Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC

RIASEC RegisteredEst. 2016
Total AUM
$1B
Discretionary
$1B
99% of AUM
Avg account
$459K
Accounts
2,253
Employees
9
Advisory reps
6

Firm details

Headquarters
Buffalo, New York
CRD number
282624
Registered since
April 6, 2016
Custodians
FIDELITY DISTRIBUTORS COMPANY LLC
Fee structure
Percentage of AUM
Client types
  • HNWI78.78%
  • Individuals15.68%
  • Pension & Profit Sharing Plans3.52%
  • Corporations / Businesses1.47%
  • Charitable Organizations0.55%
Services
Financial PlanningPortfolio Management for Individuals

Firm profile

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Overview

Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC is an independent registered investment adviser organized as an LLC and SEC-registered since 2016. The firm serves individual and family clients as well as institutional investors, charging advisory fees as a percentage of assets under management. Its client-facing activities emphasize financial planning and portfolio management for individuals and small businesses. Sterling does not list active ESG investing as part of its profile and is not positioned as a multi-state or pension consultant adviser. The firm was named to the Financial Times’ Top 300 RIA Firms list in 2020.

Assets & Accounts

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Investments & Alternatives

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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 71%, Exchange Traded Equities 16%, Cash & Cash Equivalents 9%, US Government Bonds 1%, State & Local Bonds 1%, Investment Grade Corp Bonds 1%71%
  • Public Funds/Mutual Funds71%
  • Exchange Traded Equities16%
  • Cash & Cash Equivalents9%
  • US Government Bonds1%
  • State & Local Bonds1%

Owners & executives

1 of 1
  • Mark Larussa

    Chief Operating OfficerCRD 5209589

Contacts

3 of 5
  • Chelsea Blasch

    Chelsea Blasch

    Financial AdvisorCRD 6021182

  • John Langer

    John Langer

    Retired PartnerCRD 3221100

  • Phillip Vance

    Phillip Vance

    Financial AdvisorCRD 2363797

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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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ETF holdings

1 of 97

Active vs passive

$300M in ETFs

Passive

63%

$190M

Active

32%

$110M

ETFProviderStyleCategoryValueShares% of portfolio
ISHARES S&P 500 GROWTH ETF (IVW)BlackRockPassiveLarge Growth$39.6M287,86613.19%

Location

Primary office

Buffalo, NY

Erie

Location

Buffalo, NY

Headquartered in Buffalo, NY, anchoring the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY metro in the Northeast.

Metro area
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY
Region
Northeast
County
Erie
Address
360 Delaware Ave
Time zone
ET (UTC-5)
Office locations

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