Angie Trandai CFP®, RFC®

Founder and President

Angie earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. She is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER ™. With a chemical engineering degree, she has brought a different perspective to the financial services industry for over the past 22 years and is the President of Trandai Financial Solutions, LLC. She specializes in retirement income solutions, income growth without the risks, and tax favorable distribution plans for retirees and pre-retirees such as doctors, dentists, pharmacists, engineers, and business owners. Angie is a member of the Financial Planning Association, Ed Slott’s Master Elite IRA Advisor Group (SM), and National Social Security (SM). Angie is securities and insurance licensed in 15 states. There is heart in everything Angie does. Angie has achieved the highest recognition into the prestigious rank of Stanford Who’s Who for her phenomenal work in the financial services industry and is a Five Star Wealth Manager Award Winner.

Angie is married and has two adult daughters, Christine, who works with her in the business, and Michelle, who is a physician. Angie enjoys meditation and traveling around the world.

*The Five Star Wealth Manager award, administered by Crescendo Business Services, LLC (dba Five Star Professional), is based on 10 objective criteria. Eligibility criteria – required: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser or a registered investment adviser representative; 2. Actively licensed as a registered investment adviser or as a principal of a registered investment adviser firm for a minimum of 5 years; 3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review (As defined by Five Star Professional, the wealth manager has not; A. Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; B. Had more than a total of three settled or pending complaints filed against them and/or a total of five settled, pending, dismissed or denied complaints with any regulatory authority or Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process. Unfavorable feedback may have been discovered through a check of complaints registered with a regulatory authority or complaints registered through Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process; feedback may not be representative of any one client’s experience; C. Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint; D. Filed for personal bankruptcy within the past 11 years; E. Been terminated from a financial services firm within the past 11 years; F. Been convicted of a felony); 4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal standards; 5. Accepting new clients. Evaluation criteria – considered: 6. One-year client retention rate; 7. Five-year client retention rate; 8. Non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; 9. Number of client households served; 10. Education and professional designations. Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. Award does not evaluate quality of services provided to clients. Once awarded, wealth managers may purchase additional profile ad space or promotional products. The Five Star award is not indicative of the wealth manager’s future performance. Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their client’s assets. The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by Five Star Professional or this publication. Working with a Five Star Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by Five Star Professional in the future. For more information on the Five Star award and the research/selection methodology, go to fivestarprofessional.com. 1,357 Cincinnati-area wealth managers were considered for the award; 216 (16% of candidates) were named 2021 Five Star Wealth Managers. 2020: 1,406 considered, 216 winners; 2019: 1,371 considered, 238 winners; 2018: 1,413 considered, 239 winners; 2017: 985 considered, 288 winners; 2016: 918 considered, 368 winners; 2015: 1,667 considered, 427 winners; 2014: 2,082 considered, 483 winners; 2013: 1,367 considered, 509 winners; 2012: 1,265 considered, 477 winners.