Registered Investment Advisors, like Winthrop Partners have a fiduciary duty to clients; broker-dealers just have to meet the less-stringent suitability standard, which doesn’t require putting the client’s interests ahead of their own.

A fiduciary is a person or organization that acts on behalf of another person or persons, putting their clients’ interest ahead of their own, with a duty to preserve good faith and trust. Being a fiduciary thus requires being bound both legally and ethically to act in the other’s best interests.  Investopedia

Less than 1% of the approximately 800,000 individuals that hold themselves out as Wealth Mangers meet the stringent Fee-Only Fiduciary Standard. Brokers, bankers & insurance salesmen are not held to the same standards as Fee-Only Fiduciaries.

A broker-dealer follows the suitability standard: Investment choices must be suitable for the client, but can still be more beneficial to the broker than the very best option; the broker’s primary responsibility is to their firm, not their client Investopedia

Remember, when selecting a wealth manger, if you want to be sure that they are legally and ethically bound to work in only your best interest,  ask if your wealth manager is a Fee-Only Fiduciary.

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Why Winthrop Partners

Individual investments and markets fluctuate over time. As a fiduciary serving Amherst, NY we are bound ethically to act in the client’s best interests. This process provides a framework for making decisions collaboratively and monitoring the outcome of those decisions over time. Each step involves interaction between our team, the client and outside professionals if needed.

Empathy

Empathy

We take the time to actively listen and understand you and confirm what we hear.

Fiduciary

Fiduciary

We put you before us. We negotiate for you, not against you.

Experience

Experience

With over 150 years of combined experience this isn’t our first rodeo. Even with this experience we aren’t a bunch of old codgers wedded to yesterday’s solutions.

Fee-Only

Fee-Only

We receive one clearly aligned fee and accept no commissions or other third party
fees that could sway our recommendations.

Execution

Execution

Knowing what to do, how to do it and when to do it are three separate skills. Intelligence defines these skills and experience hones them. He who makes the fewest mistakes wins.

Local Fiduciary Advisors 

Founded in 2015, Winthrop is a fee-only fiduciary operating as a registered investment advisor in Buffalo, NY, Pittsburgh, PA and Doylestown, PA. Our commitment to our clients is that we will always be on their side. We will never try and sell products or take commissions from others. We act exclusively in our client’s best interest.
Meet Our Advisors

Doylestown, PA

Winthrop Partners EPA,LLC
100 Mechanics Street, 1st Fl
Doylestown, PA 18901

Buffalo, NY

Winthrop Partners WNY,LLC
295 Main Street, Suite 840
Buffalo, NY 14203

Pittsburgh, PA

Winthrop Partners WPA,LLC
101 East Swissvale Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15218