/Consulting services.
Each Wrap Comprehensive Portfolio Management client has the opportunity to place reasonable
restrictions on the types of investments to be held in the portfolio. Restrictions on investments in
certain securities or types of securities may not be possible due to the level of difficulty this would
entail in managing the account. Restrictions would be limited to our Wrap Comprehensive Portfolio
Management service.
Participation in Wrap Fee Programs
We offer and sponsor a wrap fee program as further described in Part 2A, Appendix 1 (the “Wrap Fee
Program Brochure”). Comprehensive Portfolio Management services are only offered through
wrapped accounts, which are managed on an individualized basis according to the client’s investment
objectives, financial goals, risk tolerance, etc. As further described in our Wrap Fee Program
Brochure, we receive a portion of the wrap fee for our services.
Regulatory Assets Under Management
We managed $730,689,115 on a discretionary basis and $68,428,561 on a non-discretionary basis as
$613,931,952 for a total of $799,117,676 as of December 31st, 2023.