Ascentis Independent Advisors, LLC

Ascentis Independent Advisors provides investment advisory services to individuals (including high net worth clients), trusts, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and businesses. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary asset management, comprehensive portfolio management, financial planning and consulting, retirement plan consulting, referrals to third‑party managers, and a wrap program.

Portfolios are tailored to each client’s objectives and monitored regularly, drawing on asset allocation, fundamental and technical analysis and, when appropriate, third‑party money managers or model portfolios. Ascentis also uses discretionary sub‑advisory arrangements with its affiliate Ascentis Asset Management, co‑advisory platforms (including GeoWealth), and operates a Private Direct Investments (PDI) program that can place client assets into private funds and alternative investments.

Noteworthy items in the firm brochure include a formalized testimonials policy—Ascentis permits client testimonials under the SEC Marketing Rule with required clear disclosures, compliance review, and recordkeeping—and the PDI program, which limits availability, allocates opportunities under an explicit policy, and gives certain “Precedent Investors” priority. The brochure also discloses the firm’s affiliate relationships and related compensation arrangements (including sub‑advisory and co‑advisory payments and transition assistance from custodians) and describes internal controls the firm uses to identify and manage those conflicts.