American Investors Company

Overview

Established in 1966, American Investors Company (AIC) is a prominent privately-owned securities firm headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. The firm provides a full suite of non-proprietary securities products, investment brokerage, financial planning, and asset management services to its clients. AIC has built a solid reputation over more than five decades for successfully assisting clients in meeting their financial goals. The firm's registered representatives are thoroughly trained professionals qualified to work closely with clients to help them achieve their financial objectives. AIC offers an extensive product portfolio, including several thousand mutual funds, agreements with over forty variable life, variable annuity, and index annuity product providers, and active relationships with over 15 third-party money managers specializing in both mutual fund asset allocation programs and individually managed stock accounts. The firm also provides 529 plans for tax-advantaged educational funding, direct participation programs, private placements, DST real estate programs designed to facilitate both direct real estate investments and 1031 exchanges, and a trading desk staffed to handle stocks, bonds, mutual funds, CDs, municipal and government securities transactions. Additionally, AIC offers fee-based advisory accounts and financial planning specialists. AIC utilizes a deliberate and exacting approach to conducting research and due diligence on direct participation programs and third-party money managers. The firm was a founding member of the Alliance of Independent Broker-Dealers (AIBD), a well-known and highly-respected, non-profit due diligence and research association formed in 1980 and ultimately disbanded in 2012. Since then, AIC has continued to adhere to the detailed process and methodology pioneered by the AIBD in conducting its own internal due diligence and research. The firm also emphasizes continuing education for its financial professionals, hosting annual sales and compliance conferences that feature nationally prominent money managers, economists, financial planning specialists, and other notable guest speakers addressing a wide variety of financially related subjects.

Investment Focus

• Accredited Investor Status
• Investment Horizon
• Risk Tolerance Assessment
• Compliance with Regulatory Requirements
• Due Diligence Process
• Financial Suitability Evaluation
• Investment Objectives Alignment
• Legal Documentation and Agreements
• Confidentiality Agreements

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