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Brett Rufkahr

Advisor at Alpine Private Wealth

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Firm

Alpine Private Wealth

Location

Saint Louis, MO 63105

Credentials

CFA®, Series 63, Series 66

Industry experience

15 years

About

Brett Rufkahr is a CFA® charterholder with 15 years of industry experience and currently serves at Alpine Private Wealth. He has held roles at Alpine Private Capital, LLC, IMST Distributors, LLC, and Alpine Investment Management, LLC. Outside of his advisory work, he is the owner of Pottery Hollow, Inc., a chain of pottery painting and crafts stores, and chairs the Executive Advisory Board at Saint Louis University’s John Cook School of Business. Alpine Private Wealth provides investment advisory and wealth management services to individuals, high net worth households, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and corporate clients. The firm uses a discretionary portfolio management approach supported by both affiliated and non-affiliated sub-advisers and offers access to affiliated mutual and private funds.

Client services

Based on Alpine Private Wealth

Financial planning Portfolio management Selection of other advisers

Expertise

Based on Alpine Private Wealth

Wealth management Passive / index investing Active portfolio management Tax-loss harvesting

Occupation focus

Based on Alpine Private Wealth

Executive Founder/Business Owner

Fee options

Fixed

Family Office Services may be flat fees, negotiated based on services rendered

Percentage

$0 - $10 million: 0.60% (Core Separate Accounts - Equity) $10 million - $20 million: 0.45% (Core Separate Accounts - Equity) $20 million+: 0.35% (Core Separate Accounts - Equity) $0 - $10 million: 0.35% (Core Separate Accounts - Fixed) $10 million - $20 million: 0.30% (Core Separate Accounts - Fixed) $20 million+: 0.25% (Core Separate Accounts - Fixed) $0 - $10 million: 0.35% (Mutual Funds & Limited Partnerships) $10 million - $20 million: 0.30% (Mutual Funds & Limited Partnerships) $20 million+: 0.25% (Mutual Funds & Limited Partnerships)

Other

Account minimum: $3,000,000 Minimum fee: $18,000 minimum annual fee Fee-only: Wealth Planning Fee of $333/month ($4,000/year) for Emerging Wealth Clients, phased out between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000 AUM

Location

190 Carondelet Plaza, Suite 1300

Saint Louis, MO 63105

Most active in

Missouri · Texas

Work history

Alpine Private Capital, LLC

2017 - Present (9 years)

IMST Distributors, LLC

2014 - 2023 (9 years)

Alpine Investment Management, LLC

2013 - 2017 (4 years)

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