COMPASS

RIASEC Registered
Total AUM
$47.7M
Discretionary
$47.7M
100% of AUM
Avg account
$404K
Accounts
118
Employees
5
Advisory reps
3

Firm details

Headquarters
FAIRFIELD, Connecticut
CRD number
158280
Custodians
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.
Fee structure
Percentage of AUM, Hourly Charges, Fixed Fees
Client types
  • HNWI56.39%
  • Individuals43.61%
Services
Financial PlanningPortfolio Management for IndividualsEducational Seminars / Workshops

Firm profile

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Overview

Compass operates as an independent registered investment adviser serving individual and family clients. The firm combines traditional advisory services—financial planning and portfolio management for individuals and small businesses—with brokerage and insurance services, and accounting capabilities, which suggests a blended wealth-management approach that integrates investment advice with insurance placement and tax-related work. Compass runs fee arrangements that include percentage-of-AUM billing as well as hourly and fixed-fee engagements, giving flexibility for both ongoing portfolio relationships and project-based planning work. Investment activity centers on pooled public vehicles rather than direct-stock concentration. The firm appears to favor liquid, scalable solutions for core equity and fixed-income exposure while supplementing client portfolios with selected alternative allocations and insurance products to address income, tax and estate planning objectives. Compass is not an active ESG investor and is organized to serve a concentrated client base rather than a broad multi-state advisory footprint.

Assets & Accounts

Public Holdings

Investments & Alternatives

Location & Offices

Investment profile

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Traditional investments used

Alternative investments used

Active ESG investor

Technology & operations

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CRM & tech providers

TAMPs used

Clients

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Client base

Client personas

Asset composition

Asset composition: Public Funds/Mutual Funds 90%, Cash & Cash Equivalents 8%, Exchange Traded Equities 2%90%
  • Public Funds/Mutual Funds90%
  • Cash & Cash Equivalents8%
  • Exchange Traded Equities2%

Owners & executives

1 of 1
  • MATTHEW BRUNNER

    CEOCRD 6044187

Contacts

2 of 2
  • GRETCHEN BRUNNER

    PresidentCRD 5054460

  • Michael Baran

    Investment Advisor RepresentativeCRD 7612129

Wealth teams

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Newly hired reps

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Recent M&A activity

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Recent filings

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Awards

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Location

Primary office

FAIRFIELD, CT

FAIRFIELD

Location

FAIRFIELD, CT

Headquartered in FAIRFIELD, CT, anchoring the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA metro in the Northeast.

Metro area
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA
Region
Northeast
County
FAIRFIELD
Address
33 Miller St
Time zone
ET (UTC-5)
Office locations

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Source: FINTRX private wealth data intelligence

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