Austin A. Frye, JD, MBA, CFP®

• President and Founder, Frye Financial Center, 1979
• Registered Principal and Branch Manager with LPL Financial*
• LPL Financial Chairman’s Council member; top 1% of 14,054 investment advisers nationwide
  

Education

• J.D., University of Miami School of Law
• M.B.A., Stern School of Business at New York University
• B.A. in Mathematics, Herbert H. Lehman College

In the Media

• Featured Financial Advisor on WPLG Channel 10 News
• Named one of the 150 best financial advisers, nationally, by Medical Economics Magazine.
• Featured on television news programs such as WPBT's "The Nightly Business Report"
• Quoted in Money Magazine article regarding family wealth protection and other national publications such as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Investment News, Chicago Tribune, Daily Press, Details Magazine and CNNMoney.com.
• Featured Financial Planner in the Miami Herald Money Makeover column and numerous articles
  

Affiliations & Community Involvement

• CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®
• Member of the Financial Services Institute
• Member of the National Association of Plan Advisors
• Member of the Insured Retirement Institute
  
• Past President, South Florida Employee Benefit’s Council
• Member, Financial Planning Association
• Affiliate Member, American Society of Pension Actuaries
• Member, ASPA Benefits Council of South Florida
• Taught Certified Financial Planning® candidates studying for the CFP® exam at the University of Miami
• Speaker at major financial planning conferences
• Conducts seminars for CPA’s on tax law changes, ERISA regulations, etc.
  

EXCERPTED FROM A NEWSPAPER PROFILE OF AUSTIN A. FRYE:

Originally from New York City, Austin A. Frye has impressive credentials. He majored in math at Lehman College, CUNY, obtained his MBA from New York University and his J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law. He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®, and is among the top 1% of registered representatives of the country’s largest independent Broker/Dealer in revenues, LPL Financial*.

“Every aspect of money management and financial planning must be integrated,” says Austin A. Frye, president and founder of the company. “One part of your financial or estate plan can defeat the other if you do not implement the plan as a whole.” His firm’s interdisciplinary team of Certified Financial Planners®, Portfolio Managers, Insurance Professionals, and 401(k)/retirement plan experts provide the full range of planning and monitoring to help their successful clients maintain their desired standard of living through retirement and to preserve their wealth for their children and grandchildren.

In the current environment, Frye emphasizes the importance of following a disciplined approach; proper diversification of risk with a strong emphasis on high quality equity positions, laddering of fixed income positions and the inclusion of lower volatility hedging vehicles. At Frye Financial Center, they believe, as do the top wealth managers in the country, that this approach is the way to potentially maximize long term returns, not through market timing or chasing "story stocks”.

Frye tells clients that as with anything in life, the best outcomes are always the result of proper planning. During meetings with perspective clients in the Frye conference room, he points to a picture of 122 year old Jeanne Calment hanging on the wall and asks them if they will be financially prepared to be the next 122 year old!

* The leading independent broker dealer, according to revenues as reported by Financial Planning Magazine 1996-2012.