Banyan Global Investment Advisors, LLC

Banyan Global Investment Advisors provides discretionary asset management to individuals, trusts, retirement accounts and partnerships, typically working with clients who have at least $1 million in investable assets. Services are delivered through separately managed accounts, with the firm identifying and allocating investment opportunities on an account-by-account basis and using Charles Schwab as its preferred custodian.

The firm emphasizes customized municipal bond portfolios that are generally held to maturity and may be augmented with yield-producing instruments such as equities, master limited partnerships, business development companies, preferred securities and mortgage‑backed securities. BGIA also uses third‑party sub‑advisors and Separately Managed Account arrangements at Schwab, conducting ongoing oversight of those managers and receiving disclosed fee sharing in some arrangements without charging clients an additional fee for the same SMA.

What distinguishes the firm from many peers is its willingness to facilitate client participation in higher‑risk market access activities: it will submit indications of interest for equity IPOs (subject to a $2 million account guideline and written suitability acknowledgment) and, for certain highly sophisticated clients, engages in high‑frequency trading of fixed‑income new issues and equity secondary offerings to maintain broker‑dealer relationships and access municipal inventory. The firm discloses potential conflicts from Proprietary Accounts that may trade in securities not offered to clients and maintains an Investment Aggregation and Allocation Policy, and it has added specific disclosures about risks related to emerging technologies, including AI.