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Michael Vanikiotis

Advisor at Vanik Capital LLC

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Location

Lagrangeville, NY

Credentials

CFP®, ChFC®, Series 63

Industry experience

1 year

About

Michael Vanikiotis is a CFP® and ChFC® with one year of experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Vanik Capital LLC. His prior roles include positions at Northwestern Mutual and Wells Fargo Clearing, along with experience in the restaurant ownership and operations sector. Vanik Capital LLC provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to employer plan sponsors, charitable organizations, corporations, and individual clients. The firm employs asset-allocation driven portfolios combining passive and active strategies and offers services including ERISA investment management for employer plans.

Client services

Based on Vanik Capital LLC

Financial planning Portfolio management Pension consulting

Expertise

Based on Vanik Capital LLC

Business sale tax planning Cash flow / budgeting College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.)

Fee options

Fixed

Project-Based Financial Planning fixed fees range from $1,000 to $20,000; Ongoing Financial Planning initial fee up to $20,000; monthly ongoing fixed fees range from $350 to $2,000

Percentage

$0 - $500,000: 1.25% $500,001 - $2,000,000: 1.00% $2,000,001+: 0.85%

Project-based

$400 per hour for Project-Based Financial Planning

Other

Account minimum: $250,000 minimum to open or maintain an account, but may be reduced or waived on a case-by-case basis Fee-only: Fee-only firm; compensation solely from client fees, no commissions

Location

Lagrangeville, NY

Most active in

New York

Work history

Vanik Capital LLC

2025 - Present (1 year)

Vanikiotis Group Restaurant Owners and Operators

2024 - 2025 (1 year)

Wells Fargo Clearing

2024 - 2024 (1 year)

Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company

2023 - 2024 (1 year)

Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC

2023 - 2024 (1 year)

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

2022 - 2023 (1 year)

Astute Group

2021 - 2021 (1 year)

Houlihan Lawrence

2020 - 2022 (2 years)

Babson College

2018 - 2022 (4 years)

Vanikiotis Group Restaurant Owners and Operators

2016 - 2022 (6 years)

Unemployed

2012 - 2016 (4 years)

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