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Austin Harley, CPFA® · Fiduciary · Charleston, SC

Make the most
of what you’ve built.

401(k) plans for growing companies. Retirement planning for the people running them.

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I'm Approaching Retirement → · I Own a Business →
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Start Where You Are

Which of these sounds like you?

Employer

We already have a 401(k)

For employers reviewing their current advisor, provider, fees, investments, service model, fiduciary process, payroll integration, or employee engagement.

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Employer

We need to start a 401(k)

For growing companies that need help choosing providers, designing the plan, coordinating payroll, and educating employees.

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Individual

I am approaching retirement

For individuals and couples who need help coordinating retirement income, Social Security, healthcare, taxes, investments, and 401(k) decisions.

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Business Owner

I own a business

For owners who need to coordinate their business, personal investments, retirement plan, taxes, risks, and eventual exit.

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Austin Harley, Financial Advisor, Charleston, SC
Why Austin

Retirement planning from both sides of the table

Austin works directly with employers sponsoring retirement plans, the employees participating in them, business owners building wealth through their companies, and individuals moving from work into retirement.

That combination is unusual. Most advisors work one side or the other. Austin sees the full picture — and it shows up in the questions he asks and the plans he builds.

01

Employer-plan specialization

Experience working directly with plan sponsors, HR teams, plan committees, providers, and employees.

02

Retirement-transition planning

Help connecting retirement savings to an actual income and spending plan — not just an account balance.

03

Local access

Direct access to a Charleston-based advisor. Not a call center, not a rotating account rep.

04

Coordinated planning

Investments, taxes, retirement accounts, insurance, business ownership, and coordination with your outside professionals.

Existing 401(k) Plans

Is your current 401(k) relationship delivering enough value?

Fees, investments, recordkeeper service, fiduciary documentation, employee participation, payroll integration, plan design, employee education, audit preparation, advisor responsiveness — a plan review covers all of it.

Not every plan needs to change providers. Some need better service, sharper investment oversight, or a real education program. A review tells you which conversation you're actually having.

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  • Plan fees and advisor compensation
  • Investment menu, target-date funds, QDIA
  • Recordkeeper and TPA service
  • Fiduciary documentation and committee process
  • Participation, deferral rates, loans
  • Payroll integration
  • Employee education program
  • Audit preparation
  • Retirement readiness
  • Income planning and withdrawal strategy
  • Social Security and Medicare
  • Healthcare before Medicare
  • 401(k) and IRA decisions
  • Roth conversions
  • Retirement taxes
  • Planning for a surviving spouse
Approaching Retirement

You have spent decades saving. Now you need a plan for using it.

Retirement isn't one decision. It's a stack of coordinated ones — when to claim Social Security, which accounts to draw from first, how to handle healthcare before Medicare, whether Roth conversions make sense in the low-tax window between work and RMDs.

The saving phase and the spending phase are not the same problem. This is where planning earns its keep.

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Business Owners

Your business and personal financial plan should work together.

Personal cash flow, owner retirement savings, investments outside the business, concentration risk, tax coordination, insurance, succession, exit planning, and retirement income after the business — all of it is one conversation, not seven.

Coordinated planning with your CPA and attorney. Built around the business you actually run.

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  • Personal and business cash flow
  • Owner retirement savings
  • Investments outside the business
  • Business concentration risk
  • Tax coordination
  • Insurance coordination
  • Succession and exit planning
  • Retirement income after the business
Education Center

Practical answers for employers, business owners, and people approaching retirement

Starting a 401(k)

SECURE Act 2.0 tax credits: what growing employers should know in 2026

A plain-English look at the startup credit, the auto-enrollment credit, and how they stack for eligible employers.
Starting a 401(k)

The small-business 401(k) tax credit, run through actual numbers

How the credits interact with matching contributions, and what an eligible employer might see over the first three plan years.
Business Owner Planning

The three-year problem in exit planning

Why the window between deciding to sell and actually selling is the one most owners underestimate.
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Get Started

Start with the decision in front of you now.

Pick the conversation that matches where you are. An introductory meeting does not create an advisory relationship.

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