Ryan Moran

Advisor at Locus Wealth Management

Updated today

Location

West Chester, PA

Credentials

CFP®

Industry experience

6 years

About

With over half a decade of experience managing $425M in assets for more than 200 households, I founded this firm with a clear vision: to provide truly personalized financial advice by understanding your unique goals and creating a clear path to achieve them. My extensive background in wealth management has taught me that successful financial planning isn't about complex products, opaque fees and cookie-cutter solutions.

I believe in delivering clear, actionable advice grounded in goal-oriented financial planning - not arbitrary metrics or sales quotas. Every client deserves a strategy as unique as their aspirations.

Client services

Based on Locus Wealth Management

Financial planning Portfolio management

Expertise

Based on Locus Wealth Management

Wealth management Social Security optimization College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.) Cash flow / budgeting

Fee options

Fixed

Fixed fees ranging from $3,000 to $15,000 for Project-Based Financial Planning

Percentage

$0 - $1,000,000: 1.00% $1,000,001 - $5,000,000: 0.50% $5,000,001 - $15,000,000: 0.25% $15,000,001+: 0.15%

Project-based

$350 per hour for Project-Based Financial Planning

Other

Fee-only: Wealth Management fees based on tiered percentage of AUM; Project-Based Financial Planning fixed fees from $3,000 to $15,000 or $350 hourly rate.

Location

West Chester, PA

Most active in

Pennsylvania · Texas

Work history

Locus Wealth Management, LLC

2025 - Present (1 year)

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

2019 - 2025 (6 years)

Unemployed

2019 - 2019 (1 year)

The McCormick Group

2018 - 2018 (1 year)

Temple University

2015 - 2018 (3 years)

Out Door Country Club

2014 - 2017 (3 years)

Disclosures

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