True North Advisors, LLC

RIASEC RegisteredEst. 2006
Total AUM
$5.4B
Discretionary
$5B
93% of AUM
Avg account
$1M
Accounts
5,298
Employees
89
Advisory reps
33

Firm details

Headquarters
Dallas, Texas
CRD number
116048
Registered since
February 21, 2006
Custodians
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC., FIDELITY DISTRIBUTORS COMPANY LLC
Fee structure
Percentage of AUM, Fixed Fees, Performance Based Fees
Client types
  • HNWI69.91%
  • Pooled Investment Vehicles20%
  • Corporations / Businesses6.88%
  • Individuals2.51%
  • Charitable Organizations0.7%
Services
Financial PlanningPortfolio Management for IndividualsPortfolio Management for Pooled Investment VehiclesPortfolio Management for Institutional ClientsPension ConsultingSelection of Other Advisers

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Overview

True North Advisors, LLC is an independent registered investment adviser organized as a limited liability company and SEC-registered since 2006. The firm serves both individual/family and institutional clients, offering financial planning and discretionary portfolio management across individual, pooled-vehicle and institutional mandates. Its adviser toolkit includes selection of subadvisers, pension consulting and serving as sponsor or general partner for pooled investment vehicles; the firm is also identified as a capital allocator. Fee arrangements include percentage-of-AUM billing, fixed fees and performance-based fees. The firm’s snapshot flags it as not an active ESG investor. True North’s public profile includes recognition from industry outlets: FA Magazine named it among Top RIA Firms in 2020, and Forbes listed it among America’s Top RIA Firms in both 2023 and 2024.

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Investment profile

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Alternative investments used

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Technology & operations

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Clients

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Asset composition

Asset composition: Public Funds/Mutual Funds 71%, Exchange Traded Equities 22%, Private Funds 3%, US Government Bonds 2%, Non-Exchange Traded Equities 1%, State & Local Bonds 1%71%
  • Public Funds/Mutual Funds71%
  • Exchange Traded Equities22%
  • Private Funds3%
  • US Government Bonds2%
  • Non-Exchange Traded Equities1%

Owners & executives

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  • William Sharp

    William Sharp

    Managing Director, Chief Compliance OfficerCRD 7090977

  • Dhruv Maniktala

    Dhruv Maniktala

    Chief Investment Officer and PartnerCRD 4884359

Contacts

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  • Christopher Conlan

    Christopher Conlan

    DirectorCRD 4979475

  • Trevor Dunfee

    Trevor Dunfee

    Associate Wealth ManagerCRD 8211224

  • Tara Scottino

    Tara Scottino

    Senior Wealth ManagerCRD 4146737

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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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Awards

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ETF holdings

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Active vs passive

$483M in ETFs

Passive

65%

$312M

Active

31%

$172M

ETFProviderStyleCategoryValueShares% of portfolio
SCHWAB FUNDAMENTAL US LARGE COMPANY ETF (FNDX)SchwabPassiveLarge Value$66.6M2,140,87913.78%

Location

Primary office

Dallas, TX

Dallas

Location

Dallas, TX

Headquartered in Dallas, TX, anchoring the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK metro in the South.

Metro area
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK
Region
South
County
Dallas
Address
3131 Turtle Creek Blvd
Time zone
CT (UTC-6)
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