Kathy Costas

CDFA®

EP Wealth Advisors

Vice President

Contact Me

Kathy Costas

CDFA®

EP Wealth Advisors

Vice President

As a fee-only financial planner, my focus is to offer unbiased financial advice to help you achieve your life goals. - Kathy Costas, CDFA®

Contact Me

424-270-8750

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Kathy Costas is a West Los Angeles, CA and Westlake Village, CA fee-only financial planner. EP Wealth Advisors provides comprehensive financial planning, divorce planning, tax planning, and investment management to help individuals, couples, families and small businesses organize, grow and protect their assets through life’s transitions. As a fee-only, fiduciary, and independent financial advisor, Kathy Costas is never paid a commission of any kind, and has a legal obligation to provide unbiased and trustworthy financial advice.

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Kathy Costas is a Vice President and a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® (CDFA® ) at EP Wealth Advisors. She graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Miami University with a Bachelor’s Degree in International Studies and a minor in Business. Kathy has been working in the financial services industry since 1987. She started her career in commercial lending at NatWest Bank PLC in New York and later moved to Los Angeles as a Vice President in the Public Finance division. In 2008, Kathy joined FMB Wealth Management and later moved on to Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management. She eventually returned to FMB in 2015 as a Partner and Investment Advisor specializing in working with men and women going through a divorce. Kathy was appointed by the Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts as the chair of the Southern California chapter of the Divorce Alliance, a group for divorce professionals. She is also the leader of the Conejo Divorce Resources Professionals group. She is also the leader of the Conejo Divorce Resources Professionals group and is a member of the NADP (National Association of Divorce Professionals). Kathy is an active volunteer with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and is a member of the local chapter of the nonprofit fundraising group Dining For Women.

Kathy’s approach has always been to work as a trusted partner with her clients. Her greatest reward is the knowledge that she has helped them achieve what is important to them. In her free time, Kathy enjoys hiking, kayaking, paddle boarding, tennis and spending time with her 3 children and dog Tanner.

EP Wealth Advisors is a fee-only registered investment advisory and financial planning firm headquartered in Torrance, California. EP Wealth manages over $16.1 billion in AUM as of December 31, 2022. With offices from coast to coast, EP Wealth combines the resources of a large firm with a local approach to provide client-centric financial planning, wealth management and investment management services to individuals and businesses. EP Wealth continues to grow and enrich the lives of our clients and team and has been recognized as a leader in the RIA space by multiple financial and industry publications, including Barron's 2022 list of top RIA’s, Financial Planning’s top firms of 2022, and many more at both the national and regional level. The firms Torrance headquarters has been named a Best Place to Work by the Los Angeles Business Journal, and several advisors and functional leaders have been named to varied "Best", "Rising Star" and "40 Under 40" lists.

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Specialties

  • Comprehensive Financial Planning
  • Retirement Income Planning
  • Investment Management
  • College Education Planning
  • Tax Planning

Ideal Clients

  • Retirees and Near Retirees
  • Growing Families
  • Business Owners and Executives
  • Sudden Money Situations
  • Novice Investors
  • Divorcees

Working Together

  • In-Office Meetings
  • Virtual Meetings
  • Clearly Defined Fees
  • No Product Sales
  • Complimentary Initial Consultation

Professional Designations & Affiliations

  • National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA)
    Kathy Costas is a NAPFA-Registered Financial Advisor

    The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) is a leading professional association of Fee-Only financial advisors—highly trained professionals who are committed to working in the best interests of those they serve.

  • Divorce Financial Analyst
    Kathy Costas is a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® (CDFA®)

    A CDFA® professional is a financial professional skilled at analyzing data and providing expertise on the financial issues of divorce. The role of the CDFA® professional is to assist the client and his or her attorney to understand how the decisions he or she makes today will impact the client’s financial future. A CDFA® can take on many roles in the divorce process: Financial Expertise and Strategy, Data Collection and Analysis, Expert Presenter and Litigation Support. In some cases, CDFA® professionals are called upon to act as expert witnesses in court or in mediation proceedings.

Contact Kathy Costas

424-270-8750

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