Investment Solutions

Advisory and Brokerage

  • We offer both advisor and brokerage solutions to our clients

What is an Advisory Relationship?

  • Through our advisory partnership, we can offer ongoing advice and monitoring for a wrapped advisory fee based on total household assets under management. 

What is a Brokerage Relationship?

  • Our Brokerage platform allows our clients to hold cash or positions they wish to maintain control over without being subject to advisory fees on those funds. Positions held in brokerage will not impact the fees on advisory accounts in the same household.

Partnership with Saugatuck Financial

  • In April of 2024, we formed a partnership with Saugatuck Financial; a leading investment advisory firm within Northwestern Mutual located right in our Westport, CT office. 
  • Saugatuck Financial was founded by Justin Charise who has been recognized locally and nationally by the likes of Forbes (Top Best-in-State Financial Security Professionals(1), 2024, Top Financial Security Professionals(1), 2024), Worth Magazine (Worth Best Leading Advisors(2), 2022), and Westport Reader’s Choice (Best Financial Advisor(3), 2021,2022).
  • Our partnership with Saugatuck Financial allows us to provide their investment advisory models to our clients, and work hand in hand with their Director of Investments, Luke Andriuk CFA®. While the accolades are impressive, we formed this partnership because of their unwavering commitment to doing what’s right for the client.

 

Investments: invest in your best life.

With more ways to invest than ever before, it can be hard to make sure your money is working its hardest for you. We focus on long-term investment strategies to give you more confidence and help make sure that the growth potential and management of your money isn't left to chance.

Advisory programs

When you're looking for hands-on investment advice and ongoing portfolio oversight, we'll guide you through the investment process and choose one of our Signature Advisory Programs that's right for you.Find out more

Brokerage services

You'll have access to investment vehicles to help build your ideal portfolio—no matter your goals or life stage. Plus, we'll help you navigate your choices and connect you to the right investments to help take you where you want to go.Find out more

Sources

(1)Forbes Best-in-State Top Financial Security Professionals list (July 2024), and Forbes Top Financial Security Professionals list (July 2024), Research and ranking provided by SHOOK Research, LLC. Based upon data as of 12/31/2023. Northwestern Mutual (NM) and its advisors do not pay for placement on 3rd party rating or ranking lists. NM and its advisors do, however, pay marketing fees to these organizations to promote the rating or ranking(s). Rankings and recognitions are no guarantee of future investment success.

(2)The Worth® Leading Wealth Advisors™ Program is a marketing program for top wealth, legal and insurance advisors. Advisors who apply for admission into the program are evaluated by Worth to help ensure advisor quality. In order to be considered, professionals must be complete an application and provide firm data and statistics to evaluate their credentials, ethics and business practices. Once admitted, advisors pay a fee to be included in this marketing program. Worth magazine is a publisher and does not recommend or endorse investment, legal, insurance or tax advisors. The listing of any firm in the Worth® Leading Advisors Program does not constitute a recommendation or endorsement by Worth magazine of any such firm and is not based upon Worth magazine’s experience with, or prior dealings with, any advisor.

(3)Westport Lifestyle magazine Readers Choice Award for Financial Advisor (2021, 2022) is based on online voting, one vote per email address, September through October each award year. No compensation is provided to be eligible.