James Shields
Advisor at Towle & Co
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About
James Shields is a CFA® charterholder with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Towle & Co in Denver, CO. He has been with Towle & Co since 2013. Towle & Co provides discretionary equity portfolio management primarily to high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients, focusing on a long-only, small-cap value investment approach. The firm manages client accounts on a fully discretionary basis and offers separately managed accounts, wrap-fee and model-delivery programs, sub-advisory arrangements, and management roles for pooled vehicles and registered investment companies.
Expertise
Based on Towle & Co
Active portfolio management
Tax-loss harvesting
Passive / index investing
Fee options
$0 - $25 million: 1.00% annually $25 million - $50 million: 0.90% annually $50 million+: 0.80% annually $0 - $10 million: 0.35% annually $10 million - $20 million: 0.30% annually $20 million - $30 million: 0.25% annually $30 million - $40 million: 0.20% annually $40 million+: 0.15% annually
Performance-based fees may be charged by certain Partnerships as disclosed in offering documents; Towle may negotiate such fees with other qualified clients.
Account minimum: $3,000,000 for Towle Value separately managed accounts; $5,000,000 for Towle I/O separately managed accounts (both may be waived or lowered at Towle's discretion) Fee-only: Management fees and performance-based fees as disclosed; no commissions or 12b-1 fees accepted
Location
720 S. Colorado Blvd, Suite 730 S
Denver, CO 80246
Most active in
James S has reported serving >5 clients in these states in the last 12 months.
Colorado · Missouri
Work history
Towle & Co.
2013 - Present (13 years)
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