Pennington Partners & Co, LLC

RIASEC RegisteredEst. 2016
Total AUM
$5.1B
Discretionary
$2.4B
48% of AUM
Avg account
$5M
Accounts
1,026
Employees
36
Advisory reps
13

Firm details

Headquarters
Bethesda, Maryland
CRD number
282688
Registered since
January 28, 2016
Custodians
FIDELITY DISTRIBUTORS COMPANY LLC, CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.
Fee structure
Percentage of AUM, Hourly Charges, Fixed Fees, Performance Based Fees
Client types
  • HNWI90.44%
  • Pooled Investment Vehicles9.56%
Services
Financial PlanningPortfolio Management for IndividualsPortfolio Management for Pooled Investment VehiclesSelection of Other Advisers

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Overview

Pennington Partners & Co, LLC is a privately held limited liability company that registered with the SEC in 2016 and operates as an independent registered investment adviser and a liquidity fund. The firm serves both individual/family clients and institutional investors and describes itself as a capital allocator—both selecting external managers and sponsoring or acting as GP/managing member for pooled investment vehicles. Its advisory services include financial planning, discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, oversight of pooled vehicles, and selection of other advisers. Fee arrangements are flexible and include percentage-of-AUM, hourly, fixed-fee, and performance-based structures. The firm is not an active ESG investor and does not describe itself as a multi-state adviser or pension consultant. Pennington Partners has been recognized by Forbes on its Top RIA Firms lists in 2022, 2023, and 2024.

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Traditional investments used

Alternative investments used

Active ESG investor

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Clients

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Asset composition

Asset composition: Other 100%100%
  • Other100%

Owners & executives

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  • Rodd Macklin

    Rodd Macklin

    Co-Founder and CFOCRD 1624952

  • Guy Scott

    Guy Scott

    Chief Compliance OfficerCRD 4374242

  • Brian Gaister

    Brian Gaister

    Co-Founder and CEOCRD 5394236

Contacts

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  • Charles Sheain

    Charles Sheain

    Portfolio ManagerCRD 5421014

  • William Lowrie

    William Lowrie

    Senior AssociateCRD 6529328

  • Robert Andrews

    Robert Andrews

    Partner, InvestmentsCRD 7264734

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Wealth teams

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Recent M&A activity

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Awards

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ETF holdings

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Active vs passive

$246M in ETFs

Passive

78%

$190M

Active

22%

$55.2M

ETFProviderStyleCategoryValueShares% of portfolio
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND (VTI)VanguardPassiveLarge Blend$55.1M148,98022.45%

Location

Primary office

Bethesda, MD

Montgomery

Location

Bethesda, MD

Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, anchoring the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA metro in the South.

Metro area
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA
Region
South
County
Montgomery
Address
7500 Old Georgetown Rd
Time zone
ET (UTC-5)
Office locations

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