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OUR STORY
About Indian River Financial Group

OUR STORY
About Us

Paul Miller has worked in financial services since 1988, long enough to see the same gap surface again and again. Capable people who had built real wealth frequently understood little about how the parts of their financial lives connected, and the institutions meant to guide them often led with a product to sell. He established Indian River Financial Group in 1991 as an independent Registered Investment Advisor, taking its name from the South Florida waterways where his own time away from the office has always been spent.

WHAT WE STAND FOR
Why Choose Us

Paul B. Miller built Indian River Financial Group for people who want financial guidance they can actually understand and an advisor they can reach directly.

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Advice With Nothing to Sell

Working as an independent Registered Investment Advisor Firm means the investment recommendations you receive carry no commission incentives and no obligation to a parent company's lineup. A fee-based structure ties compensation to the quality of the advice rather than to any single transaction, so what reaches you is shaped by your circumstances alone.

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Small Enough to Know You

Set against the national brokerages, Indian River is small, and that works in your favor. A shorter client roster means your advisor already knows your name, your history, and the goals behind your questions before you finish asking. Partnerships with several of the industry's most established investment managers put the same range of options within reach that a larger firm would offer, while the plan built around them answers to your specific needs, objectives, and risk profile rather than a standard template.

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Experience Earned Since 1988

Professionals, executives, and retirees across South Florida have found a practical, straightforward kind of planning here, grounded in decades of solid research and proven practice rather than the theory of the moment. The result is clear guidance, offered without the jargon or the hidden fees common elsewhere.

Meet Our Founder
Paul Miller

Paul Miller spent the early part of his career in manufacturing, working with multinational firms that included Alcan Aluminum. A move to South Florida opened the door to a different line of work, and a stretch at a financial planning firm, building plans and selecting investments for clients, convinced him he had found the right fit. He founded Indian River Financial Group in 1991 as an independent Registered Investment Advisor and has worked in financial services since 1988.

Most of his week centers on planning, the part of the business he finds most rewarding. His investment approach rests on a thorough due diligence process that narrows the field to a curated group of investment strategists, whose work is then monitored on an ongoing basis to confirm they still meet the standards that earned them a place. Clients also gain access to supporting tools that many smaller firms cannot offer, among them cash management programs, securities-based lines of credit, and private equity.

His view of investing is a simple one. Markets generate returns over time, and the advisor's job is to manage the risks inside a portfolio and keep it aligned with what the investor set out to accomplish. He points to a moment early in his planning career, walking a client through a retirement projection, when the client looked at the numbers and decided on the spot to move forward. The long-term relationships that followed, and the milestones clients have reached along the way, are what continue to motivate him.

Born in Philadelphia and raised in Coral Gables from the age of one, Paul watched South Florida grow up around him before going on to attend the University of Miami. He and his wife, Marianne, have three children. Away from the office he reads widely in history, plays a musical instrument, and spends time on the water sailing and diving, drawn to the same South Florida waterways that gave the firm its name.

Credentials and Affiliations

  • CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional (CFP®), 1997
  • More than 35 years in financial services
  • Education: University of Miami, University of South Florida, and the College for Financial Planning
  • Past President and Chairman of the Financial Planning Association of Florida, and former Chair of its Government Relations Committee
  • Board of Directors, Financial Planning Association of Greater Fort Lauderdale, more than 15 years
  • Past Member, Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce

Paul B. Miller, CFP®

Owner & President

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