Simplifying Financial Planning to Help You Reach Your Financial Goals

Our financial services investment firm can help you create a well thought out retirement plan and continuously guide you every step of life’s way. Our world is diverse, complex, and filled with constant change. What worked well years ago, for example in retirement planning and retirement strategies, likely does not work well today.

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Who We Are

AKPride Financial is an independent financial life planning and wealth management firm. As an independent and registered financial services firm, we solely represent our clients, their needs, and interests; rather than any specific company’s.

Our firm makes zero commissions from the brokering, trading, selling of any mutual funds, or selling of any particular securities. This greatly benefits each of our clients. 1) by eliminating these types of investment fees our clients can save more of their monies. 2) prevents a conflict of interest when our investment advisor(s)/ financial planner(s) provide expert fiduciary advice for trading within a client’s account(s) and/or any investment fund recommendation(s).

For every client, our firm’s financial planners always work on behalf of our client’s best interest as registered and licensed fiduciaries. We are held to the highest ethical standards in the financial industry which allows us to take pride in all we do so our clients can focus on living their best life.

In the spirit of full transparency, our firm holds all of our client’s assets at some of the largest and most recognized custodians; Fidelity and Charles Schwab. They provide the important infrastructure, trading, easy preparation of client statements, tax documents and online access for our clients to regularly monitor their accounts.

Who We Serve

Based in Atlanta, GA, and Los Angeles, CA, AKPride Financial works with clients across the country. Our firm provides comprehensive financial services and expert fiduciary advice as registered Investment Advisors for business executives, professionals, business owners, families, couples, and retirees. We specialize in financial planning for Executives, LGBTQ+, non-traditional relationships, and women that are single, married, divorced, or widowed.

Financial Planning For Individuals

Financial Planning
Investments & RSUs
Retirement Income Planning
Social Security Planning
Long Term Care Planning
Annuities, Disability, Life Insurance
College Planning / 529s
Charitable Giving
Estate Planning

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Financial Advisor For Businesses

401k, 403b Employer Retirement Plans
Executive Compensation / Financial Strategies
Financial Wellness Webinars / Live Sessions
Outplacement Support / RIFs
SEP & Solo 401ks
Buy Sell Agreements
Key Person Insurance
Business Succession Planning
Business Exit Planning

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MEET THE FOUNDER

Anna Kindley, M. Ed., ChFC, NSSA, SHRM-SCP

Anna Kindley, is the Founder and Owner of AKPride Financial. She is well versed as a Wealth Management Advisor in supporting businesses and people at all life stages.

Prior to becoming a Wealth Management Advisor, for 25 years, Anna supported all talent levels from employees to Executives across the country as a Human Resource Executive and HR Consultant. Her work experience includes different industries with brand-name companies such as PepsiCo- Frito Lay, Delta Airlines, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Zions Bancorporation, NRG Energy, General Mills and Starbucks.

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The AKPride Financial Process

Our financial planner is focused not only on the basic fundamentals of your financial well-being, but the building blocks for your overall happiness. For this reason, our wealth management service(s) integrate financial planning, investments, and insurances to fully connect the various parts of your entire financial life. This ensures your financial strategies are all aligned and working together to achieve your goals now and in the future.

Step One: Plan

Together, we explore, understand, and identify your life’s financial goals. Applying evidence-based strategies along with building long-term client personal relationships, we design your holistic financial (aka life road map) plan for you.

Step Two: Protect

With our ever-changing world and life’s unexpected detours, we help you stay on track thru regular reviews of your plan, education, and advice to help you select the best investment and insurance vehicle solutions.

Step Three: Invest

With a coordinated investment strategy we help you build an effective investment portfolio to meet your financial well-being. We help grow your monies with the most efficient tax strategies while balancing risk as well as return.

Step Four: Retire Well

With our holistic planning process, state of the art software technology, strategic resources, and proven experience we help preserve your assets while generating a predictable and steady life income. So you can live the life you always imagined, make a difference through charitable giving, and leave a legacy to the ones you love.

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Testimonials

We were blown away by Anna from the start for multiple reasons. Firstly my wife and I have had to move around many times over the past several years due to our careers. Keeping everything straight financially even when you are rooted down is hard enough, but having an advisor you know that can work with you remotely is wonderfully convenient and deeply reassuring.

George H. | California

Millennial husband and wife with the goal of planning for the future, while growing their careers.

I absolutely love working with an advisor who once lived the corporate career and thoroughly understands Restricted Stock Units, Retirement 401k plans, Deferred Compensation and all the other benefits. She has worked tirelessly to not only manage and grow my portfolio, but she is truly invested in making sure I have the right kind of insurance (health, home, Long Term Care) to protect my wealth.

Diane D. | Minnesota

Widowed and retired baby boomer with the goal of having wealth and passing on a legacy to her son.

I can’t say enough good things about Anna and her firm. I am a woman business owner, originally from Venezuela, and operating a growing Atlanta restaurant. At the start of the Covid pandemic, we put into place a solid plan to protect me, my family, and my business while growing my savings and investments. During the Covid pandemic, my restaurant was extremely fortunate thanks to great financial planning, employees, and customers. When most restaurants were forced to close, we had enough cash flow and collateral to purchase the restaurant’s building. Now in 2022, I’m now making investments to further expand my business. If you are a business owner or someone who cares about effective financial plans and solutions, you need to work with Anna and her firm.

Lis H. | Georgia

Gen X Business Owner of Arepa Mia.

Anna and her firm went above and beyond! They made the process and paperwork easy and efficient to put in a new 401k plan, - especially during a pandemic. Anna’s unique background not only shopped the market for the best retirement plan four our growing IT Medical company but also helped us through our change management communications. Since we have no HR person yet on staff, they hosted meetings via onsite and webinars for our remote employees. This was extremely helpful and allowed us to focus on our business while ensuring all employees knew about their new 401k plan and how it works. Anna and her firm continue to do excellent work managing our companies 401k plan and supporting day to day our plan participants. If your company needs a 401k plan or any business owner financial planning, do not hesitate and go to AKPride Financial Services.

Sheryl C. | Georgia

Baby Boomer, Business Owner & CEO, Tier3MD, GA

     
 
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   Jennifer Rabun 
 January 22, 2026
 
 
  Anna at AKPride is knowledgeable, approachable, and truly cares about your financial goals. She makes financial planning and money management clear and actionable, and her guidance is both practical and empowering. Highly recommend!
  
 
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   Diane Lapham 
 August 5, 2025
 
 
  Anna and Ana are truly remarkable women! We have been working with the firm for several months now and could not be happier with the ways they’ve guided us and the outstanding service. Diane is so responsive in helping me get things done. The organization and efficiency of the team as a whole has just been so impressive!
  
 
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   Steve Michaels 
 April 18, 2025
 
 
  I've been working with Anna for about half a year and we're off to a great start!  A comprehensive financial plan to start out, followed by several meetings to chart progress.  Anna is super responsive and personable, and her recommendations are helping me diversify even further.  I especially like her style of providing her opinions and knowledge without it feeling like a sales pitch...I feel she truly has my best interest in mind.
  
 
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   Kelly Morena 
 April 5, 2025
 
 
  Anna and her team are extremely knowledgeable and helped my husband and I identify opportunities across our portfolio. We're in our 40's and planning for our future. Anna helped us put a strategic roadmap together. We have a stronger plan in place with specific direction and goals because of her. We stopped to pause and focus on our financial status and Anna was the perfect partner to bring it all together. Would highly recommend using Anna for your financial planning needs!
  
 
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   Valanda Nelson (Val.) 
 January 15, 2025
 
 
  I highly recommend AKPride Financial, and more specifically, Anna Kindley. I have known Anna for many years, and when I learned she had started her own business, I decided to transfer my accounts to her. Throughout the process of onboarding and afterward, she proved herself as being attentive, answered my many questions, and provided solutions to my unique situation. She treats her clients with professionalism and personal attention, and she doesn't hesitate to go above and beyond.
  
 
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   Sharona Patrice 
 September 15, 2023
 
 
  Anna has been instrumental in helping me come up with a solid plan for retirement and advising me on the best financial products for my immediate and long-term goals. I'd been in search of the right financial/wealth management advisor for quite a while and I found Anna at the perfect time. I appreciate that she customized a plan that was specific to my goals and needs as a single woman (currently without a spouse or children). In my opinion, it's important to trust the person who is advising and guiding you on financial matters. I could tell that Anna was honest and authentic from the moment I met her. Anna is personable and considerate and has gone above and beyond to explain things practically, making sure I'm comfortable with every step of process. If you're in search of quality financial advise and expertise from a company with genuine care and concern for clients, I highly recommend Anna and the AKPride Financial team!
  
 
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   Klaus Barkhausen 
 September 6, 2023
 
 
  Anna offers excellent advice and insights into financial planning for retirement. With her help, we have been able to review, update and improve our retirement plans in ways we had not considered. She provided us with a 360 degree view of our finances and has helped create a plan to achieve your retirement goals.
  
 
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   Marko Eisenhower 
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   Patricia Knauf 
 March 6, 2023
 
 
  Anna was great to work with. She really took the time to get to know my family's situation and our financial goals for the future, then put together a plan that works for us.
  
 
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   Joey Santoro 
 January 8, 2023
 
 
  Anna is the best! She was very caring and thoughtful answering all of our questions. She has really helped our growing family get on the right track. We look forward to working more with her in the future.
  
 
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   Michelle Song 
 January 4, 2023
 
 
  With Anna’s extensive senior human resources experience in fortune 100 companies, she was able to quickly identify and show me coverage gaps in all employer’s group benefit plans to protect their savings and investments. I am millennial who is serious about financial planning and investments and someone who cares about the future of my financial health. I have been working with Anna remotely while living in multi-states NY, GA and CA due to my corporate career with American Express. It's a positive experience to not have to worry about changing Wealth Management Advisor like a dentist, hairstylist, and doctors and for consistency. I love that there is holistic planning involved with all the moving parts working together instead of just one piece. I am able to give Anna my big picture and she knows exactly what to do which gives me the better advice for my financial situation(s).
  
 
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   Meredith Kasheta 
 December 29, 2022
 
 
  The owner is amazing and clearly an expert in her field. I highly recommend calling AKPride if you're looking for any financial services and want to work with a company that cares about their clients.
  
 
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   Dave Dwyer 
 November 17, 2022
 
 
  Anna helped us realign and re-arrange a lot of loose ends.  She spent several hours going over many of our wants/needs and realistic goals.  She is very prompt to answer questions and gives periodic updates.  We are very confident with her knowledge and business sense.  Totally recommend AKPride Financial !!
  
 
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   Jennifer Brent 
 November 3, 2022
 
 
  If you are looking for financial direction, Anna is the right person to connect with. She helped us tremendously with the daunting tasks of going through our finances and helping us see the big picture when it comes to short and long term goals. Thanks to Anna, we are now covered if the worst should happen and we are well taken care of.
  
 
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   Wbrent01 
 November 3, 2022
 
 
  Anna is thoughtful, conscientious, and brings a human touch to what can be an otherwise sterile and "sales pitchy" scenario. My family felt at ease and comfortable with the scenarios Anna presented. Anna is very thorough and helpful.

Disclosure: Client reviews posted on this site are from current clients of AKPride Financial. Clients were not compensated for their reviews, and no material conflicts of interest exist. Testimonials are not representative of all client experiences, and there is no guarantee of future performance or success.

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