Sara
Buffington
Morningstar Investment Services LLC
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About this Advisor
Sara Buffington is a financial advisor who works out of Chicago, Illinois with a total of 4 years of industry experience. Buffington is an employee of Morningstar Investment Services LLC. Throughout their career, they have worked at Principal Life Insurance Company, Principal Securities Inc, Great Western Bank and Morningstar Investment Services. Buffington has Series 65 and Series 63 licenses, certifying them as both a securities agent and an investment advisor representative, and is able to work in Illinois. Morningstar Investment Services LLC is a registered investment firm operating out of Chicago, IL. The firm has offices in eight locations and a total of 31 advisors. It administers $11 billion in assets among its 59,512 client accounts, placing it among the biggest firms in the nation by assets under management. The firm provides services to eight charitable organizations. Of its 59,512 customer accounts, just 2% are held by high-net-worth clients who have more than $1 million in assets available to invest. Morningstar Investment Services LLC performs a few services, including portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for institutional clients and selection of other advisers. Financial advisory fee schedules depend on which services the firm provides the client. However, fees charged by Morningstar Investment Services LLC can consist of asset-based, fixed and other fees.
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Morningstar Investment Services LLC Brokerage Details
$10,671,700,000
31
59,512
$179,320
Investment Advisory Services
- Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
- Portfolio management for businesses or institutional clients
- Selection of other advisers
Sara Buffington Work History
Sara has been registered as a financial advisor for 4 years.*
Morningstar Investment Services
Principal Life Insurance Company
Principal Securities Inc
Great Western Bank
*The number of years registered in this profile is calculated by taking the year of an advisor's first active registration and subtracting it from the current year.
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