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Sunil Pai

Advisor at Proforza Advisors LLC

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Location

Herndon, VA

Credentials

CFA®

Industry experience

16 years

About

Sunil Pai is a CFA® charterholder and the sole advisor at Proforza Advisors LLC, with 16 years of industry experience. He has led Proforza Advisors since its founding in 2012. Pai is also the managing member of Quantworks, LLC, a now dormant investment-related business. Proforza Advisors provides fee-based investment management primarily to institutional clients such as pension funds and endowments, as well as high net worth individuals. The firm utilizes a systematic, quantitative Active Risk-Based investing (ARBi) methodology that employs algorithms to construct and actively rebalance portfolios of liquid ETFs and stocks.

Client services

Based on Proforza Advisors LLC

Financial planning Portfolio management

Expertise

Based on Proforza Advisors LLC

Active portfolio management Factor investing / smart beta

Occupation focus

Based on Proforza Advisors LLC

Founder/Business Owner

Fee options

Percentage

0.25% to 2.0% annually, assessed and paid monthly

Performance-based

Performance fee ranges from 10% to 20% of net gains for qualified clients, assessed quarterly with high water marks; retail clients generally do not pay performance fees unless negotiated.

Other

Account minimum: $1,000,000 Fee-only: Management fee ranging from 0.25% to 2.0% of assets under management, assessed monthly; no performance fee for retail clients unless separately negotiated; performance fees for qualified clients ranging from 10% to 20% of net gains assessed quarterly subject to high water marks.

Location

Herndon, VA

Most active in

Virginia

Work history

Proforza Advisors LLC

2012 - Present (14 years)

Disclosures

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