Tom Sleeter
Advisor at Ruggaard & Associates
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Advisor at Ruggaard & Associates
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Location
Oak Brook, IL 60523
Credentials
Series 66
Industry experience
26 years
Tom Sleeter is a financial advisor at Ruggaard & Associates with 26 years of industry experience and holds the Series 66 designation. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial, Cetera Advisor Networks LLC, and he has managed his own firm, Sleeter Drummond LLC, since 2019. Outside of financial advising, he is involved in farming operations as President and Director of Sleeter Farms Nebraska, Inc. and Sleeter Family Farm Corporation, and serves on the boards of two nonprofit organizations related to recreational land and cemetery management. Ruggaard & Associates is a team-based SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm employs a multi-method investment approach and offers a range of strategies tailored to client objectives, with ongoing account monitoring and periodic reporting. Ruggaard & Associates also provides in-house tax preparation services and accepts a performance-based fee arrangement for one qualified client under specific conditions.
$0 - $1,000,000: 0.80% to 1.00% $1,000,000 - /no limit: 0.50% to 1.00% N/A - N/A: 0.40% for retirement account management
Financial planning and tax preparation fees ranging from $100 to $200 per hour
Performance-based fees charged to a single qualified client; up to 20% of performance above agreed index
Account minimum: $100,000 Minimum fee: $800 minimum annual fee alternative for clients not meeting account minimum Fee-only: Investment management fees based on percentage of AUM; Financial planning and tax preparation fees charged hourly ($100 to $200/hour)
1200 Harger Road, Ste 222
Oak Brook, IL 60523
Illinois · Texas
Ruggaard & Associates
2023 - Present (3 years)
Sleeter Drummond Llc
2019 - Present (7 years)
LPL Financial
2018 - 2021 (3 years)
Cetera Advisor Networks LLC
2013 - 2018 (5 years)
Sleeter Farms Nebraska, Inc
2008 - Present (18 years)
Total Clarity Wealth Management, Inc.
2007 - 2022 (15 years)
Heartland Capital Resources, Inc.
1992 - Present (34 years)
Sleeter Family Farm Corporation
1991 - Present (35 years)
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