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Open & Objective Advice
We are independent, with no proprietary products to sell. The recommendation you get is the one we believe fits your situation, not the one a product shelf requires.
Investment Philosophy
PortfolioArchitecture
Every portfolio begins with a plan: your objectives, your time horizon, your tax position. From there we build in three layers, each with a distinct job to do. Together they form a single architecture designed to navigate volatility and pursue long-term growth.
Before the portfolio,three commitments.
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Custom-Designed Portfolios
Your portfolio is built around your goals, risk tolerance and timeline. Whether you are focused on growth, income or capital preservation, the strategy is built around that objective.
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Powerful Alternative Investments
We source alternative investments intended to diversify a portfolio beyond traditional asset classes. Available to qualified clients.
Layer 01 of 03
Core
The Foundation
Core
Diversified
The Foundation
How you benefit
Diversification across key markets and sectors, working to manage risk and pursue consistent long-term growth across full market cycles.
How it works
The Core Diversified strategy forms the bedrock of our portfolios. We allocate across a range of low-cost funds for exposure to key markets and sectors, by discipline rather than by forecast. Think of it as the essential building blocks for long-term growth.
- Large-cap, mid-cap and small-cap domestic equity
- International and emerging markets
- Core, opportunistic and defensive fixed income
Layer 02 of 03
Tactical
The Complement
Tactical
Overlay
The Complement
How you benefit
A way to position toward areas showing strength, and a mechanism for defensive positioning when volatility is elevated, without disturbing the core.
How it works
Markets are dynamic, and opportunities arise. The Tactical Overlay lets us respond to them selectively. We look for shifts in momentum, value and relative strength across sectors and asset classes, and add targeted positions while the core portfolio stays put.
- Sector-specific ETFs
- Individual stocks
Layer 03 of 03
Alternative
Qualified Clients
Alternative
Investments
Qualified Clients
How you benefit
Access to private equity, credit, real estate and infrastructure, as well as hedge funds, for diversification beyond public markets. Open to qualified investors only, and often with limited liquidity.
How it works
Meaningful diversification often extends beyond public markets. Qualified clients get access to private investments that have historically shown lower correlation to public equities, which is where the diversification benefit is meant to come from. We run our own due diligence on every sponsor before anything reaches a client portfolio.
- Private Equity Investing in, improving, restructuring or consolidating privately held companies.
- Private Credit Privately originated and negotiated debt instruments.
- Private Real Estate Private equity or debt investments related to real estate.
- Private Infrastructure Private equity or debt investments in long-lived physical assets such as energy, transport and utilities.
- Hedge Funds Sophisticated trading strategies in relatively liquid securities.
Three layers,three different jobs.
| Attribute | Core Diversified Layer 01 · The Foundation | Tactical Overlay Layer 02 · The Complement | Alternative Investments Layer 03 · Qualified Clients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job to do | Anchor the portfolio | Respond as conditions shift | Diversify beyond public markets |
| How it is built | Low-cost index and factor-based, globally diversified | Momentum and trend-responsive, with sector rotation | Private equity, credit, real estate and infrastructure, plus hedge funds |
| When it changes | Systematically, on a rebalancing protocol | Dynamically, as relative strength shifts | On the underlying sponsor's timeline |
| Who it is for | Every client | Every client | Qualified investors only |
| Liquidity | Daily | Daily | Often limited |
How a portfoliogets built.
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Discovery
We start with your balance sheet, your tax position and what you want the money to do. Recommendations come after we understand all three.
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Design
We model an allocation across the three layers, sized to your risk tolerance, liquidity needs and time horizon.
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Implementation
We establish positions with an eye on trading cost, tax lots, and the timing of any concentrated-position unwind.
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Ongoing Review
We monitor portfolios continuously and rebalance on protocol. We meet as often as you like, and always when something material changes.
Diversification and asset allocation do not ensure a profit or protect against loss in a declining market. Alternative investments are available only to qualified investors, may involve limited liquidity and heightened risk, and are not suitable for every client. All investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
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Bring us a statement and we will walk you through what you own, what it costs you, and what it is actually doing for your plan.