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Carl Kempf III

Advisor at Carissima Capital LLC

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Location

Troy, NY

Credentials

CFP®, Series 63

Industry experience

1 year

About

Carl Kempf is a CFP® professional and Series 63 license holder with one year of experience in financial advisory services. He is the principal of Carissima Capital LLC and has a background that includes legal practice as a solo attorney since 2019, as well as prior roles with the County of Rensselaer and The Research Foundation for SUNY. Kempf maintains an active solo law practice alongside his advisory work. Carissima Capital LLC serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, family foundations, family offices, corporations, and other entities by providing investment advisory, financial planning, co-advisory services, and evaluation of unaffiliated private funds. The firm’s approach involves top-down macroeconomic analysis to guide asset allocation and constructs client-specific portfolios with ongoing monitoring, often including discretionary management. It integrates financial planning with legal and tax coordination, and uniquely offers separate legal services when requested.

Client services

Based on Carissima Capital LLC

Financial planning Portfolio management

Expertise

Based on Carissima Capital LLC

Annuities Private / alternative investments Cash flow / budgeting

Fee options

Fixed

Fixed fee of $5,000 for financial planning services

Percentage

$0 - $3,000,000: 1.00% $3,000,001 - $5,000,000: 0.80% $5,000,001+: 0.60%

Project-based

$250 per hour for financial planning services

Other

Account minimum: $500,000 Minimum fee: $1,250 quarterly minimum fee Fee-only: Investment advisory fees based on assets under management; financial planning fees on fixed fee or hourly rate basis

Location

Troy, NY

Most active in

New York

Work history

Carissima Capital LLC

2024 - Present (2 years)

County of Rensselaer

2018 - Present (8 years)

Attorney

2017 - 2018 (1 year)

The Research Foundation for SUNY (CNSE Operations Center)

2009 - 2017 (8 years)

Disclosures

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