Stephen I. Lee
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Stephen In Hee Lee, CFP®, who also goes by In Hee Lee, Stephen In Hee Lee, is a registered financial advisor currently at RWA WEALTH PARTNERS located in Costa Mesa, California.
Stephen is registered as an IAR (Investment Advisor Representative) and started their career in finance in 2002. Stephen has worked at 13 firms and has passed the Series 66, Series 63, SIE, Series 7 and Series 6 exams.
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RWA WEALTH PARTNERS - Registered Investment Advisory firm
Version Date: Sat Mar 30 2024RWA Wealth Partners, LLC (“RWA Wealth Partners”) is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an investment adviser. Ropes Wealth Advisors is a division of RWA Wealth Partners. Brokerage and investment advisory services and fees differ, and it is important for you to understand the differences. Free and simple tools are available to research firms and financial professionals at Investor.gov/CRS, which also provides educational materials about broker-dealers, investment advisers, and investing.
Fees and Costs:
Since we typically charge asset-based fees, the more assets we manage, the more you will pay in fees. We therefore have an incentive to encourage you to increase the assets you entrust us to manage. Investment management fees are negotiable. In certain circumstances, we charge a flat or fixed fee, discount fees or waive fees. Fees will be automatically deducted from your account, which will reduce the value of your account.
Additional Fees and Costs will apply. The most typical fees you should expect to pay include:
Mutual Fund Fees and Expenses. Investments in mutual funds generally include an embedded expense ratio composed of an investment management fee and/or carried interest paid to the investment adviser of the mutual fund.
Brokerage and Custodial Fees. Brokerage and custodial fees typically vary depending on the qualified custodian where the account is custodied. Certain qualified custodians have specific fees when trading with an affiliated broker-dealer and different brokerage fees charged by a non-affiliated broker-dealer. We do not receive any portion of these fees. You are responsible for paying for the brokerage and custodial costs for your accounts. Our trading desks take into consideration any applicable terms, fees and commission schedule imposed by the qualified custodian for each client account and execute trades consistent with our duty to seek best execution.
External Separate Account Manager Fees. For certain qualified clients, when it is appropriate and cost-effective for the client, we engage third-party investment managers to manage a portion or all of the client’s assets. If we engage an external third-party manager, you are responsible for paying all fees charged by the third-party manager on those assets.
You will pay fees and costs whether you make or lose money on your investments. Fees and costs will reduce any amount of money you make on your investments over time. Please make sure you understand what fees and costs you are paying.
Additional information about our fees is located in Item 5 of our Form ADV Part 2A, which is available online at: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/156984
Questions to ask your Professional:
- Help me understand how these fees and costs might affect my investments. If I give you $10,000 to invest, how much will go to fees and costs, and how much will be invested for me?
Conflicts of Interest:
When we act as your investment adviser, we have to actin your best interest and not put our interest ahead of yours. At the same time, the way we make money creates some conflicts with your interests. You should understand and ask us about these conflicts because they can affect the investment advice we provide you. Here is an example to help you understand what this means.
We provide fiduciary and personal tax return preparation and filing services to clients under the brand RWA Tax Solutions. These services are separate from any investment advisory services and are offered at an additional cost to clients. We typically recommend the services of RWA Tax Solutions to our clients. We are incentivized to recommend RWA Tax Solutions to clients as any fees generated by such services will accrue to RWA Wealth Partners. Whenever we recommend RWA Tax Solutions, clients are encouraged to evaluate other tax service providers.
Additional information about our conflicts of interest is located in our Form ADV Part 2A, which is available online at: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/156984
Questions to ask your Professional:
- How might your conflicts of interest affect me, and how will you address them?
How do your financial professionals make money?
Our financial professionals are compensated with a salary, discretionary bonus and, for certain Wealth Managers, a percentage of the advisory fee collected from the client. These individuals have an interest in recommending mutual fund, equity, or alternative investment portfolios rather than individual bond portfolios, as the former portfolios have a higher standard fee rate.
Certified licenses
Start date: 2008
Education
University of California, Irvine
B.A. - Economics
USC Marshall School of Business
Experience
November 3, 2023 - Present
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Office #1: 3200 Park Center Drive Suite 800, Costa Mesa, CA 92626January 19, 2023 - November 7, 2023
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Primary Firm SEC Registration

RWA WEALTH PARTNERS
CRD#: 156984 / SEC#: 801-73098
State Registrations and Notice Filings
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Highlighted states indicate IAR registrations
(11/3/2023)
(11/3/2023)
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Current Firm

RWA WEALTH PARTNERS
CRD#: 156984 / SEC#: 801-73098
Contact information
SEC notice filing (53 States and Territories)
Regulatory assets under management
| Total Number of Accounts | 19,490 |
| AUM (Assets Under Management) | $ 17,255,241,142 |
Accountant surprise examination report
| Filing Date | Form ADV-E Cover | Form ADV-E Report |
|---|---|---|
| 01/02/2025 | ||
| 09/29/2023 | ||
| 12/09/2022 |
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Company Information
RWA WEALTH PARTNERS
Wealth AdvisorCRD#: 156984Costa Mesa, CA 92626TRUST BUT VERIFY
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